"fornicate" meaning in All languages combined

See fornicate on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔː.nɪ.kət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔɹ.nɪ.kət/ [General-American] Forms: more fornicate [comparative], most fornicate [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin fornicātus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|fornicātus}} Latin fornicātus, {{m|en|fornicor}} fornicor, {{m|la|fornix||arch, vault; brothel}} fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)
  1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix. Derived forms: fornicate gyrus Translations (shaped like an arch): сводест (svodest) (Bulgarian), holvin muotoinen (Finnish), сво́дчатый (svódčatyj) (Russian), вы́гнутый (výgnutyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fornicate-en-adj-Q-QvfJpl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fornicated

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔː.nɪˌkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔɹ.nɪˌkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fornicate1.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fornicate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fornicates [present, singular, third-person], fornicating [participle, present], fornicated [participle, past], fornicated [past]
Etymology: From Latin fornicātus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|fornicātus}} Latin fornicātus, {{m|en|fornicor}} fornicor, {{m|la|fornix||arch, vault; brothel}} fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fornicate (third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)
  1. (intransitive) To engage in fornication. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sex Hypernyms: have sex, make love, seduce, copulate Derived forms: fornicator, phonicate Translations (to engage in fornication): زَنَى (zanā) (Arabic), ܙܵܢܹܐ (zane) (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), развра́тнича (razvrátniča) (Bulgarian), fornicar (Catalan), 通姦 (Chinese Mandarin), 通奸 (tōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), smilnit [imperfective] (Czech), forniki (Esperanto), käydä vieraissa (Finnish), forniquer (French), fornicar (Galician), Unzucht treiben (German), זָנָה (zaná) (Hebrew), paráználkodik (Hungarian), fornikar (Ido), fornicare (Italian), copulare (Italian), accoppiarsi (Italian), fare l'amore (Italian), 姦淫する (kan'in suru) (alt: かんいんする) (Japanese), 간통하다 (gantonghada) (Korean), fornicor (Latin), kaikaiātara (Maori), moepuku (Maori), fornicar (Occitan), cudzołożyć [imperfective] (Polish), fornicar (Portuguese), распу́тничать (raspútničatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), блуди́ть (bludítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), развра́тничать (razvrátničatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прелюбоде́йствовать (preljubodéjstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), smilniť [imperfective] (Slovak), fornicar (Spanish), makipagtalik (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-fornicate-en-verb-g6XeXWKx Disambiguation of Sex: 3 97 Categories (other): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fornicated

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} fornicate
  1. inflection of fornicare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-fornicate-it-verb-jIpEZvG7 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of fornicare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-fornicate-it-verb-0vrUI8De
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} fornicate f pl
  1. feminine plural of fornicato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: fornicato
    Sense id: en-fornicate-it-verb-fn7HyPHr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: fornicāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=fornicāte}} fornicāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of fornicātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: fornicātus
    Sense id: en-fornicate-la-verb-li6B0ZqB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} fornicate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fornicar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: fornicar
    Sense id: en-fornicate-es-verb-kqdY3Mof Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fornicate meaning in All languages combined (11.9kB)

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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "forniquer"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fornicar"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "Unzucht treiben"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "zaná",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "זָנָה"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "paráználkodik"
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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fornikar"
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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fornicare"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "copulare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "accoppiarsi"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fare l'amore"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かんいんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kan'in suru",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "姦淫する"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gantonghada",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "간통하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fornicor"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "kaikaiātara"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "moepuku"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fornicar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "cudzołożyć"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fornicar"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raspútničatʹ",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "распу́тничать"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bludítʹ",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "блуди́ть"
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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
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          "word": "развра́тничать"
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          "roman": "preljubodéjstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "прелюбоде́йствовать"
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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
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          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
          "word": "fornicar"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to engage in fornication",
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}
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      "word": "fornicate gyrus"
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      "roman": "svodest",
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      "word": "сводест"
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}

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      "word": "have sex"
    },
    {
      "word": "make love"
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    {
      "word": "seduce"
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    {
      "word": "copulate"
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        "(intransitive) To engage in fornication."
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔɹ.nɪˌkeɪt/",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "zanā",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "زَنَى"
    },
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      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "zane",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "ܙܵܢܹܐ"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvrátniča",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "развра́тнича"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "通姦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tōngjiān",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "通奸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "smilnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "forniki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "käydä vieraissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "forniquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "Unzucht treiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zaná",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "זָנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "paráználkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornicare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "copulare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "accoppiarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fare l'amore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんいんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kan'in suru",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "姦淫する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gantonghada",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "간통하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornicor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "kaikaiātara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "moepuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "cudzołożyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspútničatʹ",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "распу́тничать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bludítʹ",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "блуди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvrátničatʹ",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "развра́тничать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preljubodéjstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прелюбоде́йствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "smilniť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "fornicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to engage in fornication",
      "word": "makipagtalik"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin participle forms"
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      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of fornicātus"
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}

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  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Spanish verb forms"
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        "second-person singular voseo imperative of fornicar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
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        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
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}

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