"sodomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɒdəmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sodomy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sodomies [plural]
Etymology: From Sodom, where the Bible, in Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and elsewhere, suggests sexual depravity. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Sodom}} Sodom Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sodomy (countable and uncountable, plural sodomies)
  1. Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (bestiality): bestiality, zoophilia, zoosexuality Synonyms (homosexuality): homosexuality Translations (sex held to be unnatural): لِوَاط (liwāṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), սոդոմականություն (sodomakanutʻyun) (Armenian), kişibazlıq (english: male homosexuality) (Azerbaijani), содомия (sodomija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sodomia [feminine] (Catalan), sodomie [feminine] (Dutch), sodomia (Finnish), Sodomie (english: bestiality) [feminine] (German), מַעֲשֵׂה סְדוֹם (ma'asé sdom) [masculine] (Hebrew), szodómia (Hungarian), sodomia [feminine] (Italian), karipapa (Maori), sodomi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sodomi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sodomia [feminine] (Polish), sodomia [feminine] (Portuguese), sodomie [feminine] (Romanian), содоми́я (sodomíja) [feminine] (Russian), sodòmija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), skotolòštvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sodomi [common-gender] (Swedish), sodomiya (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-sodomy-en-noun-joJZOfXu Disambiguation of Sex: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'bestiality': 78 22 Disambiguation of 'homosexuality': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'sex held to be unnatural': 66 34
  2. (in particular) Anal sex. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (anal sex): anal sex, buggery, enculade Translations (anal sex — see also anal sex): սոդոմականություն (sodomakanutʻyun) (Armenian), sodomia [feminine] (Catalan), 㚻姦 (Chinese Cantonese), 㚻奸 (gai¹ gaan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 㚻奸 (jījiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 雞姦 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸡奸 (jījiān) (Chinese Mandarin), bugro (Esperanto), anaaliseksi (Finnish), sodomie [feminine] (French), enculade [feminine] (French), Analverkehr [masculine] (German), Sodomie [archaic, feminine] (German), σοδομία (sodomía) [feminine] (Greek), पुरुषगमन (puruṣagman) (Hindi), पुरुषमैथुन (puruṣmaithun) (Hindi), गुदामैथुन (gudāmaithun) (Hindi), लिवातत (livātat) (Hindi), लौंडेबाज़ी (lauṇḍebāzī) (Hindi), इग़लाम (iġlām) (Hindi), szodómia (Hungarian), sodomia [feminine] (Italian), 男色 (alt: だんしょく, danshoku, なんしょく, nanshoku) (Japanese), 肛門性交 (kōmon seisō) (alt: こうもんせいこう) (Japanese), ソドミー (sodomī) (Japanese), moe whakaeneene (Maori), sodomia [feminine] (Portuguese), sodomie [feminine] (Romanian), содоми́я (sodomíja) [feminine] (Russian), तिर्यग्योनिगमन (tiryagyonigamana) [neuter] (Sanskrit), sodomía [feminine] (Spanish), ulawiti (Swahili), livata (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sodomy-en-noun-RwWNTn6Q Disambiguation of Sex: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'anal sex': 12 88 Disambiguation of 'anal sex — see also anal sex': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (oral sex): oral sex Derived forms: autosodomy, avisodomy, sodomise, sodomize, sodomy law, sodomite Coordinate_terms: scissoring, homogenitality
Disambiguation of 'oral sex': 53 47

Inflected forms

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      "word": "karipapa"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sex held to be unnatural",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sodomia"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sex held to be unnatural",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sodomia"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sex held to be unnatural",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sodomie"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "sex held to be unnatural",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "содоми́я"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sex held to be unnatural",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "word": "skotolòštvo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sex held to be unnatural",
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      "word": "sodomiya"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sodomakanutʻyun",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sodomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "㚻姦"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gai¹ gaan¹",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "㚻奸"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jījiān",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "㚻奸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "雞姦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jījiān",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "鸡奸"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "bugro"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "anaaliseksi"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sodomie"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enculade"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Analverkehr"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sodomie"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sodomía",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σοδομία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "puruṣagman",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "पुरुषगमन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "puruṣmaithun",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "पुरुषमैथुन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gudāmaithun",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "गुदामैथुन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "livātat",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "लिवातत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lauṇḍebāzī",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "लौंडेबाज़ी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "iġlām",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "इग़लाम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "szodómia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sodomia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だんしょく, danshoku, なんしょく, nanshoku",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "男色"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうもんせいこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōmon seisō",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "肛門性交"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sodomī",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "ソドミー"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "moe whakaeneene"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sodomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sodomie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sodomíja",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "содоми́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tiryagyonigamana",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "तिर्यग्योनिगमन"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sodomía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "ulawiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "anal sex — see also anal sex",
      "word": "livata"
    }
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    "sodomy"
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