"adulteress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adulteresses [plural], adulterer [masculine]
Etymology: adulter (noun) + -ess or adulterer + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adulter|ess|pos1=n}} adulter (noun) + -ess, {{suffix|en|adulterer|ess}} adulterer + -ess Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|adulteresses|masculine|adulterer}} adulteress (plural adulteresses, masculine adulterer)
  1. A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery. Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: adulterer [gender-neutral], advoutress [obsolete], adultress Translations (woman or girl who commits adultery): μοιχοτύπη (moikhotúpē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), cizoložnice [feminine] (Czech), adultulino (Esperanto), avionrikkoja (Finnish), მრუში (mruši) (Georgian), Ehebrecherin [feminine] (German), banadhaltrach [masculine] (Irish), adultera [feminine] (Italian), adultera [feminine] (Latin), വ്യഭിചാരിണി (vyabhicāriṇi) (Malayalam), cudzołożnica [feminine] (Polish), adúltera [feminine] (Portuguese), прелюбоде́йка (preljubodéjka) [feminine] (Russian), ban-adhaltraiche [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), préljubnica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cudzoložnica [feminine] (Slovak), adúltera [feminine] (Spanish), äktenskapsbryterska [common-gender] (Swedish), נואפֿטע (noyefte) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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