"concubine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/ [US] Audio: en-us-concubine.ogg [US] Forms: concubines [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumbō (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -īna. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}, {{inh|en|enm|concubine}} Middle English concubine, {{der|en|xno|concubine}} Anglo-Norman concubine, {{der|en|la|concubīna}} Latin concubīna, {{m|la||concub-}} concub-, {{m|la|concumbō||to lie together}} concumbō (“to lie together”), {{m|la|-īna}} -īna Head templates: {{en-noun}} concubine (plural concubines)
  1. A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married. Synonyms: mistress, sprunk, sexual partner, mistress
    Sense id: en-concubine-en-noun-A4Oy-ijv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 28 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 24 21 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 0 22 23 10 14 16 0 4 5 2 4
  2. A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife. Synonyms: cohabitor, cohabitant, domestic partner Translations (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife): παλλακίς (pallakís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), παλλακή (pallakḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سُرِّيَة (surriya) [feminine] (Arabic), ܕܪܘܟܬܐ (dərūḵtā) [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), հարճ (harč) (Armenian), ohaide (Basque), нало́жніца (nalóžnica) [feminine] (Belarusian), sambay (Bikol Central), нало́жница (nalóžnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), concubina [feminine] (Catalan), (qiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 姨太太 (yítàitài) (Chinese Mandarin), (fēi) (english: imperial concubine) (Chinese Mandarin), 側室 (Chinese Mandarin), 侧室 (cèshì) [archaic] (Chinese Mandarin), konkubína [feminine] (Czech), konkubine [common-gender] (Danish), kromvirino (Esperanto), avovaimo (Finnish), concubine [feminine] (French), Konkubine [feminine] (German), παλλακίδα (pallakída) [feminine] (Greek), פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilégeš) [feminine] (Hebrew), ágyas (Hungarian), selir (Indonesian), bean luí [feminine] (Irish), bean leapa [feminine] (Irish), (alt: めかけ, mekake, しょう, shō) (Japanese), めかけ (mekake) (Japanese), 側室 (sokushitsu) (alt: そくしつ) (Japanese), (cheop) (alt: ) (Korean), paelex [feminine] (Latin), concubīna [feminine] (Latin), amāsia [Mediaeval, feminine] (Latin), amīca [feminine] (Latin), coniūnx [common-gender] (Latin), pallaca [feminine] (Latin), наложница (naložnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ (asihan sargan) (Manchu), ᡤᡠᠸᡝᠯᡝᡴᡠ (guweleku) (Manchu), colhiabbagh [feminine] (Manx), konkubine [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), konkubine [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ხარჭი (xarč̣i) (Old Georgian), konkubentka [feminine] (Polish), konkubina [feminine] (Polish), nieślubna [feminine] (Polish), concubina [feminine] (Portuguese), amásia [feminine] (Portuguese), barregã [feminine] (Portuguese), нало́жница (nalóžnica) [feminine] (Russian), содержа́нка (soderžánka) (english: kept woman) [feminine] (Russian), конкубина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), konkubina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), konkubína [feminine] (Slovak), concubina [feminine] (Spanish), suria (Swahili), konkubin [common-gender] (Swedish), kalaguyo (Tagalog), kabit [derogatory] (Tagalog), (พระ~)สนม (sà-nǒm) (english: royal) (Thai), нало́жниця (nalóžnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), vợ lẻ (Vietnamese), nàng hầu [dated] (Vietnamese), gordderch [feminine] (Welsh), gordderchwraig [feminine] (Welsh), cywelyes [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-concubine-en-noun-j7EnuMm9 Disambiguation of 'a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife': 16 76 9
  3. (chiefly historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Female people, Sex, Slaves Synonyms: odalisque
    Sense id: en-concubine-en-noun-tDklkLei Disambiguation of Female people: 25 13 62 Disambiguation of Sex: 16 14 70 Disambiguation of Slaves: 30 20 50 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 0 22 23 10 14 16 0 4 5 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: concubinage, concubinal Related terms: harem, polygamy, co-wife, seraglio

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "word": "פִּילֶגֶשׁ"
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "word": "ágyas"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "word": "selir"
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          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "word": "妾"
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          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
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          "roman": "mekake",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "alt": "そくしつ",
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "cheop",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "word": "첩"
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "word": "paelex"
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "concubīna"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pallaca"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naložnica",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "asihan sargan",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "word": "ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ"
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          "roman": "guweleku",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "word": "ᡤᡠᠸᡝᠯᡝᡴᡠ"
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "word": "konkubine"
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          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "konkubentka"
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          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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          ],
          "word": "nieślubna"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "concubina"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amásia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "barregã"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 76 9",
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      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "word": "첩"
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      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
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      "code": "mnc",
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    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konkubine"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konkubine"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konkubentka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konkubina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nieślubna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concubina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amásia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barregã"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nalóžnica",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нало́жница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "kept woman",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soderžánka",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "содержа́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конкубина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konkubina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konkubína"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concubina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "word": "suria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "konkubin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "word": "kalaguyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "word": "kabit"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "english": "royal",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-nǒm",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "word": "(พระ~)สนม"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nalóžnycja",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нало́жниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "word": "vợ lẻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "nàng hầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gordderch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gordderchwraig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cywelyes"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "concubinage"
  ],
  "word": "concubine"
}

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