"cuckoldry" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cuckoldry.wav Forms: cuckoldries [plural]
Etymology: From cuckold + -ry. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cuckold|ry}} cuckold + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cuckoldry (countable and uncountable, plural cuckoldries)
  1. An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (adultery committed by a married woman against her husband): 綠帽子 (Chinese Mandarin), 绿帽子 (lǜmàozi) (Chinese Mandarin), 戴綠帽子 (Chinese Mandarin), 戴绿帽子 (dài lǜmàozi) (Chinese Mandarin), Hörneraufsetzen [neuter] (German), 寝取られ (netorare) (alt: ねとられ) (Japanese), наставле́ние рого́в (nastavlénije rogóv) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cuckoldry-en-noun-jW7TG08D Disambiguation of 'adultery committed by a married woman against her husband': 89 9 2
  2. The state of being a cuckold. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cuckoldry-en-noun-Rb3PQG9A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 70 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 7 68 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 85 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 74 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 80 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 78 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 81 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 63 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 83 13
  3. (zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-cuckoldry-en-noun-NgUWE4ds Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: adultery, cheating, cuckoldry, infidelity, promiscuity, two-timing, unfaithfulness Derived forms: cuckoldize Related terms: cuckoldize, cuckold, cuckquean, cuckolder

Inflected forms

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