"illegitimate" meaning in English

See illegitimate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmɨt] [General-American], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmɘt/ [New-Zealand], /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmeɪt/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmeɪt] [General-American], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmeɪt/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegitimate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegitimate (verb).wav [Southern-England] Forms: more illegitimate [comparative], most illegitimate [superlative]
Etymology: Based on Latin illegitimus; equivalent to il- + legitimate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|illegitimus}} Latin illegitimus, {{af|en|in-|legitimate|alt1=il-}} il- + legitimate Head templates: {{en-adj}} illegitimate (comparative more illegitimate, superlative most illegitimate)
  1. Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards. Synonyms: invalid Translations (not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards): epäkelpo (Finnish), epäpätevä (Finnish), kelvoton (Finnish), säännönvastainen (Finnish), laiton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-c4XDezh~ Disambiguation of 'not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards': 46 4 10 10 10 5 10 3
  2. Not in accordance with the law. Synonyms: illegal, illicit, unlawful Translations (against the law): ապօրինի (apōrini) (Armenian), незаконен (nezakonen) (Bulgarian), il·legítim (Catalan), uretmæssig (Danish), uberettiget (Danish), illegaal (Dutch), onrechtmatig (Dutch), malrajta (Esperanto), laiton (Finnish), lainvastainen (Finnish), illégitime (French), არაკანონიერი (araḳanonieri) (Georgian), უკანონო (uḳanono) (Georgian), არალეგიტიმური (aralegiṭimuri) (Georgian), illegitim (German), unrechtmäßig (German), παράνομος (paránomos) [masculine] (Greek), illegale (Italian), 違法な (ihō na) (Japanese), illegitimus (Latin), nielegalny (Polish), ilegal (Portuguese), ilegitim [masculine] (Romanian), nelegal [masculine] (Romanian), незако́нный (nezakónnyj) (Russian), противозако́нный (protivozakónnyj) (Russian), нелега́льный (nelegálʹnyj) (Russian), нелегити́мный (nelegitímnyj) (Russian), olaglig (Swedish), illegal (Swedish), illegitim (Swedish), lagstridig (Swedish), yolsuz (Turkish), gayrimeşru (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-eLRNh3Ez Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 10 10 10 10 9 12 16 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 7 17 8 8 8 13 8 12 14 5 Disambiguation of 'against the law': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. Not sanctioned by marriage.
    Born to unmarried parents.
    Synonyms: natural, illegitimate Translations (born to unmarried parents): νόθος (nóthos) (Ancient Greek), ապօրինի (apōrini) (Armenian), незаконно роден (nezakonno roden) (Bulgarian), il·legítim (Catalan), nemanželský (Czech), illegitim (Danish), nelegitima (Esperanto), avioton (Finnish), νόθος (nóthos) (Greek), neamhdhlisteanach (Irish), tabhartha (Irish), illegittimo (Italian), 婚外の (kongai no) (Japanese), 庶出の (shoshutsu no) (Japanese), illegitimus (Latin), nothus (Latin), spurius [masculine] (Latin), oainjyragh (Manx), sooree (Manx), nieślubny [masculine] (Polish), ilegítimo (Portuguese), ilegítimo (Spanish), natural (Spanish), oäkta (Swedish), utomäktenskaplig (Swedish), illegitim (Swedish), gayrimeşru (Turkish), đẻ hoang (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-X40nTo~W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 10 10 10 10 9 12 16 1 Disambiguation of 'born to unmarried parents': 1 0 92 2 1 1 1 1
  4. Not sanctioned by marriage.
    (dated) Having a child or children with a person to whom one is not married.
    Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-k2vC2Fri
  5. Not sanctioned by marriage.
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-hzVejnLT
  6. Not correctly deduced. Synonyms: illogical, invalid Translations (illogical): неправилен (nepravilen) (Bulgarian), ulogisk (Danish), väärä (Finnish), epälooginen (Finnish), epäpätevä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-k0SpNXxB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 10 10 10 10 9 12 16 1 Disambiguation of 'illogical': 4 10 6 6 6 55 6 7
  7. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine. Synonyms: spurious Translations (not genuine; not authorized by good usage): väärä (Finnish), illégitime (French), illegittimo (Italian), 偽の (english: nise no) (Japanese), 紛いの (magai no) (Japanese), ilegítimo (Portuguese), illegitim (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-4cl4s~M2 Disambiguation of 'not genuine; not authorized by good usage': 5 6 14 12 12 6 41 4
  8. (botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-adj-hGBA6AGo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 10 10 10 10 9 12 16 1 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: fatherless, motherless, unfathered, unmothered Related terms: illegit, illegitimacy, illegitimately, illegitimateness, illegitimate theater, illegitimate theatre, illegitimation, illegitimize, bastard

Noun

IPA: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmɨt] [General-American], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmɘt/ [New-Zealand], /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmeɪt/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmeɪt] [General-American], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmeɪt/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegitimate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegitimate (verb).wav [Southern-England] Forms: illegitimates [plural]
Etymology: Based on Latin illegitimus; equivalent to il- + legitimate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|illegitimus}} Latin illegitimus, {{af|en|in-|legitimate|alt1=il-}} il- + legitimate Head templates: {{en-noun}} illegitimate (plural illegitimates)
  1. A person born to unmarried parents. Synonyms: natural child, lovechild, bastard Translations (person born to unmarried parents): lehtolapsi (Finnish), tama meamea (Maori), raparere (Maori), tīraumoko (Maori), pōriro (Maori)
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-noun-OqXur16V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 10 10 10 10 9 12 16 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 14 15 8 8 11 8 10 19 1 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 5 12 15 9 9 12 8 9 19 2

Verb

IPA: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmɨt] [General-American], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmɘt/ [New-Zealand], /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmeɪt/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmeɪt] [General-American], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmeɪt/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegitimate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegitimate (verb).wav [Southern-England] Forms: illegitimates [present, singular, third-person], illegitimating [participle, present], illegitimated [participle, past], illegitimated [past]
Etymology: Based on Latin illegitimus; equivalent to il- + legitimate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|illegitimus}} Latin illegitimus, {{af|en|in-|legitimate|alt1=il-}} il- + legitimate Head templates: {{en-verb}} illegitimate (third-person singular simple present illegitimates, present participle illegitimating, simple past and past participle illegitimated)
  1. (transitive) To make illegitimate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-illegitimate-en-verb-4tkM~9jP

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for illegitimate meaning in English (26.8kB)

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          "ref": "1927, J. B. S. Haldane, “Possible Worlds”, in Possible Worlds and Other Essays, London: Chatto and Windus",
          "text": "The so-called interstellar space […] has not the properties of ordinary space. It will not conduct sound, nor can a human being move through it. It is therefore illegitimate to measure it in miles.",
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          "ref": "2009, J. M. Coetzee, “Martin”, in Summertime, New York: Viking, page 209",
          "text": "Our attitude was that, to put it briefly, our presence there [in South Africa] was legal but illegitimate. We had an abstract right to be there, a birthright, but the basis of that right was fraudulent. Our presence was grounded in a crime, namely colonial conquest, perpetuated by apartheid.",
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          "ref": "1914, Theodore Dreiser, chapter 54, in The Titan, New York: John Lane, page 475",
          "text": "[…] if things went on at this rate it would be doubtful soon whether ever again he would be able to win another election by methods legitimate or illegitimate.",
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          "sense": "against the law",
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          "sense": "against the law",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "against the law",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "araḳanonieri",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "არაკანონიერი"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "უკანონო"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aralegiṭimuri",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "არალეგიტიმური"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "against the law",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paránomos",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "παράνομος"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "illegale"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ihō na",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "違法な"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "illegitimus"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "nielegalny"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "ilegal"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "against the law",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "against the law",
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          "word": "nelegal"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nezakónnyj",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "незако́нный"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "protivozakónnyj",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "противозако́нный"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nelegálʹnyj",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "нелега́льный"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nelegitímnyj",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "нелегити́мный"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "olaglig"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "illegal"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "illegitim"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "lagstridig"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "yolsuz"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "against the law",
          "word": "gayrimeşru"
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        "Not sanctioned by marriage.",
        "Born to unmarried parents."
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          "unmarried"
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          "parent"
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        }
      ],
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          "ref": "1935, Carolyn Wells, chapter 13, in The Beautiful Derelict, New York: Triangle Books, page 222",
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          "ref": "1914, Theodore Dreiser, chapter 54, in The Titan, New York: John Lane, page 475",
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          "ref": "1935, Carolyn Wells, chapter 13, in The Beautiful Derelict, New York: Triangle Books, page 222",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "laiton"
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      "roman": "apōrini",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "ապօրինի"
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      "word": "незаконен"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "uretmæssig"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "uberettiget"
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "illegaal"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "onrechtmatig"
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "malrajta"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "laiton"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "lainvastainen"
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      "word": "illégitime"
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      "word": "არაკანონიერი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "uḳanono",
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      "word": "უკანონო"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "არალეგიტიმური"
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      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "illegitim"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "unrechtmäßig"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "違法な"
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      "word": "nielegalny"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nelegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezakónnyj",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "незако́нный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivozakónnyj",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "противозако́нный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegálʹnyj",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "нелега́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegitímnyj",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "нелегити́мный"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "olaglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "illegitim"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "lagstridig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "yolsuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "against the law",
      "word": "gayrimeşru"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apōrini",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "ապօրինի"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezakonno roden",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "незаконно роден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "il·legítim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "nemanželský"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "illegitim"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "nelegitima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "avioton"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nóthos",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "νόθος"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nóthos",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "νόθος"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "neamhdhlisteanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "tabhartha"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "illegittimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kongai no",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "婚外の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shoshutsu no",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "庶出の"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "illegitimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "nothus"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spurius"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "oainjyragh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "sooree"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nieślubny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "ilegítimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "ilegítimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "natural"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "oäkta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "utomäktenskaplig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "illegitim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "gayrimeşru"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "born to unmarried parents",
      "word": "đẻ hoang"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepravilen",
      "sense": "illogical",
      "word": "неправилен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "illogical",
      "word": "ulogisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illogical",
      "word": "väärä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illogical",
      "word": "epälooginen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illogical",
      "word": "epäpätevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not genuine; not authorized by good usage",
      "word": "väärä"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not genuine; not authorized by good usage",
      "word": "illégitime"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not genuine; not authorized by good usage",
      "word": "illegittimo"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "english": "nise no",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "not genuine; not authorized by good usage",
      "word": "偽の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "magai no",
      "sense": "not genuine; not authorized by good usage",
      "word": "紛いの"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not genuine; not authorized by good usage",
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "code": "mi",
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