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celibate

холостяк, холостой, незамужняя

Unverheiratete, Junggeselle, Unverheirateter, Zölibatär

One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get…One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

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/ˈsɛləbət/

» Being celibate means that you may only do it with other celibates.

Значение

значений: 2

(неисчисляемое)One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
Unverheirateter, Unverheiratete, Junggeselle
холостя́кxolostják, холосто́йxolostój, незаму́жняяnezamúžnjaja
an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
(устаревшее, неисчисляемое)A celibate state; celibacy.

Примеры

предложений: 4

Being celibate means that you may only do it with other celibates.
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The serpent-god's image is carried in an annual procession by a celibate priestess.
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Tom is celibate.
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Most Buddhist monks are celibate.
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Переводы

языков: 5

Русский

По значениям 1

person who is not married:

Deutsch

По значениям 1

person who is not married:

Происхождение

From Latin caelebs + -ate (noun-forming suffix) From French célibat (“celibacy”), from La

From Latin caelebs + -ate (noun-forming suffix)

From French célibat (“celibacy”), from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy”), from caelebs (“unmarried”); compare German Zölibat (“celibacy”). Equivalent to Latin caelebs + -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank, a state)

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