Meaning

1 senses

  1. To engage in fornication.

    Unzucht treiben

    распу́тничатьraspútničatʹ, блуди́тьbludítʹ, развра́тничатьrazvrátničatʹ

More definitions
  • have sex without being married

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Adriano fornicated with Rima.

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  2. A good Muslim doesn't fornicate.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to engage in fornication:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to engage in fornication:

Origin

First attested in 1552; borrowed from Latin fornicātus, perfect active participle of forni

First attested in 1552; borrowed from Latin fornicātus, perfect active participle of fornicor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.

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Forms

fornicates, fornicating, fornicated, fornicated
Base formfornicate · to fornicate
3rd person singularfornicates
Present participlefornicating
Past simplefornicated
Past participlefornicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfornicate
he, she, itfornicates

Past simpleLesson

all personsfornicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fornicated
he, she, ithas fornicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fornicate

Word family

4 related words
Relatedfornicationfornicator
Derivedfornicatedphonicate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formidableB2formulaB1formulateC1formulationfornicationforsakefort
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