concubine

con·cu·bine  (kngky-bn, kn-)

n.

1. Law A woman who cohabits with a man without being legally married to him.

2. In certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin concubna : com-, com- + cubre, to lie down.]

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concubine [kon-kew-bine]

Noun

1. Old-fashioned a woman living with a man as his wife, but not married to him

2. a secondary wife in polygamous societies [Latin concumbere to lie together]

concubinage n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

concubine - a woman who cohabits with an important man courtesan, doxy, paramour kept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man odalisque - a woman slave in a harem

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concubine

noun (Old-fashioned) mistress, courtesan, kept woman

Translations

concubine

n concubine [ˈkoŋkjubain]

1 an old word for a woman who lives with a man as his lover but is not his wife. houvrou, bysit, byvrou, bywyf حَظِيَّه наложница souložnice konkubine die Konkubine παλλακίδα concubina konkubiin معشوقه jalkavaimo, sivuvaimo concubine פִּלֶגֶש @@@פִּילֶגֶש$$$ रखैल priležnica, konkubina szerető gundik hjákona concubina めかけ 첩, 제2 부인 sugyventinė konkubīne perempuan simpanan concubine frille, elskerinne konkubina concubina сожительница konkubína priležnica konkubina konkubin ผู้หญิงที่อยู่กินกับผู้ชายโดยไม่ได้สมรสกัน kapatma, metres, kuma 情婦 коханка داشتہ thiếp 情妇

2 (among peoples and religions that allow men to have more than one wife) a secondary wife. tweede vrou زَوْجَه ثانِيَه втора съпруга konkubína medhustru die zweite Ehefrau δεύτερη σύζυγος concubina liignaine زن صیغه ای concubine פִּלֶגֶש @@@פִּילֶגֶש$$$ उपपत्नी suložnica, priležnica ágyas selir concubina （多妻制の社会で）第二夫人 jaunesnioji žmona (daudzsievībā) otrā (trešā utt.) sieva madu bijvrouw medhustru, konkubine nałożnica младшая жена ďalšia manželka druga žena konkubina bihustru เมียน้อย kuma, ortak 妾 молодша жінка دوسری بیوی vợ lẽ 妾