celibato

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (masculine) celibacy (state of being unmarried)
2. (masculine) celibacy (abstaining from sexual relations)

Adj

1. celibate; unmarried
2. celibate (abstaining from sexual relations)

Sinonieme

castidade

recato

pudicícia

Vertalings

célibat

Zölibat

celibacy

celibato

celibato

celibat

celibaat

αγαμία

chastity

castedat

castità

Keuschheit

sexual abstention

chasteté

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/se.liˈba.tu/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Latyn: caelibātus

In summary

Borrowed from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), perfect passive participle of caelibāre, from caelebs (“unmarried”).