caelebs

Significat (Anglès)

1. (declension-3, one-termination, usually) unmarried, single
2. (declension-3, one-termination) associated with or pertaining to being single, solitary or unmarried
3. (New-Latin, declension-3, one-termination) of a genus name: not yet formally associated with any specific epithet as part of a complete binomial species name

Conceptes

solter

fadrí

vidu

Oposat a

marītus

Sinònims

agamus

viduus

Traduccions

soltero

ongehuwd

solteiro

celibate

unmarried

άγαμος

ledig

ανύπαντρος

célibataire

single

ongetrouwd

celibatari

spouseless

on the shelf

widower

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈkae̯.ɫɛps]

Etimologia (Anglès)

Unknown. Suggestions include Proto-Indo-European *kéywelos (“alone”), but root obscure and suffix unexplained, see also Sanskrit केवल (kévala, “alone”); possibly a suffixation of Proto-Indo-European *koyl- *keh₂i-lo- (“safe, unharmed, whole”), via unattested *cael.