concubine
Senso (Inglese)
- A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
- A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
- (historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.
Concetti
sinonimi
second wife
minor wife
illicit lover
illegal wife
lesser wife
kept mistress
secondary wife
fancy woman
common-law wife
female slave
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumbō (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -īna.
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