fornicate

Meaning

Verb

To engage in fornication.

Adj

Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

Synonyms

whore

commit adultery

adultery

unfaithful

make love

prostitute

stuff

sexual deviation

go whoring

whore around

deviate

fornication

make friends

Translations

forniquer

fornicar

fornicare

huren

herumhuren

adulterar

adulterare

rumhuren

زنى

تسافح

ficken

👉👌

ehebrechen

بغي

بغ

fornicar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː.nɪ.kət/

Etymology

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.