illegitimate

Sentences
An user
The   film
📽️
  features   George   Segal   as   Albert ,  the   illegitimate   father
👨‍👦
  of   Mikey .
Read more
Meaning

Opposite of
valid, legal, logical
Synonyms

bastard
A2
illegal
B1
unlawful
C2
illicit
C2
spurious
46k
extramarital
45k

illegitimate child

love child
by-blow
contraband
C2
unauthorized
C2
outlaw
C2
outlawed
24k
misbegotten
whoreson
irregular
C2
adulterine

tortious

treacherous
C2
unauthorised
36k
under-the-counter
undocumented
32k
undue
27k
unfair
B2
unfathered
unmarried
C2
unwarranted
38k
wildcat
24k
wrong
A1
wrongful
21k
no ball
base
B1
sidewind
baseborn
bastardize
bootleg
27k
fatherless
33k
ill-conceived
invalid
C2
invalidated
lawless
25k
malicious
C2
nameless
C2
natural
B1
nullified
out-of-bounds
out of wedlock
prohibited
C2
strike
B1
Translations

illégitime
ilegítimo
ilegítimo
illegittimo
unehelich
bâtard

illegitim

παράνομος

il·legítim

unrechtmäßig
gesetzeswidrig

غير شرعي

außerehelich
illegal

νόθος

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/
Etymology

First attested in 1536, from Latin illēgitimus, most likely an adapted borrowing of Middle French illegitime, equivalent to il- + legitimate, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

Improve your pronunciation

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes
EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

Start learning English with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "illegitimate" and many other words and sentences in English.

Arrow pointing to the button
Start learning English
English
learnfeliz
learnfeliz
/