celibato

Meaning

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)

Concepts

celibacy

chastity

sexual abstention

Artemis

chasteness

Synonyms

castidade

recato

pudicícia

Translations

célibat

Zölibat

celibato

celibat

celibato

celibaat

αγαμία

bekarlık

castedat

castità

Keuschheit

chasteté

châsteté

abstinència sexual

Pronounced as (IPA)

/se.liˈba.tu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: caelibātus

In summary

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