Between ourselves, he keeps a mistress.
Source: tatoeba (62026)
Mistress
//ˈmɪstɹɪs//
Synonyms for "mistress" (124 found)
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6 entriesderived
63 entriesShowing 16 of 63 words.
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1 entriesdistinct from
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4 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
220 translations across 67 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- houvrou noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- minnares noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Albanian
3 entries- dashnore noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- zojush noun (female teacher)
- zonjë noun (woman of authority)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δέσποινα noun (woman of authority)
Arabic
3 entries- خَلِيلَة noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- سَيِّدَة noun (woman of authority)
- عَشِيقَة noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Armenian
1 entries- սիրուհի noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- məşuqə noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Belarusian
4 entries- гаспады́ня noun (woman of authority)
- каха́нка noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- палюбо́ўніца noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- спада́рка noun (woman of authority)
Bulgarian
3 entries- госпо́дарка noun (woman of authority)
- любо́вница noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- учителка noun (female teacher)
Catalan
2 entries- amistançada noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- mestressa noun (woman of authority)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 姘婦 /姘妇 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- 姘頭 /姘头 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- 姦婦 /奸妇 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- 情婦 /情妇 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Czech
1 entries- milenka noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Danish
4 entries- elskerinde noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- frue noun (woman of authority)
- herskerinde noun (woman of authority)
- lærerinde noun (female teacher)
Dutch
4 entries- buitenvrouw noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- juf noun (female teacher)
- meesteres noun (woman of authority)
- meesteres noun (dominatrix)
Egyptian
1 entries- H-nw:t-B1 noun (woman of authority)
Esperanto
4 entries- amantino noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- amaĵistino noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- amdonantino noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- instruistino noun (female teacher)
Estonian
2 entries- armastaja noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- armuke noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Finnish
4 entries- opettajatar noun (female teacher)
- rakastajatar noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- rouva noun (woman of authority)
- valtiatar noun (dominatrix)
French
4 entries- amante noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- maîtresse noun (woman of authority)
- maîtresse noun (female teacher)
- maîtresse noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Galician
4 entries- ama noun (woman of authority)
- ama noun (dominatrix)
- amante noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- druda noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Georgian
1 entries- საყვარელი noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
German
4 entries- Domina noun (dominatrix)
- Frau noun (woman of authority)
- Herrscherin noun (woman of authority)
- Lehrerin noun (female teacher)
Greek
3 entries- ερωμένη noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- κυρία noun (woman of authority)
- κυρία noun (female teacher)
Hebrew
2 entries- גבירה noun (woman of authority)
- פִּילֶגֶשׁ noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Hindi
3 entries- अध्यापिका noun (female teacher)
- प्रेमिका noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- शिक्षिका noun (female teacher)
Hungarian
4 entries- domina noun (dominatrix)
- szerető noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- tanárnő noun (female teacher)
- úrnő noun (woman of authority)
Icelandic
2 entries- frilla noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- hjákona noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Indonesian
1 entries- gundik noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Irish
3 entries- bean luí noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- máistreás noun (woman of authority)
- máistreás noun (female teacher)
Italian
4 entries- amante noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- dominatrice noun (dominatrix)
- maestra noun (female teacher)
- padrona noun (woman of authority)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- matey noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Japanese
2 entries- 情婦 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- 愛人 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸೆಕೆಂಡ್ ಸೆಟಪ್ noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Kazakh
3 entries- ашына әйел noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- көңілдес әйел noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- ханым noun (woman of authority)
Korean
2 entries- 애인 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- 정부 noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- ойнош noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- тамыр аял noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Latin
4 entries- domina noun (woman of authority)
- domina noun (dominatrix)
- magistra noun (female teacher)
- paelex noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Latvian
4 entries- brūte noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- mīļākā noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- pasniedzēja noun (female teacher)
- skolotāja noun (female teacher)
Lithuanian
1 entries- meilužė noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Macedonian
4 entries- газда́рица noun (woman of authority)
- госпо́дарка noun (woman of authority)
- госпо́дарка noun (dominatrix)
- наста́вничка noun (female teacher)
Manx
1 entries- colhiabbagh noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Norman
3 entries- contchubinne noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- maitrêsse noun (woman of authority)
- maitrêsse noun (female teacher)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- elskerinne noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- frue noun (woman of authority)
- frøken noun (female teacher)
- lærerinne noun (female teacher)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- elskarinne noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- frue noun (woman of authority)
- frøken noun (female teacher)
- lærarinne noun (female teacher)
Old English
1 entries- hlǣfdīġe noun (woman of authority)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سیده noun (woman of authority)
- قادین noun (woman of authority)
Persian
4 entries- بانو noun (woman of authority)
- شهبانو noun (woman of authority)
- عاشق noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- معشوقه noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Polish
2 entries- kochanka noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- pani noun (woman of authority)
Portuguese
4 entries- amante noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- dominatriz noun (dominatrix)
- professora noun (female teacher)
- senhora noun (woman of authority)
Romani
3 entries- piramni noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- rani noun (woman of authority)
- siklǎrni noun (female teacher)
Romanian
2 entries- amantă noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- ibovnică noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Russian
4 entries- влады́чица noun (dominatrix)
- госпожа́ noun (woman of authority)
- любо́вница noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- прави́тельница noun (dominatrix)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bana-mhaighstir noun (woman of authority)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gospodàrica noun (woman of authority)
- gospodàrica noun (dominatrix)
- gȁzdarica noun (woman of authority)
- ljúbāvnica noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Sicilian
4 entries- donna noun (woman of authority)
- gna noun (woman of authority)
- patruna noun (woman of authority)
- signura noun (woman of authority)
Slovak
1 entries- milenka noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Slovene
2 entries- ljubica noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- ljubimka noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Spanish
4 entries- ama noun (dominatrix)
- amante noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- barragana noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- dueña noun (woman of authority)
Swahili
1 entries- suria noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Swedish
2 entries- härskarinna noun (woman of authority)
- älskarinna noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Tagalog
2 entries- kabit noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- kerida noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Tajik
1 entries- маъшуқа noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Telugu
3 entries- ఉంపుడుకత్తె noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- ఉంపుడుగత్తె noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- సెకండ్ సెటప్ noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Thai
4 entries- กิ๊ก noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- ก้นครัว noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- คนรัก noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- คุณนาย noun (woman of authority)
Turkish
1 entries- metres noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Ukrainian
3 entries- господи́ня noun (woman of authority)
- коха́нка noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- хазя́йка noun (woman of authority)
Uzbek
3 entries- mahbuba noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- mashuqa noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
- oʻynash noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người yêu noun (woman in extramarital relationship)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I'm afraid of discord arising with my husband so I'm turning a blind eye to his mistress.
Source: tatoeba (329427)
He met his mistress during a country escapade.
Source: tatoeba (754736)
April is in my mistress’ face, and July in her eyes hath place; Within her bosom is September, but in her heart a cold December.
Source: tatoeba (787570)
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