Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
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Celibacy
//ˈsɛləbəsi//
Synonyms for "celibacy" (75 found)
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Related words (37)
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59 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عُنُوسَة noun (state of being unmarried)
Asturian
1 entries- celibatu noun (state of being unmarried)
Belarusian
2 entries- бясшлю́бнасць noun (state of being unmarried)
- цэліба́т noun (state of being unmarried)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безбра́чие noun (state of being unmarried)
- ергенство noun (state of being unmarried)
- сексуа́лно въздържа́ние noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Catalan
1 entries- celibat noun (state of being unmarried)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 獨身 /独身 noun (state of being unmarried)
Czech
4 entries- bezženství noun (state of being unmarried)
- celibát noun (state of being unmarried)
- celibát noun (state of being unmarried)
- celibát noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Danish
2 entries- cølibat noun (state of being unmarried)
- cølibat noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Finnish
2 entries- selibaatti noun (state of being unmarried)
- selibaatti noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
French
2 entries- célibat noun (state of being unmarried)
- célibat noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Galician
1 entries- celibato noun (state of being unmarried)
German
3 entries- Keuschheit noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
- Zölibat noun (state of being unmarried)
- Zölibat noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Greek
2 entries- αγαμία noun (state of being unmarried)
- αγαμία noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Hebrew
1 entries- פרישות noun (state of being unmarried)
Hungarian
2 entries- cölibátus noun (state of being unmarried)
- cölibátus noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Irish
1 entries- aontumha noun (state of being unmarried)
Italian
1 entries- celibato noun (state of being unmarried)
Japanese
2 entries- 独身 noun (state of being unmarried)
- 独身 noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Korean
1 entries- 독신 noun (state of being unmarried)
Māori
1 entries- takakautanga noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Norwegian
2 entries- sølibat noun (state of being unmarried)
- sølibat noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Polish
2 entries- celibat noun (state of being unmarried)
- celibat noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Portuguese
2 entries- celibato noun (state of being unmarried)
- celibato noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Romanian
1 entries- celibat noun (state of being unmarried)
Russian
4 entries- безбра́чие noun (state of being unmarried)
- воздержа́ние noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
- сексуа́льное воздержа́ние noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
- целиба́т noun (state of being unmarried)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- aontamhachd noun (state of being unmarried)
- aontamhachd noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Slovak
1 entries- celibát noun (state of being unmarried)
Spanish
2 entries- celibato noun (state of being unmarried)
- celibato noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Swahili
1 entries- useja noun (state of being unmarried)
Swedish
2 entries- celibat noun (state of being unmarried)
- celibat noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Thai
1 entries- การอยู่เป็นโสด noun (state of being unmarried)
Turkish
2 entries- bekârlık noun (state of being unmarried)
- bekârlık noun (abstaining from sexual relations)
Ukrainian
2 entries- безшлю́бність noun (state of being unmarried)
- целіба́т noun (state of being unmarried)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Catholic priests practice celibacy.
Source: tatoeba (2427748)
Tom's involuntary celibacy came to an end when he let go of his sense of entitlement.
Source: tatoeba (11064759)
Lutheran doctrine abolished celibacy and the worship of images.
Source: tatoeba (12228704)
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