Fornication

//ˌfɔɹnɪˈkeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "fornication" (58 found)

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Translations

40 translations across 29 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • زِنًى noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • سِفَاح noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܙܵܢܝܘܼܬܵܐ noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • блудство noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • прелюбодея́ние noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Catalan

1 entries
  • fornicació noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 亂倫 /乱伦 noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • 姦淫 /奸淫 noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • 通奸 noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Danish

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  • utugt noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Dutch

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  • ontucht noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Finnish

3 entries
  • fornikaatio noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • haureus noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • salavuoteus noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

French

1 entries
  • fornication noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Galician

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  • fornicación noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მრუშობა noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • სიძვა noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

German

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  • Unzucht noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • fornikasi noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • zinah noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 姦淫 noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Korean

1 entries
  • 간음 noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaikaiātara noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • utukt noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • utukt noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Occitan

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  • fornicacion noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • زنا noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Huararie noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Polish

1 entries
  • rozpusta noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fornicação noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Romanian

1 entries
  • curvie noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Russian

4 entries
  • блуд noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • внебра́чная связь noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • прелюбодея́ние noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)
  • распу́тство noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Spanish

1 entries
  • fornicación noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Swedish

1 entries
  • otukt noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pakikiapid noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zina noun (sexual intercourse considered illicit)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action.

Source: tatoeba (411796)

Fornication is forbidden in many religions.

Source: tatoeba (7424580)

Fornication is forbidden in Islam.

Source: tatoeba (8265841)

Fornication is a major sin in Islam.

Source: tatoeba (8271611)

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