For a start, he was the illegitimate son of an unmarried mother.
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Illegitimate
//ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət//
Synonyms for "illegitimate" (181 found)
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Strong matches (54)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(19 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (90)
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Adjective(23 words)
Noun(4 words)
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Translations
91 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νόθος adj (born to unmarried parents)
Armenian
2 entries- ապօրինի adj (against the law)
- ապօրինի adj (born to unmarried parents)
Bulgarian
3 entries- незаконен adj (against the law)
- незаконно роден adj (born to unmarried parents)
- неправилен adj (illogical)
Catalan
2 entries- il·legítim adj (against the law)
- il·legítim adj (born to unmarried parents)
Czech
1 entries- nemanželský adj (born to unmarried parents)
Danish
4 entries- illegitim adj (born to unmarried parents)
- uberettiget adj (against the law)
- ulogisk adj (illogical)
- uretmæssig adj (against the law)
Dutch
2 entries- illegaal adj (against the law)
- onrechtmatig adj (against the law)
Esperanto
2 entries- malrajta adj (against the law)
- nelegitima adj (born to unmarried parents)
Finnish
4 entries- avioton adj (born to unmarried parents)
- epäkelpo adj (not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards)
- epälooginen adj (illogical)
- epäpätevä adj (not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards)
French
2 entries- illégitime adj (against the law)
- illégitime adj (not genuine; not authorized by good usage)
Georgian
3 entries- არაკანონიერი adj (against the law)
- არალეგიტიმური adj (against the law)
- უკანონო adj (against the law)
German
2 entries- illegitim adj (against the law)
- unrechtmäßig adj (against the law)
Greek
2 entries- νόθος adj (born to unmarried parents)
- παράνομος adj (against the law)
Hanunoo
1 entries- anak sa kalyag noun (person born to unmarried parents)
Irish
2 entries- neamhdhlisteanach adj (born to unmarried parents)
- tabhartha adj (born to unmarried parents)
Italian
3 entries- illegale adj (against the law)
- illegittimo adj (born to unmarried parents)
- illegittimo adj (not genuine; not authorized by good usage)
Japanese
4 entries- 偽の adj (not genuine; not authorized by good usage)
- 婚外の adj (born to unmarried parents)
- 庶出の adj (born to unmarried parents)
- 紛いの adj (not genuine; not authorized by good usage)
Latin
4 entries- illegitimus adj (against the law)
- illegitimus adj (born to unmarried parents)
- nothus adj (born to unmarried parents)
- spurius adj (born to unmarried parents)
Manx
2 entries- oainjyragh adj (born to unmarried parents)
- sooree adj (born to unmarried parents)
Māori
4 entries- pōriro noun (person born to unmarried parents)
- raparere noun (person born to unmarried parents)
- tama meamea noun (person born to unmarried parents)
- tīraumoko noun (person born to unmarried parents)
Polish
2 entries- nielegalny adj (against the law)
- nieślubny adj (born to unmarried parents)
Portuguese
3 entries- ilegal adj (against the law)
- ilegítimo adj (born to unmarried parents)
- ilegítimo adj (not genuine; not authorized by good usage)
Romanian
2 entries- ilegitim adj (against the law)
- nelegal adj (against the law)
Russian
4 entries- внебрачный adj (born to unmarried parents)
- незако́нный adj (against the law)
- незаконный adj (born to unmarried parents)
- нелега́льный adj (against the law)
Spanish
3 entries- ilegítimo adj (born to unmarried parents)
- natural adj (born to unmarried parents)
- hijo ilegítimo noun (person born to unmarried parents)
Swedish
4 entries- illegal adj (against the law)
- illegitim adj (against the law)
- illegitim adj (born to unmarried parents)
- illegitim adj (not genuine; not authorized by good usage)
Turkish
3 entries- gayrimeşru adj (against the law)
- gayrimeşru adj (born to unmarried parents)
- yolsuz adj (against the law)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đẻ hoang adj (born to unmarried parents)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Although this chap came into the world in a somewhat impudent fashion, before he was sent for, his mother was pretty; we had fun making him, and the illegitimate fellow must be acknowledged.
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The king had numerous illegitimate children with her.
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Sami has an illegitimate daughter.
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