fornication
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fornication
- /ˌfɔɹnɪˈkeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English fornicacioun, from Old French fornicacion, from Latin fornicātiō, from fornix (“brothel”).
noun fornications
- Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way. FRIAR BARNARDINE. Thou hast committed— BARABAS. Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead.
- Sexual intercourse in general; sex. For a moment he stared at the back of the Lascar, wondering if he were the youth that he had disturbed during fornication with his Engineer, then dismissed all thoughts of the previous night, he was getting old, and suspicious, what did it matter […]
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noun sexual intercourse considered illicit
| Español | fornicación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 간음 ganeum |
| 日本語 | 姦淫 kan'in |
| 中文 | 通奸 tōngjiān, 姦淫 /奸淫 jiānyín, 亂倫 /乱伦 luànlún |
| हिन्दी | व्यभिचार vyabhicār |
| Português | fornicação |
| Français | fornication |
| Deutsch | Unzucht |
| Română | curvie |
| Русский | блуд blud, внебра́чная связь vnebráčnaja svjazʹ, прелюбодея́ние preljubodejánije, распу́тство raspútstvo |
| العربية | زِنًى zinan, سِفَاح sifāḥ |
Talk about this word "fornication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fornication. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fornication. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fornication "fornication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fornication.Cite this
@misc{fornication_2026,
title = {fornication},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fornication},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
