concubina

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Italian

Noun

concubina f (plural concubine)

  1. concubine

See also

Latin

Etymology

From concumbō (I lie with).

Pronunciation

Noun

concubīna f (genitive concubīnae); first declension

  1. concubine

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative concubīna concubīnae
genitive concubīnae concubīnārum
dative concubīnae concubīnīs
accusative concubīnam concubīnās
ablative concubīnā concubīnīs
vocative concubīna concubīnae

Descendants

  • English: concubine
  • French: concubine

References

  • concubina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • concubina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concubina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • concubina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • concubina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concubina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: con‧cu‧bi‧na

Noun

concubina f (plural concubinas)

  1. concubine (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
    Synonyms: amásia, barregã

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konkuˈbina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: con‧cu‧bi‧na

Noun

concubina f (plural concubinas, masculine concubino, masculine plural concubinos)

  1. concubine

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