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English
Etymology
From Middle English fornicatour, from Medieval Latin fornicātor.
Pronunciation
Noun
fornicator (plural fornicators)
- An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
- Coordinate term: adulterer
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, column 1:Know yee not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuſers of themſelues with mankinde, Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor reuilers, nor extortioners, ſhall inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran 24:2
- (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
Synonyms
Translations
unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse
- Arabic: زَانٍ (zānin)
- Dutch: ontuchtige (nl) c
- French: fornicateur (fr) m, forniqueur (fr) m, fornicatrice (fr) f
- German: Hurenbock (de) m, Hurer (de) m, Hure (de) f, Unzuchtsünder m, Unzuchtsünderin f, Unzüchtiger m, Unzüchtige f
- Irish: táthach m
- Spanish: fornicador m, fornicario m
- Swedish: horbock (sv) c
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish: زانی m (zani), زانیه f (zaniye)
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Latin
Etymology
From fornicor (“to fornicate”) + -tor.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris, feminine fornicātrīx); third declension
- fornicator (male)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- ^ “fornicare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN