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English

Noun

cultures

1. plural of culture

Verb

cultures

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culture

Catalan

Noun

cultures

1. plural of cultura

French

Noun

cultures f

1. plural of culture

Spanish

Verb

cultures

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of culturar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of culturar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concub?na, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumb? (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -?na.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??kj?ba?n/

Noun

concubine (plural concubines)

1. A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.

   Synonyms: mistress, sprunk; see also Thesaurus:sexual partner, Thesaurus:mistress

2. A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

   Synonyms: cohabitor, cohabitant, domestic partner
3. (chiefly historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.

   Synonym: odalisque

Derived terms

• concubinage

Translations

See also

• harem
• polygamy
• co-wife
• seraglio

References

• Random House Unabridged Dictionary
• concubine at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch concubine, from Middle French concubine, from Old French [Term?], from Latin concub?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.ky?bi.n?/
• Hyphenation: con?cu?bi?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

concubine f (plural concubines or concubinen)

1. concubine

   Synonyms: bijvrouw, bijwijf, bijzit, bijzitster

Derived terms

• concubinaat

French

Etymology

Latin concub?na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ky.bin/

Noun

concubine f (plural concubines, masculine concubin)

1. cohabitant, female domestic partner
2. concubine

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.ku?bi.ne/

Noun

concubine f

1. plural of concubina

Latin

Noun

concub?ne

1. vocative singular of concub?nus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• concubyne, concubyn, concubin

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concub?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nkiu??bi?n(?)/

Noun

concubine (plural concubines)

1. A concubine; a secondary female partner.
2. (rare) A illegitimate or unacknowledged partner (male or female)

Descendants

• English: concubine

References

• “conc?b?n(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.