different between fornicator vs fornicatrix

English

Alternative forms

• fornicatour (obsolete)

Etymology

fornicate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??(?).n?.ke?.t?(?)/

Noun

fornicator (plural fornicators)

1. An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
   • 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

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Related terms

• fornicatress, fornicatresses f (very rare)
• fornicatrix, fornicatrices f (very rare)

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Derived from fornicor (“to fornicate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.ni?ka?.tor/, [f?rn??kä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.ni?ka.tor/, [f?rni?k??t??r]

Noun

fornic?tor m (genitive fornic?t?ris, feminine fornic?tr?x); third declension

1. fornicator (male)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• fornic?rius

Related terms

• fornic?tr?x

Descendants

• French: fornicateur
• Italian: fornicatore

References

• fornicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fornicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin fornic?tr?x.

Noun

fornicatrix (plural fornicatrices)

1. A female fornicator.
   • 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 524:

     She would be a what was it…a fornicatress?…trix! Fornicatrix is preferable! Very preferable.

Synonyms

• fornicatress

Latin

Etymology

From fornicor +? -tr?x.

Noun

fornic?tr?x f (genitive fornic?tr?cis, masculine fornic?tor); third declension

1. fornicator (female), whore
2. prostitute

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• fornic?ria

Related terms

• fornic?rius
• fornic?ti?
• fornic?tor

References

• fornicatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornicatrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fornicatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette