different between sultana vs concubine

English

Etymology

1580s, Italian sultana, feminine of sultano. Displaced existing sultaness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l?t??.n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l?tæ.n?/, /?s?l?t?.n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

sultana (plural sultanas)

1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.

   Synonym: (American English) golden raisin

2. A wife or mistress of a sultan.

   Synonym: sultaness

3. A female ruler of a sultanate.

   Synonym: sultaness

4. A type of viol, a cither viol.
5. An old form of necklace.

Derived terms

• sultana bird

Translations

See also

• odalisque

References

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

Italian

Noun

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sul?ta?na/

Noun

sultana f

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one

   Synonym: re?ina

Usage notes

• The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.

Portuguese

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

Spanish

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sultana/
• Hyphenation: sul?ta?na

Etymology

From Malay sultana, ultimately from Arabic ?????????? (sul??na).

Noun

sultana (masculine sultan)

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler of islamic sultanates
2. (historical) The female ruler of the Islamicized sultanate polities of the Philippines. A notable example is the Sultanate of Sulu.

   Synonyms: reyna, dayang, sultan, hari, raha, raja, ladya, lakan, datu

See also

• reyna
• dayang
• sultan
• Gat
• poon
• Panginoon

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.