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Definition: ADULTER |
ADULTERIntransitive verb1. To commit adultery; to pollute. |
Date "ADULTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Adulter \A*dul"ter\, intransitive verb. [Latin expression adulterare.]. (Websters 1913) |
"ADULTER" is a common misspelling or typo for: adulterer, adultery. |
Crosswords: ADULTER |
| Etymologies containing "ADULTER": Adulterer, Adulteress, Advoutrer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ADULTER" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (adulterer), Latin (adulterer, adulterous, counterfeit, debased, forged), Romanian (adulterate, adulterer, adulterous, adultery, fornication). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adulter | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ADULTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Norwegian | ekteskapsbryter (adultress). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | adulteray | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de moicoV di' endeian frenwn apwleian th yuch autou peripoieitai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui autem adulter est propter cordis inopiam perdet animam suam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who forsothe is auoutrer; for miseise of herte he shal lesen his soule. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 32 |
| Bulgarian | Оня, който прелюбодействува с жена е безумен. Който прави това би погубил душата си. |
| Cebuano | Siya nga makapanapaw sa usa ka babaye maoy tawong walay salabutan: Siya nagabuhat niini aron sa paglaglag sa iyang kaugalingong kalag. |
| Chinese | 與 婦 人 行 淫 的 、 便 是 無 知 、 行 這 事 的 、 必 喪 掉 " 命 。 |
| Croatian | Nerazuman je, dakle, tko se upušta s preljubnicom; dušu svoju gubi koji tako èini. |
| Danish | Afsindig er den, der boler med hende, kun en Selvmorder handler så; |
| Dutch | Maar die met een vrouw overspel doet, is verstandeloos; hij verderft zijn ziel, die dat doet; |
| Finnish | Joka vaimon kanssa avion rikkoo, on mieletön; itsensä menettää, joka niin tekee. |
| French | Mais celui qui commet un adultère avec une femme est dépourvu de sens, Celui qui veut se perdre agit de la sorte; |
| German | Aber wer mit einem Weibe die Ehe bricht, der ist ein Narr; der bringt sein Leben ins Verderben. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, yon nonm ki fè adiltè, se moun fou li ye, se detwi l'ap detwi tèt li. |
| Hungarian | A ki pedig asszonynyal paráználkodik, bolond; a ki magát el akarja veszteni, az cselekszi ezt! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi bagaimanakah dengan orang laki-laki yang berzinah? Ia merusak dirinya sendiri! Bodoh sekali dia! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi orang yang berbuat zinah dengan bini orang, ia itu gila; barangsiapa yang berbuat demikian, ia itu membinasakan nyawanya sendiri. |
| Italian | Ma l'adultero è privo di senno; solo chi vuole rovinare se stesso agisce così. |
| Korean | 부 녀 와 간 음 하 " 자 " 무 지 한 자 라 이 것 을 행 하 " 자 " 자 기 의 영 혼 을 망 하 게 하 며 |
| Maori | Ko te tangata e puremu ana ki te wahine, kahore ona mohio: ko te tangata e pera ana, kei te whakangaro ia i tona wairua. |
| Modern Greek | Οστις ομως μοιχευει με γυναικα, ειναι ενδεης φρενων· απωλειαν φερει εις την ψυχην αυτου, οστις πραττει τουτο. |
| Norwegian | Den som driver hor med en kvinne, er uten forstand; den som vil ødelegge sin sjel, han gjør slikt. |
| Portuguese | O que adultera com uma mulher é falto de entendimento; destrói-se a si mesmo, quem assim procede. |
| Rumanian | Dar cel ce preacurvewte cu o femeie este un om fqrq minte, singur kwi pierde viaya cine face awa. |
| Russian | лФП ЦЕ ТЕМА'П"ЕКУФЧХЕФ У ЦЕОЭЙОПА, Х ФПЗП ОЕФ ХНБ; ФПФ ЗХ'ЙФ "ХЫХ УЧПА, ЛФП "ЕМБЕФ ЬФП: |
| Spanish | Así también el que comete adulterio con una mujer es falto de entendimiento; el que hace tal cosa se destruye a sí mismo. |
| Swedish | Så är ock den utan förstånd, som förför en annans hustru; ja, en självspilling är den som sådant gör. |
| Thai | แต่ผู้ใ"ที่ล่วงประเว"ีกับผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งก็ขา"ความเข้าใจ ผู้ใ"ที่กระทำอย่างนั้นก็ทำลายจิตใจตนเอง |
| Ukrainian | Хто чинить перелюб, не ма" той розуму, він знищу" душу свою, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ADULTER": adulterant, adulterants, adulterate, adulterated, adulterates, adulterating, adulteration, adulterations, adulterator, adulterators, adulterer, adulterers, adulteress, adulteresses, adulteries, adulterine, adulterous, adulterously, adultery. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ADULTER": unadulterated, unadulteratedly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ADULTER" (pronounced 'A*dul"ter'): Abutter, Acater, Acquitter, Adelaster, Admitter, Aflutter, Aglitter, Alabaster, Allotter, Amylobacter, Antitrochanter, Apporter, Atter, Auntter, Auster, Balter, Baxter, Beflatter, Begetter, Bemaster, Beplaster, Bescatter, Besetter, Bespatter, Bewinter, Blatter, Blotter, Boroughmaster, Boulter, Bunter, Buster, Canaster, Cauter, Cheirepter, Chitter, Chowter, Cinter, Circumcenter, Climacter, Clotter, Clyster, Coleopter, Colter, Committer, Complotter, Concertmeister, Coniroster, Coster, Crater, Cremaster, Culter, Cutter, daughter, Dentiroster, Diaster, Disembitter, Disimbitter, Dunter, Embetter, Enaunter, Encloister, Enfester, Enfetter, Enshelter, Ester, feuter, Flawter, Forgetter, Forster, Fouter, Frater, Fretter, Getter, Glyster, goiter, goitre, Goter, Grammaticaster, granddaughter, helter-skelter, Hemipter, Heteropter, hitter, Homopter, Horopter, Huxter, hymenopter, Imbitter, Imitater, Impester, Incenter, Incloister, Infilter, Instanter, Interchapter, Interpilaster, Intromitter, Iter, Jetter, jotter, Jowter, kelter, knitter, LAUGHTER, Lepidopter, Lester, loiter, Longiroster, Magister, mater, matter, Mesogaster, Micraster, Misalter, Misenter, Mismeter, Natter, Neuropter, Nitter, Nutter, Oleaster, Olivaster, Omitter, Orthocenter, Outflatter, Overflutter, Overmaster, Overpester, Oxter, Oyster, Paraunter, Pentecoster, Permitter, Pester, Pewter, Phenicopter, Philister, Phycomater, Phylacter, Physeter, Piaster, Pinaster, Pineaster, Poulter, Powter, Pressiroster, Protureter, Psalter, Pseudohalter, Quarter, Quartter, Quitter, Rapter, ratter, rebutter, Recenter, Recurviroster, Reiter, Remitter, Rhinaster, Rhipipter, roster, Santer, scienter, scoter, Scutter, Self-slaughter, semester, sinter, Sitter, Skelter, Slatter, slitter, Souter, Sowter, Spelter, Spilter, splatter, splitter, spotter, Strutter, Stylaster, submitter, supplanter, tam-o'-shanter, teeter, Tenuiroster, thereafter, thysanopter, Toscatter, totter, transmitter, Trichopter, trimester, trochanter, trotter, Twinter, Uncloister, Unfetter, Unshutter, Unsister, ureter, Verticillaster, Walter, Whetter, Xyster, Yester, Zoster. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: aulder, dartle, lauder. | |
-2 letters: adult, alder, alert, alter, artel, dater, dealt, delta, derat, dural, lader, lated, later, lured, lutea, luted, rated, ratel, ruled, taler, tared, trade, tread, trued, ultra, urate, ureal. | |
-3 letters: auld, dale, dare, dart, date, daut, deal, dear, delt, drat, dual, duel, duet, dura, dure, earl, lade, lard, late, laud, lead, lear, leud, lude, lure, lute, rale, rate, read, real, rude, rued, rule, tael, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela, trad, true, tule, turd, urea. | |
-4 letters: ale, alt, are, art, ate, dal, del, due, ear, eat, eau, eld, era, eta, lad, lar, lat, lea, led, let, leu, rad, rat, red, ret, rue, rut, tad, tae, tar, tau, tea, ted, tel, urd, uta. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, al, ar, at, de, ed, el, er, et, la, re, ta, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: adultery, dentural, preadult, ultrared. | |
+2 letters: adulterer, curtailed, defaulter, laureated, ligatured, lustrated, outglared, outlander, regulated, resaluted, trauchled, ulcerated, ultrareds, ultrawide, unaltered, unrelated. | |
+3 letters: adulterant, adulterate, adulterers, adulteress, adulteries, adulterine, adulterous, balustrade, bladdernut, brutalised, brutalized, circulated, crenulated, defaulters, deregulate, edulcorate, elucidator, elutriated, extrudable, fluoridate, formulated, fraudulent, fulgurated, granulated, gratulated, laundrette, lubricated, luxuriated, multiarmed, multigrade, obdurately, outbrawled, outcrawled, outlanders, outlearned, outrivaled, prudential, quadruplet, reluctated, revaluated, ritualized, roundtable, rudimental, sporulated, stridulate, tribulated, turtlehead, ultradense, untraveled, wanderlust. | |
+4 letters: adulterants, adulterated, adulterates, adulterator, articulated, balustraded, balustrades, bladdernuts, boatbuilder, caterwauled, demodulator, deregulated, deregulates, diverticula, edulcorated, edulcorates, elucidators, elucubrated, faultfinder, fluoridated, fluoridates, fluorinated, gastrulated, illustrated, launderette, laundrettes, naturalised, naturalized, neutralised, neutralized, operculated, outrivalled, outsparkled, pastureland, promulgated, quadruplets, radiolucent, redoubtable, redoubtably, reductional, redundantly, reduplicate, reevaluated, repopulated, reregulated, reticulated, revictualed, roundtables, slaughtered, stridulated, stridulates, thunderclap, transvalued, turtleheads, ultraheated, ultramodern, unliberated, unregulated, untrammeled, wanderlusts. | |
+5 letters: acculturated, adulterating, adulteration, adulterators, adulteresses, adulterously, battleground, boatbuilders, clairaudient, daughterless, demodulators, denaturalize, deregulating, deregulation, disreputable, disreputably, diuretically, diverticular, durabilities, edulcorating, equilibrated, faultfinders, fluidextract, flutterboard, fraudulently, launderettes, matriculated, modularities, multilayered, multitracked, multiwarhead, nonregulated, outgeneraled, pasturelands, perambulated, prudentially, quadrivalent, readjustable, recalculated, recirculated, recultivated, reduplicated, reduplicates, reformulated, reinoculated, relubricated, restimulated, revictualled, somersaulted, strangulated, subeditorial, thunderclaps, tranquilized, triangulated, tuberculated, ultrarefined, uncalibrated, uncelebrated, uncirculated, uncorrelated, underlayment, unformulated, untranslated, valetudinary, vermiculated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 44 55 4C 54 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. ..- .-.. - . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000100 01010101 01001100 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A D U L T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0044 0055 004C 0054 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35385546543952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Bible Trace 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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