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Definition: Extramarital |
ExtramaritalAdjective1. Characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ExtramaritalSynonyms: adulterous (adj), extracurricular (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Extramarital |
| English words defined with "extramarital": adultery ♦ criminal conversation ♦ fancy woman, fornication ♦ kept woman ♦ mistress. (references) |
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Children | Malaysia | Such a girl may be charged with "khalwat" or "close proximity" (the charge usually used to prosecute premarital or extramarital sexual relations), even if she is under the age of 18 and her partner is an adult. (references) |
Human Rights | Nigeria | In August a Shari'a court in Zamfara State sentenced Amina Abdullahi to 100 lashes for having an extramarital affair. (references) |
Women | Pakistan | The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry for Women criticized Hudood Ordinances relating to extramarital sex and recommended that they be repealed asserting that they are based on an erroneous interpretation of Shari'a. (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | The Hudood ordinances criminalize extramarital sexual relations and place a burden on female rape victims because testimony of female victims and witnesses carry no legal weight. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Extramarital" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Extramarital" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "extramarital": Extramarital Relations ♦ extramarital sex. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "extramarital"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | jashtëmartësor. (various references) | |
Arabic | بلا زواج. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | извънбрачен (adulterate, adulterine, adulterous, illegitimate, misbegotten, natural). (various references) | |
Chinese | 婚外 . (various references) | |
Czech | nemanželský (bastard, discovert, illegitimate, natural). (various references) | |
Finnish | avioliittoliiton ulkopuolinen (out of wedlock). (various references) | |
French | en dehors du mariage. (various references) | |
Greek | εξωσυζυγικόσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | házasságon kívüli. (various references) | |
Italian | extraconiugale (illegitimately). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 婚外交渉 (extramarital sex). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こんがいこうしょう (extramarital sex). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | extramaritalay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | extraconjugal, bastardo (bastard). (various references) | |
Russian | внебрачный (adulterate, bastard, illegitimate, misbegotten). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | preljubnički (adulterate, adulterous). (various references) | |
Spanish | extramatrimonial. (various references) | |
Swedish | vänsterprassel (extramarital relations), utomäktenskapliga förbindelser (extramarital relations). (various references) | |
Turkish | evlilik dışı (out of wedlock, spurious). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | позашлюбний (adulterate, adulterine, bastard, misbegotten, nameless, natural, spurious). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Extramarital" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: extramaritally, extramarrital. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "extramarital" (pronounced e'kstrume"rutul) |
| 7 | -m e" r u t u l | marital, premarital. |
| 4 | -u t u l | capital, Capitol, congenital, digital, genital, nonvolatile, occipital, orbital, parietal, pivotal, skeletal, societal, vegetal, versatile, volatile. |
| 3 | -t u l | infantile, infertile, accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, parental, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skittle, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vestal, vital, vittle, Whittle, Wintle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-i-l-m-r-r-t-t-x" | |
-4 letters: amaretti, arterial, maltreat, material, remittal. | |
-5 letters: amirate, arietta, malaria, maltier, marital, marlier, marlite, martial, martlet, rattail, rattier, rattler, retrial, talaria, tertial, trailer. | |
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