Dictionary

extramarital en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɛkstɹəˈmæɹɪtəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English marital English extramarital From extra- + marital.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Occurring outside marriage.
2. (not-comparable, of a relationship or sex) Adulterous.
   • David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and one of America’s most decorated four-star generals, resigned on Friday after an F.B.I. investigation uncovered evidence that he had been involved in an extramarital affair. 2012 November 9, Michael D. Shear, “Petraeus Quits; Evidence of Affair Was Found by F.B.I.”, in New York Times:

Forms

Antonyms

intramarital

Deriveds

extramaritally

Synonyms

extraconjugal (occurring outside marriage) · extracurricular (occurring outside marriage) · extramarriage (occurring outside marriage) · illegitimate (occurring outside marriage)

Translations (52)

ca extraconjugal (taking place outside marriage) · fi avioliiton ulkopuolinen (taking place outside marriage) · sv utomäktenskaplig (taking place outside marriage) · be пазашлю́бны (taking place outside marriage) · el εξωγαμιαίος (taking place outside marriage) · vi ngoại hôn (taking place outside marriage) · sv utomäktenskaplig (adulterous — see also adulterous) · es extramarital (taking place outside marriage) · hu házasságon kívüli (taking place outside marriage) · ro extraconjugal (taking place outside marriage) · fr extraconjugal (taking place outside marriage) · sl zunajzakonski (taking place outside marriage) · it extraconiugale (taking place outside marriage) · de außerehelich (adulterous — see also adulterous) · fi ulkoaviollinen (taking place outside marriage) · nb utenomekteskapelig (taking place outside marriage) · gl extramarital (taking place outside marriage) · tr evlilik dışı (taking place outside marriage) · gl extramatrimonial (taking place outside marriage) · bg извънбра́чен (taking place outside marriage) · sw nje ya ndoa (adulterous — see also adulterous) · sh ванбрачан (taking place outside marriage) · uk позашлю́бний (taking place outside marriage) · ko 혼외의 (taking place outside marriage) · el εξωσυζυγικός (taking place outside marriage) · sw nje ya ndoa (taking place outside marriage) · ca extramatrimonial (taking place outside marriage) · rsk звонкамалженски (taking place outside marriage) · el μοιχευτικός (adulterous — see also adulterous) · kk некесіз (taking place outside marriage) · tr gayrimeşru (taking place outside marriage) · da udenomsægteskabelig (taking place outside marriage) · ru внебра́чный (adulterous — see also adulterous) · pdt onehelich (taking place outside marriage) · fi avioliiton ulkopuolinen (adulterous — see also adulterous) · nl buitenechtelijk (adulterous — see also adulterous) · pt extraconjugal (taking place outside marriage) · nl buitenechtelijk (taking place outside marriage) · cs mimomanželský (taking place outside marriage) · sh vanbračan (taking place outside marriage) · es extramatrimonial (taking place outside marriage) · ja 婚外の (taking place outside marriage) · ru внебра́чный (taking place outside marriage) · sk mimomanželský (taking place outside marriage) · fi ulkoaviollinen (adulterous — see also adulterous) · pl pozamałżeński (taking place outside marriage) · rsk нємалженски (taking place outside marriage) · cmn 婚外 (taking place outside marriage) · mk вонбрачен (taking place outside marriage) · gl extraconxugal (taking place outside marriage) · de außerehelich (taking place outside marriage) · da uden om ægteskabet (taking place outside marriage)