Dictionary

sodomy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɒdəmi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Sodom, where the Bible, in Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and elsewhere, suggests sexual depravity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.
   • […] engaged her in conversation as to where she was going, stated that he would take her to her destination directly, forced her to commit oral sodomy upon him […] 2007, Christopher Berry-Dee, Serial Killers Up Close and Personal, page 12:
   • Mr. Shakur and his road manager, Charles Fuller, 24, were convicted Dec. 1 of first-degree sexual abuse, but they were acquitted of weapons and sodomy charges. 1995 February 8, George James, “Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • On March 3, in the ocean off Hai-feng County, the pirates robbed a fishing junk, and captured Hsu-ch’iung whom crew member Ssu T’ien forced to commit sodomy. On March 11 in a bay in Hsin-an County, they robbed another t’o-feng vessel, captured and imprisoned Tan Se-chin and Tan Ya-pang and forced them to gather firewood. 2001, Dian Murray, “The Practice of Homosexuality among the Pirates of Late Eigteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century China”, in C. R. Pennell, editor, Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader (History), New York University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 250:
2. (countable, in particular, uncountable) Anal sex.
   • The only published study (Feigen, 1954), which looked at 68 adults engaging in consensual anal sex, found that “it was not possible to relate the appearance of the anus to the practice of sodomy; there was no appreciable difference of the anus in those who practiced sodomy frequently and those that practiced it rarely" (p. 81). 2002, Martin Finkel, Angelo Giardino, Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition, page 75:

Forms

Coordinates

homogenitality · scissoring

Deriveds

sodomize · avisodomy · sodomic · antisodomy · sodomy law · sodomist · Gomorrahy · sodomite · autosodomy · sodomise

Synonyms

bestiality (bestiality) · enculade (anal sex) · zoosexuality (bestiality) · oral sex (oral sex) · anal sex (anal sex) · buggery (anal sex) · zoophilia (bestiality) · homosexuality (homosexuality)

Translations (56)

he מַעֲשֵׂה סְדוֹם (sex held to be unnatural) · zlw-ocs sodomářstvo (sex held to be unnatural) · sv sodomi (sex held to be unnatural) · ro sodomie (sex held to be unnatural) · mi moe whakaeneene (anal sex — see also anal sex) · cmn 雞姦 /鸡奸 (anal sex — see also anal sex) · ro sodomie (anal sex — see also anal sex) · ja 肛門性交 (anal sex — see also anal sex) · enm sodomie (sex held to be unnatural) · ru содоми́я (anal sex — see also anal sex) · ca sodomia (anal sex — see also anal sex) · ca sodomia (sex held to be unnatural) · hu szodómia (anal sex — see also anal sex) · az kişibazlıq (sex held to be unnatural) · it sodomia (sex held to be unnatural) · de Sodomie (sex held to be unnatural) · da sodomi (sex held to be unnatural) · pt sodomia (anal sex — see also anal sex) · hi पुरुषमैथुन (anal sex — see also anal sex) · cmn 㚻奸 (anal sex — see also anal sex) · de Analverkehr (anal sex — see also anal sex) · de Sodomie (anal sex — see also anal sex) · fi anaaliseksi (anal sex — see also anal sex) · sw ulawiti (anal sex — see also anal sex) · el σοδομία (anal sex — see also anal sex) · hi इग़लाम (anal sex — see also anal sex) · pt sodomia (sex held to be unnatural) · eo bugro (anal sex — see also anal sex) · hi लिवातत (anal sex — see also anal sex) · tr livata (anal sex — see also anal sex) · fi sodomia (sex held to be unnatural) · nn sodomi (sex held to be unnatural) · sa तिर्यग्योनिगमन (anal sex — see also anal sex) · ar لِوَاط (sex held to be unnatural) · hi लौंडेबाज़ी (anal sex — see also anal sex) · fr enculade (anal sex — see also anal sex) · ja ソドミー (anal sex — see also anal sex) · ja 男色 (anal sex — see also anal sex) · hy սոդոմականություն (sex held to be unnatural) · it sodomia (anal sex — see also anal sex) · hu szodómia (sex held to be unnatural) · ru содоми́я (sex held to be unnatural) · nl sodomie (sex held to be unnatural) · fr sodomie (anal sex — see also anal sex) · hi गुदामैथुन (anal sex — see also anal sex) · pl sodomia (sex held to be unnatural) · mi karipapa (sex held to be unnatural) · nb sodomi (sex held to be unnatural) · hy սոդոմականություն (anal sex — see also anal sex) · sh skotolòštvo (sex held to be unnatural) · sh sodòmija (sex held to be unnatural) · yue 㚻姦 /㚻奸 (anal sex — see also anal sex) · hi पुरुषगमन (anal sex — see also anal sex) · tl sodomiya (sex held to be unnatural) · es sodomía (anal sex — see also anal sex) · bg содомия (sex held to be unnatural)