bondage

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (“an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman”), from Middle English bond (“tenant farmer, serf”), from Old English bonda (“householder, husband, head of a family”), of Old Norse origin. Sense development influenced by the unrelated terms bond and bind. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/ (MLE) IPA(key): /ˈbɔn.dɪdʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑn.dɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: bond‧age === Noun === bondage (countable and uncountable, plural bondages) The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery. Antonym: freedom (by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint. Antonym: freedom (sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling. (attributive) Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === BDSM S&M === Further reading === “bondage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bondage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “subjection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911. === Anagrams === dogbane, endobag, gone bad == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bondage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbɔnˈdaː.ʒə/ Hyphenation: bon‧da‧ge Rhymes: -aːʒə === Noun === bondage f (uncountable, no diminutive) bondage (BDSM sexual practice involving physical restraining) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bondage or English bondage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bonˈdaʃ/ [bõn̪ˈd̪aʃ], /bonˈdas/ [bõn̪ˈd̪as] (from French) Rhymes: -aʃ, -as IPA(key): /ˈbondet͡ʃ/ [ˈbõn̪.d̪et͡ʃ], /ˈbondat͡ʃ/ [ˈbõn̪.d̪at͡ʃ] (from English) Rhymes: -ondetʃ, -ondatʃ IPA(key): /bonˈdaxe/ [bõn̪ˈd̪a.xe] Rhymes: -axe Syllabification: bon‧da‧ge === Noun === bondage m (plural bondages) bondage (sexual practice) === Usage notes === According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “bondage”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] == Swedish == === Noun === bondage bondage (sexual practice) === See also === BDSM === References === bondage in Svensk ordbok (SO)