fornication

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fornicacioun, from Old French fornicacion, from Latin fornicātiō, from fornix (“brothel”). === Pronunciation === enPR: fôr'nĭ-kā'shən, IPA(key): /ˌfɔɹnɪˈkeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === fornication (countable and uncountable, plural fornications) (religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way. Hyponym: adultery (colloquial) Sexual intercourse in general; sex. ==== Synonyms ==== see also Thesaurus:copulation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fornicate ==== Translations ==== === References === “fornication”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fornication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === fornication f (plural fornications) fornication === Further reading === “fornication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012