sodomite

See also: Sodomite

English

Etymology

From Middle English sodomite, sodomit, from Old French Sodomite and Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom ‎ -ite.

Noun

sodomite (plural sodomites)

1. (derogatory) One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 23:17:

     There ſhalbe no whoꝛe of the daughters of Iſrael, noꝛ a Sodomite of the ſonnes of Iſrael.

   • 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization‎^[1], page 113:

     The Avestan texts denounce the sodomite as a demon […]

2. A native or inhabitant of Sodom.

Derived terms

• sodomitry

Related terms

• sodomitess
• sodomitic
• sodomitical
• sodomy

 

Translations

one who practices sodomy

• Albanian: ngollar m
• Azerbaijani: kişibaz
• Bulgarian: содомит (bg) m (sodomit)
• Catalan: sodomita (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雞姦者／鸡奸者 (jījiānzhě)

• Czech: sodomita (cs) m
• French: sodomite (fr) m
• German: Sodomit (de) m
• Greek: σοδομίτης (el) (sodomítis)

  Ancient: ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoítēs)

• Italian: sodomita (it) m
• Japanese: 男色者 (だんしょくしゃ, danshokusha, なんしょくしゃ, nanshokusha)
• Latin: paedīcātor m, paedīcō m, cinaedus m, pathicus m, draucus m
• Polish: sodomita (pl) m
• Portuguese: sodomita (pt) m or f
• Russian: содоми́т (ru) m (sodomít)
• Swedish: sodomit (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لُوطِيّ m (lūṭiyy) (lūʈi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} sodomit (ro) m

See also

• Sodomite

Anagrams

• doomiest, moodiest

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Sodomite, from Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.dɔ.mit/

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Noun

sodomite m (plural sodomites)

1. sodomist, sodomite

Related terms

• sodomie
• sodomiser

Further reading

• “sodomite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.