Celibate

Cel′i-bate

,

Noun.

[L.

aelibatus

, fr.

caelebs

unmarried, single.]

1.

Celibate state; celibacy.

[Obs.]

He . . . preferreth holy

celibate

before the estate of marriage.

Jer. Taylor.

2.

One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.

Cel′i-bate

,

Adj.

Unmarried; single;

as, a

celibate

state

.

Celibate

CELIBATE

,

Noun.

A single life; celibacy; chiefly used when speaking of the single life of the Popish clergy.

celibate

English

Alternative forms

cælibate (archaic)

Adjective

celibate ‎(not comparable)

Not married.
(by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.

Synonyms

(not married): unmarried, single
(abstaining from sex): abstinent, chaste, pure

Hyponyms

incel

Derived terms

celibately

Translations

unmarried

Armenian: չամուսնացած ‎(čʿamusnacʿac), ամուրի (hy) ‎(amuri)
Asturian: célibe
Bulgarian: неженен m ‎(neženen) (of a man), неомъжена (bg) f ‎(neomǎžena) (of a woman)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨身 (zh), 独身 (zh) ‎(dúshēn)
Czech: svobodný (cs) m, celibátní (cs), žijící v celibátu, (woman without husband): nevdaná, (man without wife): neženatý m
Dutch: celibatair (nl), ongehuwd (nl)
Esperanto: fraŭlo (eo)´
Faroese: ógiftur
French: célibataire (fr)
Galician: célibe
German: ehelos, unverheiratet (de), keusch (de), (religion) zölibatär (de), sexuell enthaltsam
Greek: άγαμος (el) ‎(ágamos)
Hungarian: nőtlen (hu), hajadon (hu)

Ido: celiba (io)
Interlingua: celibe, celibatario
Irish: aontumhach, gan phósadh
Italian: celibe (it)
Japanese: 独身 ‎(どくしん, dokushin)
Latin: caelebs
Polish: nieżonaty (pl) m, niezamężna f
Portuguese: celibatário
Russian: нежена́тый (ru) ‎(neženátyj), холосто́й (ru) m ‎(xolostój) (of a man), незаму́жняя (ru) f ‎(nezamúžnjaja) (of a woman)
Scottish Gaelic: aontamhach
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: нео̀жењен (of a man), не̏уда̄н or не̏уда̄т (of a woman)

Roman: neòženjen (sh) (of a man), nȅudān or nȅudāt (of a woman)
Slovak: slobodný m, neženatý m, slobodná f, nevydatá f
Spanish: célibe (es)

Noun

celibate ‎(plural celibates)

One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
(obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.
- Jeremy Taylor
  He […] preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige.

Translations

person who is not married

Armenian: ամուրի (hy) ‎(amuri)
Bulgarian: ерген (bg) m ‎(ergen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨身者, 独身者 ‎(dúshēnzhě)
Czech: osoba žijící v celibátu
French: célibataire (fr) m, f
German: Unverheirateter m, Unverheiratete f, Junggeselle (de) m, Junggesellin f, (religion) Zölibatär m, Zölibatärin f
Greek: άγαμος (el) m ‎(ágamos)

Hungarian: nőtlen (hu), agglegény (hu), hajadon (hu)
Irish: aontumhach m, duine gan phósadh m
Japanese: 独身 ‎(どくしん, dokushin)
Korean: 독신자 (ko) ‎(doksinja)
Polish: osoba żyjąca w celibacie
Portuguese: celibatário
Russian: холостя́к (ru) m ‎(xolostják), холосто́й (ru) m ‎(xolostój) (of a woman), незаму́жняя (ru) f ‎(nezamúžnjaja) (of a woman)

Related terms

celibacy

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