English Dictionary

fornication

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌfɔɹnɪˈkeɪʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 口語

(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way. / (colloquial) Sexual intercourse in general; sex.

日本語の意味

婚姻関係にない者同士の性行為、またはその他の不適切或いは不法と見なされる性行為。 / 口語的には、性行為全般、またはセックスそのものを指す。

In the small town, accusations of fornication could ruin a family's reputation.

その小さな町では、婚外性交の疑いをかけられるだけで家族の評判が台無しになりかねなかった。

意味（1）

(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.

FRIAR BARNARDINE. Thou hast committed— BARABAS. Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead.

意味（2）

(colloquial) Sexual intercourse in general; sex.

For a moment he stared at the back of the Lascar, wondering if he were the youth that he had disturbed during fornication with his Engineer, then dismissed all thoughts of the previous night, he was getting old, and suspicious, what did it matter […]

fornications （ plural ）