Meanings
plural adulteresses · alternative adultress
- A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
Do you know what he’s going to endure if he marries a woman the whole community thinks is an adulteress?
2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 10, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 1701 more example
And the righteous men, they shall iudge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their handes.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:45Synonyms: adulterer, advoutress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna woman adulterer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From adulter (noun) + -ess. In later use typically apprehended as the female equivalent corresponding to adulterer instead.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μοιχοτύπη
- μοιχοτύπη (moikhotúpē)woman or girl who commits adultery
Arabic زَانِيَة
- زَانِيَة (zāniya)woman or girl who commits adultery
Bulgarian прелюбоде́йка
- прелюбоде́йка (preljubodéjka)woman or girl who commits adultery
Czech cizoložnice
- cizoložnicewoman or girl who commits adultery
Dutch echtbreekster, overspelige
- echtbreeksterwoman or girl who commits adultery
- overspeligewoman or girl who commits adultery
Esperanto adultulino
- adultulinowoman or girl who commits adultery
Finnish avionrikkoja
- avionrikkojawoman or girl who commits adultery
French adultère
- adultèrewoman or girl who commits adultery
German Ehebrecherin
- Ehebrecherinwoman or girl who commits adultery
Greek μοιχαλίδα
- μοιχαλίδα (moichalída)woman or girl who commits adultery
Hindi स्वैरिणी
- स्वैरिणी (svairiṇī)woman or girl who commits adultery
Irish banadhaltrach
- banadhaltrachwoman or girl who commits adultery
Italian adultera
- adulterawoman or girl who commits adultery
Latin adultera
- adulterawoman or girl who commits adultery
Norwegian Bokmål ekteskapsbryterske
- ekteskapsbryterskewoman or girl who commits adultery
Polish cudzołożnica
- cudzołożnicawoman or girl who commits adultery
Portuguese adúltera
- adúlterawoman or girl who commits adultery
Romanian adulteră
- adulterăwoman or girl who commits adultery
Russian прелюбоде́йка
- прелюбоде́йка (preljubodéjka)woman or girl who commits adultery
Scottish Gaelic ban-adhaltraiche
- ban-adhaltraichewoman or girl who commits adultery
Slovak cudzoložnica
- cudzoložnicawoman or girl who commits adultery
Spanish adúltera
- adúlterawoman or girl who commits adultery
Swedish äktenskapsbryterska
- äktenskapsbryterskawoman or girl who commits adultery
Ukrainian перелю́бниця, перелю́бка
- перелю́бниця (pereljúbnycja)woman or girl who commits adultery
- перелю́бка (pereljúbka)woman or girl who commits adultery
Yiddish נואפֿטע
- נואפֿטע (noyefte)woman or girl who commits adultery
Cite this entry
adulteress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adulteress
“adulteress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adulteress. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adulteress,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adulteress.
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