English Explanatory Dictionary

pederasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
  2. Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti/ /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti/ /ˈpi.də.ɹæs.ti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pederasty.wav

Word forms

pederasty pederasties paederasty pæderasty

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).

Synonyms

boylove

Antonyms

korephilia

Related words

pederast pederastic pedophile

Translations

Armenian: պեդիկացիա Armenian: արվամոլություն Azerbaijani: pederastiya Azerbaijani: oğlanbazlıq Bengali: পেডেরাস্টি Breton: pederastiezh Bulgarian: педерастия Catalan: pederàstia Chinese Mandarin: 雞姦 /鸡奸 Chinese Mandarin: 男色 Chinese Mandarin: 好男色 Chinese Mandarin: 孌童戀 /娈童恋 Chinese Mandarin: 少年愛 /少年爱 Czech: pederastie Danish: pæderasti Dutch: knapenliefde Dutch: knapenschennis Estonian: pederastia Finnish: pederastia French: pédérastie Georgian: პედერასტია Georgian: მამათმავლობა German: Päderastie Greek: παιδεραστία Ancient Greek: παιδεραστίᾱ Hebrew: פֶּדֶרַסְטְיָה Ido: pederasteso Indonesian: perjantanan Irish: péidearastacht Italian: pederastia Japanese: 少年愛 Japanese: 少年愛嗜好 Lithuanian: pederastija Norwegian Bokmål: pederasti Persian: بچهبازی Polish: efebofilia Polish: pederastia Portuguese: pederastia Romanian: pederastie Russian: педерасти́я Russian: мужело́жство Serbo-Croatian: pederstvo Slovak: pederastia Spanish: pederastia Swedish: pederasti Turkish: oğlancılık
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