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célibataire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bachelor noun A man who has never married.
  • bachelorette noun An unmarried woman, especially one celebrated before her wedding.
  • celibate adj Not married, or abstaining from sexual activity.
  • single adj Being just one, on its own, without anything else alongside it.
  • sole adjective Being the only one; single, exclusive.
  • unmarried adjective Not married; single.

Senses

célibataire is used for these senses in English:

  • bachelor (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
  • bachelorette (North America) An unmarried woman.
  • celibate (chiefly religious) Not married. [from 1827]
  • celibate 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. [from 1869]
  • fancy-free Having no spouse or other partner
  • single Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
  • sole (legal) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
  • unmarried Having no husband or wife.

bachelor — full definition

  1. noun A man who has never married.
  2. noun The undergraduate degree awarded by a college or university, such as a Bachelor of Arts.
  3. noun A small self-contained apartment with no separate bedroom.

bachelorette — full definition

  1. noun An unmarried woman, especially one celebrated before her wedding.
  2. noun A small studio apartment with no separate bedroom.

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