concubine

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Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumbō (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -īna.

concubine (plural concubines)

A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
A slave-girl for sexual service prominent in all ancient cultures.
Signifies a relationship where the male is the dominant partner, socially and economically
A woman attached to a man solely for reproduction, and who cares for the resulting children without any romantic relationship.
(especially formerly in Arabic societies, as well as in ancient Eastern societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan or emperor, for sexual purposes.
A woman kept by a man who is high in hierarchial society in addition to his wives, e.g in the imperial harem or within a household.

a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife

Arabic: سرية f (surriyah)
Belarusian: наложніца f (nalóžnica)
Bulgarian: наложница f (nalóžnica)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 妾 (zh) (qiè), 姨太太 (zh) (yítàitài), 妃 (zh) (fēi) (imperial concubine), 側室 (zh), 侧室 (zh) (cèshì) (archaic)
Czech: konkubína (cs) f
Danish: konkubine c
Finnish: avovaimo (fi)
French: concubine (fr) f
German: Konkubine (de) f
Greek: παλλακίδα (el) f (pallakída)
Hungarian: ágyas (hu)
Indonesian: selir (id)
Japanese: 妾 (ja) (めかけ, mekake, しょう, shō), めかけ (ja) (mekake), 側室 (そくしつ, sokushitsu)
Korean: 첩 (ko) (cheop) (妾 (ko))