concubinage
noun
concubinage is spelled C-O-N-C-U-B-I-N-A-G-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, concubinage means “The state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of concubinage is concubinages.
How many letters and syllables are in concubinage?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-C-U-B-I-N-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is concubinage?
Concubinage appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce concubinage?
- US
Concubinage has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-concubinage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of concubinage
- concubinages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does concubinage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married.
- 2
The state of being or keeping a concubine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Concubinage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of cohabitating while not married:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | concubinato |
| Spanish | concubinato, amasiato, amaño |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does concubinage come from?
Borrowed from French concubinage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).