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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Many speculations exist. Possibly derived from Italian guantone, from guanto (“a glove”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]condom (plural condoms)
- A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom
- buy a pack of condoms
- flavoured condom
- ribbed condoms
- 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:
- I remember that one time I went to the kiosk next door to buy condoms, it was raining, she appeared.
- (broadly) A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn as a barrier between an erect penis and the inner surface of the vagina, anus, or mouth during sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs.
Synonyms
[edit]- condie (slang)
- dinger (Australian slang)
- franger (Australian slang)
- French letter (UK)
- jimmy hat (slang)
- johnny (UK slang)
- protection (euphemism)
- raincoat (slang)
- rubber (US slang)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Afar: kondom
- → Cantonese: condom, dom
- → Cebuano: kondom
- → Czech: kondom
- →? Danish: kondom
- → Greenlandic: kondomi
- → Dutch: condoom
- Indonesian: kondom
- → Finnish: kondomi
- → French: condom
- → German: Kondom
- → Italian: condom
- → Japanese: コンドーム (kondōmu)
- → Korean: 콘돔 (kondom)
- → Macedonian: кондо́м (kondóm)
- → Malay: kondom
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kondom
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: kondom
- → Polish: kondom
- → Russian: кондо́м (kondóm), гондо́н (gondón)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kondom
- → Swahili: kondomu
- → Tagalog: kondom
- → Tok Pisin: kondom
- →? Turkish: kondom
Translations
[edit]flexible sleeve worn on the penis
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Further reading
[edit]- Michael Quinion (2004) “Condom”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
- “The word “condom”” by Anatoly Liberman, from the Oxford University Press (2022-09-21)
Anagrams
[edit]Chinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kon1 dam4
- Yale: kōn dàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: kon1 dam4
- Guangdong Romanization: kon1 dem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɔːn⁵⁵ tɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]condom (Hong Kong Cantonese)
- condom (Classifier: 個/个 c)
- (neologism, originally Internet slang, figuratively) someone or something easily disposed, due to their worthlessness after use
Synonyms
[edit]- (condom):
Variety | Location | Words |
---|---|---|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 避孕套, 安全套, 保險套, 陰莖套 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 避孕套兒, 套兒 |
Taiwan | 保險套, 衛生套, 套, 套套, 小雨傘 euphemistic, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic | |
Harbin | 保險套兒 | |
Malaysia | 如意套 | |
Singapore | 如意套, 安全套 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 避孕套, 安全套, 套, condom, dom, dom dom, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic, 如意袋 euphemistic |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 保險套, 保險落 |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 保險落 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 保險套 | |
Southern Min | Taipei | sak-khuh GT, 保險套 GT |
Shantou (Chaoyang) | 避孕袋, 避孕套 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 套子 |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]condom m (plural condoms)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English condom.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]condom m (invariable)
- condom
- Synonyms: preservativo, profilattico
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