genitalia
See also: genitália
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin genitālia, substantive use of plural of genitālis (“pertaining to generation or birth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]genitalia
- External sex organs.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189:
- The second turning of the spiral is the fact that the pink blush of the female genitalia is what lures Enkidu away from his wild companions into what becomes the beginning of his movement into human society.
- (by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts used in sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.
Usage notes
[edit]- In form, genitalia is plural; the singular would theoretically be *genitale, but this is not used.
- Genitalia may be used with either singular or plural verbs; using plural verbs ("his genitalia are...") is two or three times more common than using singular verbs ("his genitalia is...").
- Sometimes, when genitalia is treated as singular, the plural genitalias is found, mostly in nonstandard or non-native speakers' English (albeit including non-native speakers' scholarly and scientific writing).
Synonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Sex organs
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]genitals or sex organs — see also sex organ
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See also
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]genitālia
References
[edit]- genitalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]genitalia m pl (definite plural genitaliene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by genitalier
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]genitalia n pl (definite plural genitaliaa)
- genitalia
- Synonym: kjønnsorgan
References
[edit]- “genitalia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin genitālia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]genitalia nvir pl
- genitalia (genitals or sex organs)
- Synonym: przyrodzenie
Declension
[edit]Declension of genitalia
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | genitalia |
| genitive | genitaliów |
| dative | genitaliom |
| accusative | genitalia |
| instrumental | genitaliami |
| locative | genitaliach |
| vocative | genitalia |
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
Further reading
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