vagina

vagina

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English

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“a sheath, scabbard; a covering, sheath, holder”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/
    • Rhymes: -aɪnə
    • Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na

    Noun

    vagina (plural vaginas or vaginae or (obsolete) vaginæ)

    2. (anatomy) A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
      Hypernyms: internal genitalia; Müllerian duct, paramesonephric duct, urogenital sinus
      1. (zootomy) A similar part in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes.
    3. (botany) A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
      Synonym: sheath
    4. (colloquial) The vulva, or collectively, the vulva and the vaginal passage.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:vagina.
    5. (derogatory, colloquial) A coward; a weakling; a pussy.
      • 2002, "The New Terrance And Phillip Movie Trailer" (South Park TV episode)
        Don't you interrupt me, you vagina! I was givin' a heart-wrenchin' soliloquy about me feelin's for Tugger!
    6. (transgender slang) The anus of a trans woman.

    Usage notes

    • In technical discussions of anatomy, the vagina is a wholly internal structure and the vulva is wholly external, but in common use (since at least the 1930s), vagina can refer to the vulva or function as a general term for the entire genitalia.

    Derived terms

    Related terms

    Translations

    References

    • Fielding, Lucie (2021) Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96
    • Zimman, Lal (2014 August 1) “The Discursive Construction of Sex: Remaking and Reclaiming the Gendered Body in Talk About Genitals Among Trans Men”, in Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality‎[1], Oxford UP, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 13–34

    Further reading

    • “vagina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
    • “vagina”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

    Anagrams

    • Gavina

    Afrikaans

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

      Noun

      vagina (plural [please provide])

      1. (anatomy) vagina
        Synonym: skede

      Further reading

      • "vagina" at majstro.com

      Catalan

      Etymology

        Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of beina.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈʒi.nə]
        • IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈʒi.nə]
        • IPA(key): (Valencia) [vaˈd͡ʒi.na]

        Noun

        vagina f (plural vagines)

        1. (anatomy) vagina

        Related terms

        • vaginal

        Danish

        Etymology

          Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

          Noun

          vagina c (singular definite vaginaen, plural indefinite vaginaer)

          1. (anatomy) vagina

          Declension

          Synonyms

          • (female genitalia): fisse, kusse, skede (clinical), tissekone (childish), fjams, fissehul (derogatory)

          Derived terms

          Dutch

          Etymology

            Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈvaːɣinaː/
            • Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na
            • Rhymes: -aːɣinaː

            Noun

            vagina f (plural vagina's, diminutive vaginaatje n)

            1. (anatomy) vagina
              Synonyms: schede; see also Thesaurus:vagina

            Related terms

            Esperanto

            Etymology

            From vagino +‎ -a.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /vaˈɡina/
            • Rhymes: -ina
            • Hyphenation: va‧gin‧a

            Adjective

            vagina (accusative singular vaginan, plural vaginaj, accusative plural vaginajn)

            1. vaginal

            Finnish

            Etymology

            Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”).

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑɡinɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝ɡinɑ̝]
            • Rhymes: -ɑɡinɑ
            • Hyphenation(key): va‧gi‧na

            Noun

            vagina

            1. (anatomy) vagina
              Synonym: emätin

            Declension

            Derived terms

            Further reading

            • “vagina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

            Indonesian

            Etymology

              Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /vaˈɡi.na/, [fäˈɡi.nä]
              • Rhymes: -ina
              • Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na

              Noun

              vagina

              1. vagina

              Derived terms

              Related terms

              References

              • “vagina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

              Interlingua

              Noun

              vagina (plural vaginas)

              1. vagina

              Related terms

              • vaginal

              Italian

              Etymology

                Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of guaina.

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /vaˈd͡ʒi.na/
                • Rhymes: -ina
                • Hyphenation: va‧gì‧na

                Noun

                vagina f (plural vagine)

                1. (anatomy) vagina
                  Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

                Derived terms

                See also

                • cervice
                • vulva

                Anagrams

                • gavina, ignava, naviga, vangai

                Latin

                Alternative forms

                • uāgīna

                Etymology

                  From Proto-Italic *wāgīnā (“sheath, scabbard”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wag- (“sheath, cover”). Tentatively cognate with Lithuanian vóžti (“to cover”).

                  Pronunciation

                  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯aːˈɡiː.na/, [u̯äːˈɡiːnä]
                  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vaˈd͡ʒi.na/, [väˈd͡ʒiːnä]

                  Noun

                  vāgīna f (genitive vāgīnae); first declension

                  1. (literal) a sheath, scabbard
                    Mitte gladium in vaginam. ― Put the sword into its sheath.
                    Gladium vaginā proripere. ― To draw a sword from the sheath hastily.
                  2. (transferred sense) the covering, sheath, holder of anything
                    1. the hull, husk
                    2. (anatomy) the vagina
                    3. (zootomy, in cats) the sheath of a claw

                  Usage notes

                  The anatomical sense is a Medieval euphemism not attested in Classical literature. The Classical term would be cunnus, sometimes considered vulgar.

                  Declension

                  First-declension noun.

                  Derived terms

                  • ēvāgīnō (verb)
                  • neovāgīna (New Latin, surgery)
                  • vāgīnālis (adjective)
                  • vāgīnula (diminutive)

                  Related terms

                  • ēvaginātiō

                  Descendants

                  Borrowings (anatomical sense):

                  References

                  • "vagina", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
                  • "vagina", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
                  • "vagina", 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)
                  • vagina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
                  • "vagina", in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
                  • "vagina", in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
                  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “vagina”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

                  Norwegian Bokmål

                  Etymology

                    Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vanilje.

                    Noun

                    vagina m (definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer, definite plural vaginaene)

                    1. (anatomy) vagina
                      Synonym: skjede

                    Derived terms

                    • vaginose

                    References

                    • “vagina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

                    Norwegian Nynorsk

                    Etymology

                      Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

                      Noun

                      vagina m (definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer or vaginaar, definite plural vaginaene or vaginaane)

                      1. (anatomy) vagina
                        Synonym: skjede

                      Derived terms

                      • vaginose

                      References

                      • “vagina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

                      Occitan

                      Etymology

                        Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

                        Pronunciation

                        Noun

                        vagina f (plural vaginas)

                        1. (anatomy) vagina

                        Portuguese

                        Etymology

                          Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of bainha, baunilha, and vagem.

                          Pronunciation

                          • Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na

                          Noun

                          vagina f (plural vaginas)

                          1. (anatomy) vagina
                            Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

                          Derived terms

                          • vaginal

                          Serbo-Croatian

                          Etymology

                            Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

                            Pronunciation

                            • IPA(key): /ʋaɡǐːna/
                            • Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na

                            Noun

                            vagína f (Cyrillic spelling ваги́на)

                            1. (anatomy) vagina
                              Synonym: rȍdnica

                            Declension

                            Slovene

                            Etymology

                              Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

                              Pronunciation

                              • IPA(key): /ʋaɡíːna/

                              Noun

                              vagȋna f

                              1. (anatomy) vagina

                              Declension

                              Derived terms

                              • vaginálen

                              Further reading

                              • “vagina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

                              Spanish

                              Etymology

                                Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vaina.

                                Pronunciation

                                • IPA(key): /baˈxina/ [baˈxi.na]
                                • Rhymes: -ina
                                • Syllabification: va‧gi‧na

                                Noun

                                vagina f (plural vaginas)

                                1. (anatomy) vagina
                                  Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

                                Related terms

                                Further reading

                                • “vagina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

                                Swedish

                                Noun

                                vagina c

                                1. (anatomy) vagina
                                  Synonyms: slida, (vulgar) fitthål

                                Declension

                                Derived terms

                                • neovagina

                                Related terms

                                • vaginal

                                See also

                                • sköte
                                • underliv
                                • vulva
                                • fitta
                                • penis

                                References

                                • vagina in Svensk ordbok (SO)
                                • vagina in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
                                • vagina in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
                                • Svensk MeSH
                                • Fula Ordboken

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