genital
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
genital (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
- Of, or relating to the genitalia.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:
- In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure.
- (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
of, or relating to biological reproduction
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of, or relating to the genitalia
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Noun edit
genital (plural genitals)
- (rare, chiefly in the plural) A genital organ.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")
- 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
- David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.
- 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 164:
- […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.
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Further reading edit
- “genital”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “genital”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
genital (strong nominative masculine singular genitaler, not comparable)
Declension edit
Positive forms of genital (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist genital | sie ist genital | es ist genital | sie sind genital | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | genitaler | genitale | genitales | genitale |
genitive | genitalen | genitaler | genitalen | genitaler | |
dative | genitalem | genitaler | genitalem | genitalen | |
accusative | genitalen | genitale | genitales | genitale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der genitale | die genitale | das genitale | die genitalen |
genitive | des genitalen | der genitalen | des genitalen | der genitalen | |
dative | dem genitalen | der genitalen | dem genitalen | den genitalen | |
accusative | den genitalen | die genitale | das genitale | die genitalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein genitaler | eine genitale | ein genitales | (keine) genitalen |
genitive | eines genitalen | einer genitalen | eines genitalen | (keiner) genitalen | |
dative | einem genitalen | einer genitalen | einem genitalen | (keinen) genitalen | |
accusative | einen genitalen | eine genitale | ein genitales | (keine) genitalen |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
genital m or f (plural genitais, not comparable)
Noun edit
genital m (plural genitais)
- (Usually plural) genital
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French génital, from Latin genitalis.
Adjective edit
genital m or n (feminine singular genitală, masculine plural genitali, feminine and neuter plural genitale)
Declension edit
Declension of genital
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | genital | genitală | genitali | genitale | ||
definite | genitalul | genitala | genitalii | genitalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | genital | genitale | genitali | genitale | ||
definite | genitalului | genitalei | genitalilor | genitalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin genitālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
genital m or f (masculine and feminine plural genitales)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
genital m (plural genitales)
- (Usually plural) genital
Further reading edit
- “genital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014