genitalia
See also: genitália
English edit
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.
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
- genitals
- See also Thesaurus:genitalia and Thesaurus:male genitalia
Hyponyms edit
External 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- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by genitalier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
Borrowed from Latin genitālia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genitalia nvir pl
- genitalia (genitals or sex organs)
- Synonym: przyrodzenie
Declension edit
Declension of genitalia
plural | |
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nominative | genitalia |
genitive | genitaliów |
dative | genitaliom |
accusative | genitalia |
instrumental | genitaliami |
locative | genitaliach |
vocative | genitalia |
Derived terms edit
adjective