orgasmo

See also: orgasmò

Basque

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós), probably through Spanish orgasmo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /orɡas̺mo/ [or.ɣ̞az̺.mo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as̺mo
• Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo

Noun

orgasmo inan

1. orgasm

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish orgasmo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo

Noun

orgasmo

1. orgasm

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian orgasmo, French orgasme, German Orgasmus, English orgasm, Yiddish אָרגאַזם (orgazm), Polish orgazm, Russian орга́зм (orgázm), all ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [orˈɡasmo]
• Rhymes: -asmo
• Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo

Noun

orgasmo (accusative singular orgasmon, plural orgasmoj, accusative plural orgasmojn)

1. orgasm

Derived terms

• orgasma
• orgasmi

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈɡasmo/ [ɔɾˈɣ̞ɑz̺.mʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɔɾˈɡasmo/ [ɔɾˈɣ̞ɑz̺.mʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ɔɾˈħasmo/ [ɔɾˈħɑz̺.mʊ]

• Rhymes: -asmo
• Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo

Noun

orgasmo m (plural orgasmos)

1. orgasm

Derived terms

• orgástico
• multiorgasmo
• multiorgástico

Further reading

• “orgasmo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /orˈɡa.zmo/
• Rhymes: -azmo
• Hyphenation: or‧gà‧smo

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).

Noun

orgasmo m (plural orgasmi)

1. orgasm, climax
2. excitement

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orgasmo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orgasmare

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈɡaz.mu/ [oɦˈɡaz.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈɡaz.mu/ [oɦˈɡaz.mu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈɡaz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈɡaʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻˈɡaz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈɡaʒ.mu/ [ɔɾˈɣaʒ.mu]

• Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo

Noun

orgasmo m (plural orgasmos)

1. orgasm

Derived terms

• orgásmico
• orgástico
• multiorgasmo
• multiorgástico
• multiorgásmico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈɡasmo/ [oɾˈɣ̞az.mo]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asmo
• Syllabification: or‧gas‧mo

Noun

orgasmo m (plural orgasmos)

1. orgasm

Derived terms

• multiorgásmico
• multiorgasmo
• orgásmico
• orgasmo múltiple

 

Further reading

• “orgasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014