périnée

See also: perinee

French

Alternative forms

• perinæe (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ʁi.ne/

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Noun

périnée m (plural périnées)

1. (anatomy) perineum

Derived terms

• périnéal
• périnéorraphie

Descendants

• → Persian: پرینه (perine)
• → Spanish: periné
• → Turkish: perine

Further reading

• “périnée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.