virginité
French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. Borrowed from Latin virginitātem.
Noun edit
virginité f (plural virginités)
- virginity (state of being a virgin)
- Synonym: pucelage
- (literary) moral purity
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Further reading edit
- “virginité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- virginitet
- virginite (manuscript form)
Etymology edit
First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. Borrowed from Latin virginitās.
Noun edit
virginité oblique singular, f (oblique plural virginitez, nominative singular virginité, nominative plural virginitez)
- virginity (state of being a virgin)