vulva
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब (úlba, “womb”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)
- (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva
- Hypernym: genitals
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 22:
- The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.
- (biology) A protrusion on the side of a nematode.
Usage notesEdit
See usage notes at vagina for the difference between vulva and vagina.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
collectively the external female sexual organs
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Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vulva f (plural vulvas or vulvae)
- vulva
- Synonyms: schaamspleet, voorbips
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- vagina (in specialist language the same sense as English vagina, but in colloquial language synonymous with vulva)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vulva
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of vulva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vulva | vulvat | |
| genitive | vulvan | vulvien | |
| partitive | vulvaa | vulvia | |
| illative | vulvaan | vulviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vulva | vulvat | |
| accusative | nom. | vulva | vulvat |
| gen. | vulvan | ||
| genitive | vulvan | vulvien vulvainrare | |
| partitive | vulvaa | vulvia | |
| inessive | vulvassa | vulvissa | |
| elative | vulvasta | vulvista | |
| illative | vulvaan | vulviin | |
| adessive | vulvalla | vulvilla | |
| ablative | vulvalta | vulvilta | |
| allative | vulvalle | vulville | |
| essive | vulvana | vulvina | |
| translative | vulvaksi | vulviksi | |
| instructive | — | vulvin | |
| abessive | vulvatta | vulvitta | |
| comitative | — | vulvineen | |
| Possessive forms of vulva (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vulvani | vulvamme |
| 2nd person | vulvasi | vulvanne |
| 3rd person | vulvansa | |
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.
NounEdit
vulva f (plural vulvas)
InterlinguaEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin vulva, Italian vulva, English vulva, Spanish vulva, Portuguese vulva, French vulve.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vulva (plural vulvas)
Coordinate termsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from the Proto-Indo-European root *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vulva f (plural vulve)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Cognates include Sanskrit उल्ब (ulba).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vulva f (genitive vulvae); first declension
- (anatomy) the womb
- (anatomy, chiefly Medieval Latin) the vagina (the external orifice of the female reproductive tract)
Usage notesEdit
- Unlike its English descendant, refers to the vagina (the internal tract) and not to the vulva (the external genitals), even medievally.
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vulva | vulvae |
| Genitive | vulvae | vulvārum |
| Dative | vulvae | vulvīs |
| Accusative | vulvam | vulvās |
| Ablative | vulvā | vulvīs |
| Vocative | vulva | vulvae |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “uulua” on page 2341 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “vulva”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- vulva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: vul‧va
NounEdit
vulva f (plural vulvas)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vulva f (plural vulvas)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “vulva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014