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vulva

See also: vulvă and Vulva

EnglishEdit

 
Illustration of a vulva.

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʌlvə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌlvə

NounEdit

vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)

  1. (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.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 216:
      Many of the less-sophisticated works are sexual in nature. Among the most common images are stylised vulvas, whole flocks of which appear on some cave walls.
  2. (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

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʏl.vaː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: vul‧va

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas or vulvae)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋulʋɑ/, [ˈʋulʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ulʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vul‧va

NounEdit

vulva

  1. (anatomy) vulva
    Synonym: häpy

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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vulva (type koira)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvani vulvani
accusative nom. vulvani vulvani
gen. vulvani
genitive vulvani vulvieni
vulvainirare
partitive vulvaani vulviani
inessive vulvassani vulvissani
elative vulvastani vulvistani
illative vulvaani vulviini
adessive vulvallani vulvillani
ablative vulvaltani vulviltani
allative vulvalleni vulvilleni
essive vulvanani vulvinani
translative vulvakseni vulvikseni
instructive — —
abessive vulvattani vulvittani
comitative — vulvineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvasi vulvasi
accusative nom. vulvasi vulvasi
gen. vulvasi
genitive vulvasi vulviesi
vulvaisirare
partitive vulvaasi vulviasi
inessive vulvassasi vulvissasi
elative vulvastasi vulvistasi
illative vulvaasi vulviisi
adessive vulvallasi vulvillasi
ablative vulvaltasi vulviltasi
allative vulvallesi vulvillesi
essive vulvanasi vulvinasi
translative vulvaksesi vulviksesi
instructive — —
abessive vulvattasi vulvittasi
comitative — vulvinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvamme vulvamme
accusative nom. vulvamme vulvamme
gen. vulvamme
genitive vulvamme vulviemme
vulvaimmerare
partitive vulvaamme vulviamme
inessive vulvassamme vulvissamme
elative vulvastamme vulvistamme
illative vulvaamme vulviimme
adessive vulvallamme vulvillamme
ablative vulvaltamme vulviltamme
allative vulvallemme vulvillemme
essive vulvanamme vulvinamme
translative vulvaksemme vulviksemme
instructive — —
abessive vulvattamme vulvittamme
comitative — vulvinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvanne vulvanne
accusative nom. vulvanne vulvanne
gen. vulvanne
genitive vulvanne vulvienne
vulvainnerare
partitive vulvaanne vulvianne
inessive vulvassanne vulvissanne
elative vulvastanne vulvistanne
illative vulvaanne vulviinne
adessive vulvallanne vulvillanne
ablative vulvaltanne vulviltanne
allative vulvallenne vulvillenne
essive vulvananne vulvinanne
translative vulvaksenne vulviksenne
instructive — —
abessive vulvattanne vulvittanne
comitative — vulvinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvansa vulvansa
accusative nom. vulvansa vulvansa
gen. vulvansa
genitive vulvansa vulviensa
vulvainsarare
partitive vulvaansa vulviaan
vulviansa
inessive vulvassaan
vulvassansa 		vulvissaan
vulvissansa
elative vulvastaan
vulvastansa 		vulvistaan
vulvistansa
illative vulvaansa vulviinsa
adessive vulvallaan
vulvallansa 		vulvillaan
vulvillansa
ablative vulvaltaan
vulvaltansa 		vulviltaan
vulviltansa
allative vulvalleen
vulvallensa 		vulvilleen
vulvillensa
essive vulvanaan
vulvanansa 		vulvinaan
vulvinansa
translative vulvakseen
vulvaksensa 		vulvikseen
vulviksensa
instructive — —
abessive vulvattaan
vulvattansa 		vulvittaan
vulvittansa
comitative — vulvineen
vulvinensa

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. vulva

InterlinguaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin vulva, Italian vulva, English vulva, Spanish vulva, Portuguese vulva, French vulve.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vulva (plural vulvas)

  1. vulva

Coordinate termsEdit

ItalianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from the Proto-Indo-European root *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvul.va/
  • Rhymes: -ulva
  • Hyphenation: vùl‧va

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulve)

  1. (anatomy) the external female genitalia; vulva
  2. (by extension, slang, humorous) vagina

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Cognates include Sanskrit उल्ब (ulba).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vulva f (genitive vulvae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) the womb
    Synonyms: mātrīx, uterus
  2. (anatomy, chiefly Medieval Latin) the vagina (the external orifice of the female reproductive tract)
    Synonyms: (euphemistic) vāgīna, (vulgar) cunnus, (medieval) valva
    Holonyms: verētrum, muliebria, pudenda, verenda, genitālia, partēs, membra, nātūra

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. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvuw.vɐ/ [ˈvuʊ̯.vɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvuw.va/ [ˈvuʊ̯.va]

  • Hyphenation: vul‧va

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. (anatomy) vulva (the external female sexual organs)
    Synonym: (vulgar) cona

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbulba/ [ˈbul.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ulba
  • Syllabification: vul‧va

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. (anatomy) vulva (the external female sexual organs)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

vulva c

  1. (anatomy) a vulva (the external female sex organs)
    Synonym: blygd

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vulva 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vulva vulvan vulvor vulvorna
Genitive vulvas vulvans vulvors vulvornas

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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