vulva

See also: vulvă and Vulva

EnglishEdit

 
Illustration of a vulva.

EtymologyEdit

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/
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NounEdit

vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)

  1. (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva
    Hypernym: genitals
  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

Borrowed from Latin vulva.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʏl.vaː/
  • Audio
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  • 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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋulʋɑ/, [ˈʋulʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ulʋɑ
  • Syllabification: 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 — vulvineen
Possessive forms of vulva (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person vulvani vulvamme
2nd person vulvasi vulvanne
3rd person vulvansa

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvul.va/, [ˈvul̺vä]
  • Hyphenation: vùl‧va

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulve)

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

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

Noun 1Edit

vulva f (genitive vulvae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) vulva
  2. (anatomy) womb
    • Vulgate Genesis 20,18:
      concluserat enim Deus omnem vulvam domus Abimilech propter Sarram uxorem Abraham.
  3. vocative singular of vulva

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

Noun 2Edit

vulvā

  1. ablative singular of vulva

ReferencesEdit

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbulba/, [ˈbul.β̝a]
  • Hyphenation: vul‧va

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

Derived termsEdit

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