vulva

See also: vulvă and Vulva

Contents

EnglishEdit

Illustration of a vulva.

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvo (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब (ulba, “womb”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʌlvə/

NounEdit

vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)

1. (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.

Usage notesEdit

See usage notes at vagina for the difference between vulva and vagina.

HypernymsEdit

• genitals

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:vulva

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from vulva

• multivulva
• vulval
• vulvaless

• vulvar
• vulvate
• vulvectomy

• vulvic
• vulviform

TranslationsEdit

collectively the external female sexual organs

• Albanian: vulvë f
• Ancient Greek: αἰδοῖον n (aidoîon)
• Arabic: فَرْج‏‎ (ar) m (farj), حِرّ‏‎ (ar) m (ḥirr), فَالْفَا‏‎ f (fālfā)
• Armenian: բունոց (hy) (bunocʿ), ամոթույք (hy) (amotʿuykʿ)
• Azeri: vulva
• Belarusian: ву́льва f (vúlʹva)
• Bengali: ভালভা (bhalbha), যোনি (yoni)
• Bulgarian: ву́лва f (vúlva)
• Burmese: ယောနိ (my) (yau:ni.)
• Catalan: vulva (ca) f, cony (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外陰, 外阴 (wàiyīn), 陰門 (zh), 阴门 (zh) (yīnmén), 女陰 (zh), 女阴 (zh) (nǚyīn), 陰戶 (zh), 阴户 (zh) (yīnhù)

  Min Nan: 陰門, 阴门 (im-mn̂g), 外阴 (gue7-im1)

• Czech: vulva (cs) f
• Danish: vulva c, tissekone c
• Dhivehi: ފަރުޖު‏‎ (faruju)
• Dutch: vulva (nl) f
• Esperanto: vulvo
• Estonian: häbe, vulva (et)
• Finnish: häpy (fi), ulkosynnyttimet (fi) pl, vulva (fi)
• French: vulve (fr) f
• Galician: vulva (gl) f
• Georgian: ვულვა (vulva)
• German: Vulva (de) f, Scham (de) f
• Greek: αιδοίο (el) n (aidoío)
• Greenlandic: utsuit, utsuut pl
• Gujarati: યોનિ f (yoni)
• Hebrew: פות \ פֹּת‏‎ (he) (pot)
• Hindi: योनि (hi) f (yoni), योनी (hi) f (yonī), भग (hi) m (bhag)
• Hungarian: szeméremtest (hu)
• Icelandic: píka (is), kvensköp, sköp (is)
• Irish: pit f
• Italian: vulva (it) f
• Japanese: 陰門 (いんもん, inmon)
• Kannada: ಯೋನಿ (kn) (yōni)
• Kazakh: сарпай (sarpay), вульва (vwlʹva)
• Khmer: យោនី (km) (younii)
• Korean: 보지 (ko) (boji), 씹 (ko) (ssip), 외음부 (oeeumbu), 음문 (ko) (eummun) (陰門 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: quz (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: вульва (vulʹva)
• Lao: ໂຍນີ (nyō nī), ຫີ (hī)
• Latin: cunnus (la), vulva f
• Latvian: vulva f

• Lithuanian: putė f
• Macedonian: срамница f (srámnica), вулва f (vúlva)
• Malayalam: യോനി (ml) (yōni)
• Maori: teke, puapua, toke (mi)
• Marathi: उल्वा f (ulvā), बाह्य जननेंद्रिय (bāhya jannendriy), अपत्यपथ (apatyapath), जन्मपथ (janmapath), गभ (gabh), कन्दर्पकूप (kandarpakūp), जघन (jaghan),, योनी (yonī)
• Nahuatl: tepilli, nenetl (nah)
• Navajo: atsxil
• Nepali: योनी (ne) (yonī)
• Northern Sami: heahpadat pl
• Norwegian: vulva
• Old English: mæġþblæd n
• Persian: فرج‏‎ (fa) (farj), (vulgar) کس‏‎ (fa) f (kos)
• Polish: srom (pl) m
• Portuguese: cona (pt), vulva (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਯੋਨੀ (pa) (yonī)
• Romanian: vulvă (ro) f
• Russian: ву́льва (ru) f (vúlʹva), нару́жные же́нские половы́е о́рганы m pl (narúžnyje žénskije polovýje órgany)
• Sanskrit: योनि (sa) f (yoni), भग (sa) m (bhaga)
• Scottish Gaelic: pit f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стидница f

  Roman: stidnica (sh) f

• Sinhalese: යෝනි (yōni)
• Slovak: vulva (sk) f
• Slovene: vulva f
• Spanish: vulva (es) f, coño (es)
• Sundanese: ᮠᮩᮔ᮪ᮎᮩᮒ᮪ (heunceut)
• Swahili: uke (sw)
• Swedish: blygd (sv) c, vulva (sv) c
• Tagalog: bulba, pekpek, kiki
• Tajik: фарҷ (farj)
• Tamil: யோனி (ta) (yōṉi)
• Taos: kə́na
• Telugu: యోని (te) (yōni)
• Thai: โยนี (th) (yoo-nii), ช่องคลอด (chɔ̂ng-klɔ̂ɔt), หี (th) (hǐi)
• Turkish: vulva (tr), ferç (tr)
• Turkmen: wulwa
• Udmurt: кызян (kyzjan)
• Ukrainian: ву́льва f (vúlʹva)
• Uzbek: vulva
• Vietnamese: âm hộ (vi)
• Vilamovian: pić f
• Volapük: kunud
• Yámana: wahar

Further readingEdit

• vulva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin vulva.

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulva's or vulvae)

1. vulva

   Synonyms: schaamspleet, voorbips

See alsoEdit

• vagina (in specialist language the same sense as English vagina, but in colloquial language synonymous with vulva)

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vulva.

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

1. vulva

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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)

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

Derived termsEdit

• vulvare
• vulvovaginale
• vulvovaginite

See alsoEdit

• clitoride
• grandi labbra
• piccole labbra
• vagina

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

Pronunciation 1Edit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwul.wa/, [ˈwʊɫ.wa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.va/

NounEdit

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

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vulva	vulvae
genitive	vulvae	vulvārum
dative	vulvae	vulvīs
accusative	vulvam	vulvās
ablative	vulvā	vulvīs
vocative	vulva	vulvae

Alternative formsEdit

• volva

Pronunciation 2Edit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwul.waː/, [ˈwʊɫ.waː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.va/

NounEdit

vulvā

1. ablative singular of vulva

ReferencesEdit

• vulva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vulva” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

SynonymsEdit

• cona (vulgar)

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

SynonymsEdit

• coña (vulgar)