admittance

English

Alternative forms

• admittaunce (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/

Noun

admittance (plural admittances)

1. The act of admitting.
2. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
3. Actual entrance, reception.
4. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     He tries again, still no admittance, still no penetration; but he had hurt me yet more, whilst my extreme love made me bear extreme pain, almost without a groan.

5. (UK) (law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
6. (physics) The reciprocal of impedance

Synonyms

• admission, access, entrance, initiation

Translations

act of admitting

Bulgarian: приемане (bg)

Finnish: myöntäminen (fi)

permission to enter, the power or right of entrance

Bulgarian: достъп (bg), вход (bg)

Finnish: kulkulupa (fi), kulkuoikeus (fi)

actual entrance, reception

Finnish: sisäänkäynti (fi), vastaanotto (fi)

UK legal: act of giving possession of a copyhold estate

physics: reciprocal of impedance

Bulgarian: пълна проводимост (bg) Croatian: admitancija (hr) f. Danish: admittans (da) c. Finnish: admittanssi (fi)

Hungarian: admittancia (hu) Italian: ammettenza (it) f. Swedish: admittans (sv) c.