English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitoris), a diminutive of uncertain origin, probably from κλείω (kleiō, “I sheathe, shut”), in reference to its being covered by the labia minora.
The related noun form κλείς (kleis) has a second meaning of "a key, a latch or hook (to close a door)." Wooden pegs were the original keys; a connection also revealed in Latin clavis (“nail”) and claudere (“to shut”) (see close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb κλειτοριάζω (kleitoriazō, “touch or titillate lasciviously, tickle”) literally "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (compare German Kitzler (“clitoris”), literally "tickler"), related to Greek κλειτύς (kleitus), a variant of κλιτύς (klitus, “hillside”), related to κλίνω (klinō, “I slope”), from the same root as κλῖμαξ (“ladder”). But many sources take κλειτορίς literally as Ancient Greek "little hill". Compare clit.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈklɪtəɹɪs/
- (US) IPA: /ˈklɪdəɹɪs/, /klɪˈtɔɹɪs/
clitoris (plural clitorises or clitorides)
- (anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female mammals, homologous with the penis.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:clitoris.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
elongated erectile organ
- Afrikaans: klitoris (af)
- Albanian: klitoris (sq)
- Arabic: بظر (ar) (baẓr) m
- Egyptian Arabic: صرم (ṣurm) m
- Armenian: ծլիկ (hy) (çlik)
- Azeri: klitoris (az)
- Belarusian: клітар (be) (klítar) m
- Bengali: ভগাঙ্কুর (bn) (bhôgangkur)
- Breton: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: клитор (bg) (klitor) m
- Burmese: မအင်္ဂါ အစေ့ (my) (măinga ăse.)
- Catalan: please add this translation if you can
- Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 陰蒂 (cmn), 阴蒂 (cmn) (yīndì), 陰核 (cmn), 阴核 (cmn) (yīnhé)
- Min Nan: 芝屄蘡 (nan) (chi-bai-íⁿ), 芝屄蒂 (nan) (chi-bai-tì)
- Czech: poštěváček (cs) m, klitoris (cs) m
- Danish: klitoris (da) c
- Dhivehi: ކުޅަނދިލި (dv) (kuḷandili)
- Dutch: clitoris (nl) m, kittelaar (nl) m
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: kõdisti (et), kliitor (et)
- Faroese: galipinnur (fo) m, háatrýni (fo) n, purrifinna (fo) f
- Finnish: häpykieli (fi), klitoris (fi)
- French: clitoris (fr) m
- Galician: please add this translation if you can
- Georgian: კლიტორი (ka) (klitori)
- German: Klitoris (de) f, Kitzler (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: κλειτορίς (kleitorís) f
- Modern: κλειτορίδα (el) (kleitorída) f
- Gujarati: ભગ્ન (gu) (bhagna)
- Hebrew: דַּגְדְּגָן (he) (dagdegan) m
- Hiligaynon: ditil
- Hindi: भगनासा (hi) (bhagnāsā) f (formal)
- Hungarian: csikló (hu)
- Icelandic: snípur (is) m
- Ido: klitorido (io)
- Indonesian: kelentit (id)
- Irish: brillín (ga) m
- Italian: clitoride (it) m and f
- Japanese: クリトリス (ja) (kuritorisu), 陰核 (ja) (いんかく, inkaku)
- Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರನಾಡಿ (kn) (candranāḍi)
- Kazakh: күйіттік (kk) (küyttik), клитор (kk) (klïtor)
- Khmer: សិរយោនី (km) (see yoonii)
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- Korean: 음핵 (ko) (eumhaek) (陰核 (ko)), 공알 (ko) (gong-al), 클리토리스 (ko) (keullitoriseu)
- Kyrgyz: клитор (ky) (klitor), тилчик (ky) (tilçik)
- Lao: ແຕດ (lo) (tɛ̏ːt)
- Latin: landīca (la) f, crista (la) f
- Latvian: klitors (lv) m, kuteklis (lv) m
- Lithuanian: varputė (lt) f
- Macedonian: клиторис (mk) (klítoris) m
- Malay: kelentit (ms)
- Malayalam: കൃസരി (ml) (kr̥sari)
- Maltese: klitoris (mt)
- Manx: please add this translation if you can
- Marathi: भगनासा (mr) f, शिश्निका (mr) f, भेगशिश्ना (mr) f, भेगाशिश्न (mr) f, जिवणीशिश्न (mr) f, चीरीशिश्ना (mr) f, चीरीअंकुरा (mr) f, भेगांकुर (mr) m, जिवणीअंकुर (mr) m, भगाङ्कुरः (mr) m, योनिलिङ्ग (mr) m
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: klitoris (no) m
- Persian: چوچوله (fa) (čučule), بظر (fa) (bazar)
- Polish: łechtaczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: clitóris (pt) m
- Punjabi: (chola)
- Romanian: clitoris (ro) n (neologism), lindic (ro) (archaic or slang)
- Russian: клитор (ru) (klítor) m, похотник (ru) (poxotník) m (dated, rare)
- Scottish Gaelic: brillean (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: клиторис (sh) m, дражица (sh) f
- Roman: klitoris (sh) m, dražica (sh) f
- Sinhalese: භගමණිය (si) (bhagamaṇiya)
- Slovak: dráždec (sk) m, klitoris (sk) m
- Slovene: klitoris (sl) m, ščegetavček (sl) m
- Spanish: clítoris (es) m
- Swahili: kinembe (sw) 7/8
- Swedish: klitoris (sv) c, (rare) kittlare (sv) c
- Tagalog: tinggil (tl)
- Tajik: клитор (tg) (klitor)
- Tamil: யோனிலிங்கம் (ta) (yōṉiliṅkam)
- Telugu: యోనిశీర్షం (te) (yōniśīrṣaṁ)
- Thai: แตด (th) (dtàet), เม็ดละมุด (th) (mét lá mút), คลิตอริส (th) (klí-dtor-rít)
- Tswana: nawa (tn) 9, sebete (tn) 7
- Turkish: klitoris (tr), bızır (tr), dılak (tr), dilcik (tr)
- Turkmen: klitor (tk)
- Ukrainian: клітор (uk) (klítor) m
- Urdu: چو چولہ (ur) (cūcūla), بظر (ur) (bazar)
- Uzbek: klitor (uz)
- Vietnamese: âm vật (vi) (陰物 (vi))
- Yiddish: קלייטאָריס (yi) (kleytoris)
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitoris).
Pronunciation [edit]
clitoris m (plural clitoris)
- clitoris