genitalia

English

Etymology

From Latin genitalia, substantive use of plural of genitalis (“pertaining to generation or birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɛnɪˈteɪliə/

Noun

genitalia pl.

1. genital or sex organs
2. a collection of genitals

Usage notes

Not used in the singular, which theoretically would be genitalium.

Synonyms

• genitals (sense 1)
• See also Wikisaurus:male genitalia

Related terms

• genital
• genitals
• generative
• genus

Translations

genitals or sex organs

Arabic: أعضاء تناسلية (ar) ('a`Dā' tanāsuliyya) pl. Armenian: սեռական օրգաններ (hy) (seṙakan organner) Chinese: Mandarin: 生殖器 (cmn) (shēngzhíqì), 外生殖器 (cmn) (wàishēngzhíqì) Dutch: genitaliën pl., voortplantingsorganen n, pl Finnish: sukuelimet, genitaalit, sukupuolielimet French: organes génitaux pl. m., parties génitales (fr) f. pl., appareil génital (fr) m. German: Genitalien pl.

Hungarian: genitáliák (hu) pl., nemi szervek (hu) pl. Italian: genitali pl. m. Japanese: 性器 (ja) (せいき, seiki), 生殖器 (ja) (せいしょくき, seishokuki), 恥部 (ja) (ちぶ, chibu) Lithuanian: lytiniai organai, lyties organai pl. m. Maltese: ġenitali (mt) m. pl. Russian: гениталии (ru) (genitálii) pl., половые органы (ru) (polovýje órgany) m. pl. Spanish: genitales pl. m. Volapük: genäms (vo)

See also

• sex organ

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Latin

Adjective

genitālia

1. nominative neuter plural of genitālis
2. accusative neuter plural of genitālis
3. vocative neuter plural of genitālis