orgasm

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Late Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm”), from ὀργάω (orgaō, “to swell with moisture”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɔːɡaz(ə)m/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɔɹ.ɡæz.əm/, X-SAMPA: /"Or\.g{z.@m/

Noun

orgasm (plural orgasms)

1. (obsolete) A spasm or sudden contraction. [17th-19th c.]
   • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia:

     Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels.

2. A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 668:

     Never had I experienced such an immense slow orgasm – its ripples ran like the tributaries of the Nile throughout the whole nervous system.

   • 2007, Zoe Margolis, The Guardian, 12 Sep 2007:

     There does not have to be romance involved with sexual pleasure: some of us just like orgasms for the hell of it.

Synonyms

• climax

Derived terms

• -gasm

Related terms

• orgastic

Translations

the peak of sexual pleasure

• Afrikaans: orgasme (af)
• Albanian: orgazmë (sq) f
• Arabic: نشوة (ar) (nášwa) f, هزة الجماع (ar) (hízzat al-jimāʾ) f
• Armenian: օրգազմ (hy) (òrgazm)
• Basque: orgasmo (eu)
• Belarusian: аргазм (be) (arházm) m
• Bengali: রাগমোচন (bn) (ragmocôn)
• Bulgarian: оргазъм (bg) (orgázǎm) m
• Catalan: orgasme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高潮 (cmn) (gāocháo)

• Czech: orgasmus (cs) m
• Danish: orgasme (da)
• Dutch: orgasme (nl) m, klaarkomen (nl) n (vulgar)
• Esperanto: orgasmo (eo)
• Estonian: orgasm (et)
• Faroese: orgasma (fo) f
• Finnish: orgasmi (fi)
• French: orgasme (fr) m
• Georgian: ორგაზმი (ka) (orgazmi)
• German: Orgasmus (de) m
• Greek: οργασμός (el) (orgazmós) m
• Hebrew: אוֹרְגַּזְמָה (he) (orgázma) f, אֲבִיּוֹנָה (he) (aviyoná) f
• Hindi: ओगाज़्म (hi) (ogāzm) m, चरमोत्कर्ष (hi) (carmotkarṣ)
• Hungarian: orgazmus (hu)
• Indonesian: orgasme (id)
• Irish: súnás (ga) m
• Italian: orgasmo (it) m
• Japanese: オーガズム (ja) (ōgazumu)
• Korean: 오르가슴 (ko) (oreugaseum)
• Kurdish: orgazm (ku)
• Latin: orgasmus (la)

• Latvian: orgazmas (lv)
• Lithuanian: orgazmas (lt) m
• Low German: Orgasmus (nds), Klimax (nds), Hööchdpunkt (nds), Kloorkamen (nds)
• Macedonian: оргазам (mk) (orgázam)
• Malayalam: രതിമൂര്‍ച്ഛ (ml)
• Marathi: कामसंवेग (mr) m, चरमोत्कर्ष (mr) f, आसंवेग (mr), उत्ताप (mr) f, संभोगाउत्कर्ष (mr) m, समागमसंवेग (mr) m
• Norwegian: orgasme (no) m

  Bokmål: utløsning (nb) m

• Persian: اوج لذت جنسی (fa) (oj lezat jensi), ارگاسم (fa) (orgâsm)
• Polish: orgazm (pl) m
• Portuguese: orgasmo (pt) m
• Romanian: orgasm (ro) n
• Russian: оргазм (ru) (orgázm) m
• Samogitian: uorgazmos m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оргазам (sh) m

  Roman: orgazam (sh) m

• Slovak: orgazmus (sk) m
• Slovene: orgazem (sl) m
• Spanish: orgasmo (es) m
• Swedish: orgasm (sv)
• Tagalog: sukdulan (tl), kasukdulan (tl)
• Tamil: புணர்ச்சிப் பரவசநிலை (ta), பாலின்ப உச்சி (ta)
• Telugu: భావప్రాప్తి (te)
• Thai: จุดสุดยอดทางเพศ (th) (jùt sùt yôt taang pâyt)
• Turkish: orgazm (tr)
• Ukrainian: орга́зм (uk) (orházm) m
• Vietnamese: cực khoái (vi)
• Volapük: sömitamapün (vo)
• Welsh: orgasm (cy)
• Yiddish: ארגאזם (yi)

Verb

orgasm (third-person singular simple present orgasms, present participle orgasming, simple past and past participle orgasmed)

1. To have an orgasm.

Synonyms

• cum
• climax

Translations

to have an orgasm

• Finnish: saada (fi) orgasmi (fi)
• French: jouir (fr)
• Japanese: いく (ja) (iku)

• Swedish: orgasmera (sv)
• Ukrainian: відчувати оргазм (uk) (vidčuváty orházm) m

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Estonian

Noun

orgasm (genitive orgasmi, partitive orgasmi)

1. orgasm

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French orgasme

Pronunciation

• IPA: [orˈɡasm]

Noun

orgasm n (plural orgasme)

1. orgasm

Declension

declension of orgasm

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un orgasm	orgasmul	niște orgasme	orgasmele
genitive/dative	unui orgasm	orgasmului	unor orgasme	orgasmelor

Derived terms

• orgasmic
• orgastic

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm”)

Noun

orgasm c

1. orgasm

   Han fick orgasm i duschen.

   He had an orgasm in the shower.

Declension

Declension of orgasm

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orgasm	orgasmen	orgasmer	orgasmerna
genitive	orgasms	orgasmens	orgasmers	orgasmernas