orgasm

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɔːɡaz(ə)m/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɔɹ.ɡæz.əm/, 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 exctement; 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

Related terms

• orgastic

Translations

the peak of sexual pleasure

Afrikaans: orgasme 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) Croatian: orgàzam (hr) m. 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) 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 Saxon: 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) Old Norse: orgasme 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)

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

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Estonian

Noun

orgasm (genitive orgasmi, partitive orgasmi)

1. orgasm

Declension

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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 (“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