prepuce

See also prépuce

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• præpuce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin praeputium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpriːpjuːs/

Noun

prepuce (plural prepuces)

1. (anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the tip (glans) of the penis.

   1922, Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more. — James Joyce, Ulysses

   1985, But there are a fair number of halfway Jews – you know, those who want God without having to have their prepuces torn off to get him. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

2. (anatomy) The corresponding part of the clitoris.

Synonyms

• foreskin
• preputium
• akroposthion
• (part of the clitoris): clitoral hood
• See also Wikisaurus:foreskin

Translations

prepuce

• Afrikaans: voorhuid (af)
• Albanian: lafshë (sq) f
• Arabic: قلفة (ar) (qálfa) f, غرلة (ar) (ğurla) f

  Egyptian Arabic: غرلة (ğurla) f

• Armenian: թլիփ (hy) (t’lip’)
• Asturian: prepuciu (ast) m
• Azeri: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: крайняя плоць (be) (krájnjaja ploc') f
• Bulgarian: препуциум (bg) (preputsium) m
• Catalan: prepuci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 包皮 (baau1 pei4)

  Mandarin: 包皮 (cmn) (bāopí)

• Czech: předkožka (cs) f
• Danish: forhud (da) c
• Dhivehi: ފިރިހެން ހަށީގެ ބޯ ނިވައިކޮށްދޭ ހަންކޮޅު (dv)
• Dutch: voorhuid (nl) f
• Esperanto: prepucio (eo)
• Estonian: eesnahk (et)
• Finnish: esinahka (fi)
• French: prépuce (fr) m
• Galician: prepucio (gl) m
• Georgian: ჩუჩი (ka) (č’uč’i)
• German: Präputium (de) m, Vorhaut (de) n
• Greek: ακροποσθία (el) (akroposthía) f
• Hebrew: עוֹרְלָה (he) (orla) f, עָרְלָה (he)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: fityma (hu), előbőr (hu)
• Icelandic: forhúð (is) f
• Ido: prepuco (io)
• Igbo: àpị

• Indonesian: kulup (id)
• Irish: forchraiceann (ga) m
• Italian: prepuzio (it) m
• Japanese: 包皮 (ja) (ほうひ, hōhi)
• Khmer: ស្បែក (km) (sbaek), ស្បែកក្ដ (km) (sbaek kdɑɑ)
• Korean: 포피 (ko) (popi)
• Latin: praeputium (la) n
• Latvian: priekšāda (lv) f
• Lithuanian: apyvarpė (lt)
• Malay: kulup (ms)
• Maltese: prepuzju (mt) m
• Northern Sami: ovdanáhkki
• Norwegian: forhud (no) m
• Occitan: prepuci (oc) m
• Old English: filmen (ang) n
• Persian: پوست ختنه گاه (fa)
• Polish: napletek (pl) m
• Portuguese: prepúcio (pt) m
• Romanian: prepuț (ro) n
• Russian: крайняя плоть (ru) (krájnjaja plot') f, препуций (ru) (prepúcij) m
• Serbo-Croatian: prepucij (sh) m, prepucijum (sh) m, predkožica (sh) f, obrezak (sh) m
• Slovak: predkožka (sk) f
• Slovene: prepucij (sl) m
• Spanish: prepucio (es) m
• Swedish: förhud (sv) c
• Tamil: சூப்பி (ta)
• Thai: หนังหุ้มปลายองคชาติ (th) (năng hôom bplaai ongkáchâat)
• Turkish: sünnet derisi (tr), prepusyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: крайня плоть (uk) (krájnja plot’) f, препуцій (uk) (prepúcij) m
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bao quy đầu (vi)

Derived terms

• preputiotomy

See also

• circumcise, circumcision

Anagrams

• creep up

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Middle French

Noun

prepuce m (plural prepuces)

1. foreskin