vagina

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[edit] English

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From Latin vāgīna (sheath).

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Singular
vagina

Plural
vaginas or vaginae or vaginæ

vagina (plural vaginas or vaginae or vaginæ)

  1. (anatomy) The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
  2. (zoology) A similar part in some invertebrates.
  3. (botany) A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
  4. (colloquial) The vulva.

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vagina

  1. (anatomy) vagina

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[edit] Italian

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vagina f. (plural vagine)

  1. (anatomy) vagina

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[edit] Latin

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vāgīna (genitive vāgīnae); f, first declension

  1. sheath, scabbard
    Mitte gladium in vaginam.
    Put the sword into [its] sheath.
    Gladium vāgina proripere.
    To draw a sword from the sheath hastily.
  2. covering, sheath, holder of any thing
    Omnia principalia viscera membranis propriis ac velut vaginis inclusit natura.
    Cremato eo (corpore), inimici ... remeanti animae veluti vaginam ademerint.
  3. sheath of an ear of grain, etc., the hull, husk
  4. female vagina
  5. sheath of a claw, in cats
  6. vocative singular of vāgīna

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Number Singular Plural
nominative vāgīna vāgīnae
genitive vāgīnae vāgīnārum
dative vāgīnae vāgīnīs
accusative vāgīnam vāgīnās
ablative vāgīnā vāgīnīs
vocative vāgīna vāgīnae

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vāgīnā f.

  1. ablative singular of vāgīna

[edit] Slovene

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vagina f.

  1. vagina

[edit] Spanish

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vagina f. (plural vaginas)

Singular
vagina f.

Plural
vaginas f.

  1. vagina
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