vagina

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 3.1.2 See also 4 Latin 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Pronunciation 1 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.1.1 Inflection 4.2.1.2 Descendants 4.3 Pronunciation 2 4.3.1 Noun 5 Slovene 5.1 Noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Latin vāgīna (“‘sheath’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: vəjīʹnə, IPA: /vəˈdʒaɪnə/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -aɪnə

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (anatomy): see WikiSaurus:vagina
• (botany): sheath

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

vagina

1. (anatomy) vagina

[edit] Declension

Declension of vagina (type katiska) singular plural nominative vagina vaginat genitive vaginan vaginoiden vaginoitten vaginojen vaginain1 partitive vaginaa vaginoita vaginoja accusative vagina vaginan vaginat inessive vaginassa vaginoissa elative vaginasta vaginoista illative vaginaan vaginoihin adessive vaginalla vaginoilla ablative vaginalta vaginoilta allative vaginalle vaginoille essive vaginana vaginoina translative vaginaksi vaginoiksi instructive – vaginoin abessive vaginatta vaginoitta comitative – vaginoineen 1) Rare.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

vagina f. (plural vagine)

1. (anatomy) vagina

[edit] Derived terms

• invaginare
• vaginale
• vaginalite
• vaginalmente
• vaginismo
• vaginite
• vulvovaginale
• vulvovaginite

[edit] See also

• cervice
• vulva

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative spellings

• uāgīna

[edit] Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA: /waːˈgiː.na/

[edit] Noun

vāgīna (genitive vāgīnae); f, first declension

1. sheath, scabbard

   Mitte gladium in vaginam.

   Put the sword into [its] sheath.

   • From the Gallic War by C. Julius Caesar (XLIV)

     Avertit hic casus vaginam et gladium educere conanti dextram moratur manum, impeditumque hostes circumsistunt.

     This circumstance turns aside his scabbard and obstructs his right hand when attempting to draw his sword: the enemy crowd around him when [thus] embarrassed.

   • From Aeneid by P. Vergilius Maro

     Dixit, vaginaque eripit ensem fulmineum, strictoque ferit retinacula ferro.

     He said, and from its scabbard forth he flashed the lightning of his sword, with his sword he struck the hawsers.

   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

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Descendants

• English: vagina
• French: gaine
• Spanish: vaina

[edit] Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA: /waːˈgiː.naː/

[edit] Noun

vāgīnā f.

1. ablative singular of vāgīna

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[edit] Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

[edit] Noun

vagina f.

1. vagina

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

vagina f. (plural vaginas)

1. vagina