vagina
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English
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna (“sheath”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vagina (plural vaginas or vaginae or vaginæ)
- (anatomy) The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals.
- (zoology) A similar part in some invertebrates.
- (botany) A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
- (colloquial) The vulva.
Synonyms
- (anatomical passage or canal): See also Wikisaurus:vagina
- (vulva): See also Wikisaurus:vulva
- (botany): sheath
Derived terms
Terms derived from "vagina"
Translations
anatomical sense
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vulva — see vulva
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Noun
vagina f (plural vagines)
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Pronunciation
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Audio (file)
Noun
vagina f (plural vagina's, diminutive vaginaatje)
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA: /vaˈɡina/
Adjective
vagina (plural vaginaj, accusative singular vaginan, accusative plural vaginajn)
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Noun
vagina
Declension
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Declension of vagina (type katiska)
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Noun
vagina f (plural vagine)
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation 1
Noun
vāgīna (genitive vāgīnae); f, first declension
- sheath, scabbard
- Mitte gladium in vaginam.
- Put the sword into its sheath.
- p. 52 BCE, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico, Book V, sect. 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.
- Avertit hic casus vaginam et gladium educere conanti dextram moratur manum, impeditumque hostes circumsistunt.
- From Aeneid by P. Vergilius Maro
- Gladium vāgina proripere.
- To draw a sword from the sheath hastily.
- Mitte gladium in vaginam.
- 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.
- sheath of an ear of grain, etc., the hull, husk
- female vagina
- sheath of a claw, in cats
- vocative singular of vāgīna
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vāgīna | vāgīnae |
| genitive | vāgīnae | vāgīnārum |
| dative | vāgīnae | vāgīnīs |
| accusative | vāgīnam | vāgīnās |
| ablative | vāgīnā | vāgīnīs |
| vocative | vāgīna | vāgīnae |
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
Noun
vāgīnā f
- ablative singular of vāgīna
Norwegian
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
vagina m
Inflection
Inflection of vagina
Synonyms
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Noun
vagina f
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Noun
vagina f (plural vaginas)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʋaɡǐːna/
- Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na
Noun
vagína f (Cyrillic spelling ваги́на)
Declension
declension of vagina
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vagína | vagine |
| genitive | vagine | vagina |
| dative | vagini | vaginama |
| accusative | vaginu | vagine |
| vocative | vagino | vagine |
| locative | vagini | vaginama |
| instrumental | vaginom | vaginama |
Synonyms
Slovene
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Pronunciation
Noun
vagína f
Declension
Declension of vagina (feminine, a-stem)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vāgīna.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /baˈxina/
Noun
vagina f (plural vaginas)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Anatomy
- en:Zoology
- en:Botany
- English colloquialisms
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan nouns
- ca:Anatomy
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch nouns
- nl:Anatomy
- Esperanto words suffixed with -a
- Esperanto adjectives
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Anatomy
- Finnish katiska-type nominals
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian nouns
- it:Anatomy
- Latin nouns
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- la:Anatomy
- Norwegian terms derived from Latin
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- no:Anatomy
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- sh:Anatomy
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