deflower

English

Etymology

From Middle English deflouren, from Old French desflorer (modern French déflorer), from Late Latin deflōrāre.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /diˈflaʊ.ɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈflaʊə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

deflower (third-person singular simple present deflowers, present participle deflowering, simple past and past participle deflowered)

1. (transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

   Synonym: deflorate

   • 1995, Harmony Korine, Kids, spoken by Telly:

     But when you deflower a girl, that's it. You did it. You were the one. No one else can ever do it.

2. (transitive) To deprive of flowers.
3. (transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.

Derived terms

• defloration, deflowerment

Translations

to take the virginity of a woman or girl

• Albanian: zhvirgjëroj (sq)
• Arabic: اِفْتَضَّ (iftaḍḍa), or فَضَّ (faḍḍa) + عُذْرِيّة (ʕuḏriyya) or بَكَارَة (bakāra) vel sim.
• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: обезчестявам (bg) (obezčestjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開苞／开苞 (zh) (kāibāo), 破瓜 (zh) (pòguā), 破處／破处 (zh) (pòchǔ)

• Czech: odpanit (cs)
• Dutch: ontmaagden (nl)
• Esperanto: deflori, malvirgigi
• Finnish: viedä neitsyys
• French: déflorer (fr), dépuceler (fr)
• Galician: desflorar (gl), desvirgar (gl)
• German: deflorieren (de), entjungfern (de)
• Greek: διακορεύω (el) (diakorévo), ξεπαρθενιάζω (el) (xepartheniázo)
• Hindi: कुँवारापन (kũvārāpan) or कौमार्य (kaumārya) &c. + तोड़ना (toṛnā), कौमार्य भंग करना (kaumārya bhaṅg karnā), नथ उतारना (nath utārnā), चीरा उतारना (cīrā utārnā)
• Hungarian: megbecstelenít (hu)
• Icelandic: afmeyja
• Ido: desvirgigar (io)
• Italian: deflorare (it), sverginare (it)
• Japanese: 破瓜する (ja) (はかする, haka suru)
• Latin: defloro, devirgino
• Luxembourgish: defloréieren
• Macedonian: обесчестува (obesčestuva)
• Polish: rozdziewiczać
• Portuguese: deflorar (pt), desvirginar (pt)
• Romanian: deflora (ro)
• Russian: лиша́ть де́вственности impf (lišátʹ dévstvennosti), лиши́ть де́вственности pf (lišítʹ dévstvennosti), дефлори́ровать (ru) impf or pf (deflorírovatʹ) (medical), растлева́ть (ru) impf (rastlevátʹ), растли́ть (ru) pf (rastlítʹ)
• Spanish: desflorar (es), desvirgar (es), violar (es)
• Swedish: deflorera
• Telugu: కన్నెరికముతీయు (kannerikamutīyu)
• Turkish: kızlık bozmak
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

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