genital

See also: génital

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnətəl/, /ˈdʒɛnɪtəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

genital (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
2. Of, or relating to the genitalia.
3. (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

Translations

of, or relating to biological reproduction

• Asturian: xenital (ast)
• Bulgarian: детероден (deteroden)
• Catalan: genital
• French: génital (fr)
• Galician: xenital (gl)
• Georgian: სქესობრივი (skesobrivi)
• Greek: γεννητικός (el) (gennitikós)
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• Irish: ginitiúil
• Italian: genitale (it)
• Polish: płciowy (pl) m
• Russian: деторо́дный (ru) (detoródnyj)
• Spanish: genital (es)

of, or relating to the genitalia

• Asturian: xenital (ast)
• Bulgarian: генитален (genitalen)
• Catalan: genital
• Finnish: genitaalinen (fi), sukuelin-
• French: génital (fr)
• Galician: xenital (gl)
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• Georgian: გენიტალური (geniṭaluri), სქესობრივი (skesobrivi)
• Irish: ginitiúil
• Italian: genitale (it)
• Polish: płciowy (pl) m
• Russian: генита́льный (ru) (genitálʹnyj)
• Spanish: genital (es)

of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty

• Polish: płciowy (pl) m
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See also

• female genital mutilation

Noun

genital (plural genitals)

1. (rare) The genitalia.

Further reading

• “genital”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “genital”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• atingle, elating, gelatin, langite, tag line, tagline

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡeniˈtaːl]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

genital (not comparable)

1. genital

Further reading

• “genital” in Duden online

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin genitālis

Adjective

genital m or f (masculine and feminine plural genitales)

1. genital

Noun

genital m (plural genitales)

1. (Usually plural) genital

References

• Template:R:DRAE 2001