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genitalia

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See also: genitália and genitalią

English

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Human external genitalia: vulva (left) and penis and scrotum (right), with pubic hair removed.

Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin (membra) genitālia, substantive use of neuter plural of genitālis (“pertaining to generation or birth”). First attested in 1651[1].

    Pronunciation

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    • enPR: jĕn′ĭ-tā′lē-ə, -tāl′yə
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈteɪ̯.liː.ə/, /ˌd͡ʒen.ɪˈteɪ̯.liː.ə/; /-ˈteɪ̯l.jə/
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈteɪ̯.li.ə/; /-ˈteɪ̯l.jə/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • (Australia) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒen.ɪˈtæɪ̯.liː.ə/; /-ˈtæɪ̯l.jə/
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒen.əˈtæɪ̯.liː.ə/; /-ˈtæɪ̯l.jə/
    • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈte.li.ə/, /ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈte.li.ʌ/; /-ˈtel.jə/, /-ˈtel.jʌ/
    • Rhymes: -eɪliə, -eɪljə
    • Hyphenation: gen‧i‧ta‧li‧a, gen‧i‧ta‧lia

    Noun

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    genitalia sg or pl (plural (nonstandard) genitalias) (see usage notes)

    2. External sex organs.
      • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189:
        The second turning of the spiral is the fact that the pink blush of the female genitalia is what lures Enkidu away from his wild companions into what becomes the beginning of his movement into human society.
    4. (by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

    Usage notes

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    • Etymologically speaking, genitalia is plural; the Latinate singular would theoretically be *genitale, but this is not used in English.
    • Genitalia may be used with either singular or plural verbs; using plural verbs ("his genitalia are...") is two or three times more common than using singular verbs ("his genitalia is...").
    • Sometimes, when genitalia is treated as singular, the plural genitalias is found, mostly in nonstandard or non-native speakers' English (including non-native speakers' scholarly and scientific writing).

    Synonyms

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    Hyponyms

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    sex organs

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    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Mocket, Thomas (1651), Christmas, […], quoted in OED: “patrī Cælō virīlia exsecuit, he [sc. Saturn] cut off his father Cælums genitalia, and threw them into the Sea.”

    Further reading

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    • “genitalia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Dutch genitālia.

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    Noun

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    genitalia (plural genitalia-genitalia)

    1. genitalia
      Synonyms: abaimana (obsolete), alat kelamin, kelamin, kemaluan

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    Latin

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    Adjective

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    genitālia

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of genitālis

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Noun

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    genitalia m pl (definite plural genitaliene)

    1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by genitalier

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Noun

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    genitalia n pl (definite plural genitaliaa)

    1. genitalia
      Synonym: kjønnsorgan

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    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-redup.
    Proto-Indo-European *-eti
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁etider.
    Proto-Italic
    Latin gignō
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
    Proto-Indo-European *-is
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
    Proto-Italic *-ālis
    Latin -ālis
    Latin genitālis
    Latin genitālialbor.
    Polish genitalia

      Learned borrowing from Latin genitālia,[1] from genitālis (“pertaining to generation or birth”), from gignō (“to bear, to produce”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). First attested in 1854.[2]

      This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
      Particularly: “etydate: author appears to be quoting, but I'm not sure if it's a translation or an earlier Polish work”

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ɡɛ.ɲiˈta.lja/
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      • Rhymes: -alja
      • Syllabification: ge‧ni‧ta‧lia

      Noun

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      genitalia nvir pl or (proscribed) f (related adjective genitalny)

      2. genitalia (genitals or sex organs)
        Synonym: przyrodzenie
        • [1931, Stanisław Lam, editor, Trzaski, Everta[,] i Michalskiego leksykon ilustrowany A–Z, Warszawa: Trzaska, Evert[,] i Michalski:
          Genitalia, ł., narządy płciowe.
          Genitalia, Lat., sex organs.]

      Declension

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      As a nonvirile plural noun, as if coming from neuter *genitalium (standard):

      Declension of genitalia
      plural
      nominative genitalia
      genitive genitaliów
      dative genitaliom
      accusative genitalia
      instrumental genitaliami
      locative genitaliach
      vocative genitalia

      As a feminine noun, from the ending being reinterpreted as Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (proscribed[3][4]):

      Declension of genitalia
      singular plural
      nominative genitalia genitalie
      genitive genitalii genitalii/genitalij (archaic)
      dative genitalii genitaliom
      accusative genitalię genitalie
      instrumental genitalią genitaliami
      locative genitalii genitaliach
      vocative genitalio genitalie

      References

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      1. ^ Kopaliński, Władysław (2007), Słownik wyrazów obcych i zwrotów obcojęzycznych z almanachem [Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases with an Almanac] (Słowniki; 4)‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Warszawa: Rzeczpospolita, published 2007, →ISBN, →OCLC, →Google Books
      2. ^ Berwiński, Ryszard Wincenty (1854), Studia o literaturze ludowéj ze stanowiska historycznéj i naukowéj krytyki (in Polish), volume 2, page 76
      3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1973), Słownik poprawnej polszczyzny PWN [A Dictionary of Correct Polish PWN] (in Polish), Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Naukowe, published 1980, →ISBN, page 180
      4. ^ Markowski, Andrzej Jan, editor (2004), Wielki słownik poprawnej polszczyzny PWN [A Grand Dictionary of Correct Polish PWN] (in Polish), Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, published 2004, →ISBN, page 283

      Further reading

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      • “genitalia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • “genitalia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)
      • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “genitalja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861, volume I, page 341
      • genitalia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
      • Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “genitalia”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[4], 4. online edition, Warszawa
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