genitalia

See also: genitália

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin genitalia, substantive use of plural of genitalis (“pertaining to generation or birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnɪˈteɪli.ə/

Noun

1. genital or sex organs
2. a collection of genitals

Usage notes

Not used in the singular, which theoretically would be *genitale.

Synonyms

• genitals
• See also Thesaurus:genitalia and Thesaurus:male genitalia

Related terms

• genital
• genitals
• generative
• genus

Translations

genitals or sex organs

• Arabic: أَعْضَاء تَنَاسُلِيَّة f pl (ʔaʕḍāʔ tanāsuliyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: أعضاء تناسلية f pl (ʾaʿḍāʾ tanāsulíyya)

• Armenian: սեռական օրգաններ (seṙakan ōrganner)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生殖器 (zh) (shēngzhíqì), 外生殖器 (wàishēngzhíqì), 陰部／阴部 (zh) (yīnbù), 阴部 (zh) (yīnbù)

• Classical Nahuatl: ācayōtl (male)
• Coptic: ϣⲓⲡⲓ m (šipi)
• Czech: přirození (cs) n, genitálie (cs) f pl
• Danish: kønsorgan (da) n
• Dutch: genitaliën (nl) pl, voortplantingsorganen (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: genitaloj
• Faroese: kynsgøgn n pl, skøp n pl
• Finnish: sukuelimet, genitaalit (fi), sukupuolielimet
• French: organes génitaux (fr) m pl, parties génitales (fr) f pl, appareil génital (fr) m
• Galician: xenitais m pl
• Georgian: გენიტალიები (geniṭaliebi), სასქესო ორგანოები (saskeso organoebi)
• German: Genitalien (de) n pl
• Greek: γεννητικά όργανα (el) (gennitiká órgana)

  Ancient: αἰδοῖα n pl (aidoîa)

• Hungarian: genitáliák pl, nemi szervek (hu) pl
• Indonesian: alat kemaluan, kemaluan (id), abaimana (id) (archaic)
• Irish: baill ghiniúna m pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: genitali (it) m pl, parti intime f pl, organi di riproduzione m pl
• Japanese: 性器 (せいき, seiki), 生殖器 (せいしょくき, seishokuki), 恥部 (ちぶ, chibu), 陰部 (いんぶ, inbu)
• Lao: ອະໄວຍະວະເພດ (lo) (ʼa wai nya wa phēt)
• Latin: verenda n pl
• Lithuanian: lytiniai organai, lyties organai pl or m
• Malay: alat sulit, kemaluan
• Maltese: ġenitali m pl
• Maori: taihemahema, hema, taiaroaro
• Mongolian: бэлэг эрхтэн (beleg erxten)
• Ottoman Turkish: عورة ('awrrt)
• Polish: genitalia (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: genitália (pt)
• Russian: генита́лии (ru) f pl (genitálii), половы́е о́рганы (ru) m pl (polovýje órgany)
• Spanish: genitales (es) m pl
• Swedish: könsorgan (sv) n, genitalier (sv) n pl
• Tagalog: pamalisupling (pamalisupling)
• Telugu: జననేంద్రియాలు (jananēndriyālu)
• Thai: อวัยวะเพศ (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-pêet), อวัยวะสืบพันธุ์ (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-sʉ̀ʉp-pan)
• Turkish: cinsel organlar pl, üreme organları (tr) pl
• Volapük: genäms

See also

• sex organ
• female genital mutilation

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) genitālia

1. nominative neuter plural of genitālis
2. accusative neuter plural of genitālis
3. vocative neuter plural of genitālis

References

• genitalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)