inguinal

English

Etymology

From Latin inguinālis, from inguen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋɡwɪnəl/

• Audio (General American):

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Adjective

inguinal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the groin.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 149:

     Massage, particularly inguinal, was frequently resorted to by the ancients as an indeucement to potency.

Synonyms

• crotchal (informal)
• groinal (informal)

Derived terms

• abdominal inguinal ring
• cruroinguinal
• extrainguinal
• genitoinguinal
• infrainguinal
• inguinal canal
• inguinal ligament
• subinguinal
• suprainguinal
• ventro-inguinal
• ventroinguinal

Related terms

• inguen

Translations

of or pertaining to the groin

• Finnish: nivus- (fi)
• French: inguinal (fr)
• German: inguinal (de)
• Hungarian: lágyéki (hu), lágyék- (hu)
• Polish: pachwinowy (pl)
• Russian: па́ховый (ru) (páxovyj)
• Spanish: inguinal
• Swedish: ljumsk-
• Tagalog: pansingit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ɡɥi.nal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

inguinal (feminine inguinale, masculine plural inguinaux, feminine plural inguinales)

1. inguinal

Further reading

• “inguinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Adjective

inguinal m or n (feminine singular inguinală, masculine plural inguinali, feminine/neuter plural inguinale)

1. alternative form of inghinal

Declension

Declension of inguinal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	inguinal		inguinală	inguinali	inguinale
	definite	inguinalul		inguinala	inguinalii	inguinalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	inguinal		inguinale	inguinali	inguinale
	definite	inguinalului		inguinalei	inguinalilor	inguinalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inguinālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inɡiˈnal/ [ĩŋ.ɡiˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧gui‧nal

Adjective

inguinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural inguinales)

1. inguinal

Derived terms

• ilioinguinal

Related terms

• ingle

Further reading

• “inguinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025