masturbation

See also: Masturbation

English

Pre-Columbian pottery depicting female masturbation.

Etymology

Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. Equivalent to masturbate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmæstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmɑːstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmæstɚˈbeɪʃən/

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• Hyphenation: mas‧tur‧ba‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

masturbation (usually uncountable, plural masturbations)

1. Manual erotic stimulation of the genitals or other erotic regions, often to orgasm, either by oneself or a partner.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Diogenes in sight of all, exercising his Masturbation, bred a longing desire in the bystanders, that in such sort they might fill their bellies by rubbing or clawing the same.

   • Betty Dodson, (famous quote):

     Masturbation is our first and natural form of sexual activity and if that's inhibited or damaged, then we suffer for the rest of our lives.

   • 2005, Jon Kimmel, Clum Babies (Drawn Together), season 2, episode 5, spoken by Foxxy Love (Cree Summer), via Comedy Central:

     Masturbation is fun and natural. Not to mention it's a great way to earn five bucks without touchin' the guy.

2. (figurative) A vain activity.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:masturbation.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:masturbation
• fingering, rolling the pill, bean flicking (female masturbation)

Derived terms

• antimasturbation
• masturbational
• masturbationism
• masturbationist
• masturbationlike
• mental masturbation
• mutual masturbation
• overmasturbation

 

Related terms

• masturbate
• masturbator
• masturbatory

Translations

manual erotic stimulation of the genitals

• Albanian: masturbim m
• Arabic: عَادَة سِرِّيَّة‎ f (ʕāda sirriyya), (male) اِسْتِمْنَاء‎ m (istimnāʔ)

  Hijazi Arabic: تَجْليخ‎ m (tajlĪḵ) (vulgar), عَادَة سِرِّيَّة‎ f (ʕāda sirriyya)

• Armenian: մաստուրբացիա (hy) (masturbacʿia)
• Azerbaijani: kəfləmə, onanizm
• Belarusian: мастурба́цыя f (masturbácyja), анані́зм m (ananízm)
• Bengali: হস্তমৈথুন (bn) (hostomōithun), হাত মারা (bn) (hat mara)
• Bikol Central: pagsalsal
• Bulgarian: мастурба́ция f (masturbácija), чикия f (čikija) (slang)
• Catalan: masturbació (ca) f, palla (ca) f (slang)
• Cebuano: paglusi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 自慰 (zi⁶ wai³), 手淫 (sau² jam⁴), (male, vulgar) 打飛機／打飞机 (daa² fei¹ gei¹), (female, vulgar) 打潛艇／打潜艇 (daa² cim⁴ teng⁵)

  Mandarin: 手淫 (zh) (shǒuyín), 自慰 (zh) (zìwèi), 自渎 (zh) (zìdú), 自淫 (zh) (zìyín),

• Czech: masturbace (cs) f, onanie (cs) f
• Danish: masturbation (da) c, onani c
• Dutch: zelfbevrediging (nl) f, masturbatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: masturbado
• Estonian: masturbeerimine, onanism (et)
• Faroese: sjálvsnøktan f
• Finnish: itsetyydytys (fi), masturbaatio (fi)
• French: masturbation (fr) f, onanisme (fr) m, branlette (fr) f (slang)

  Canadian: crosse (fr) (vulgar) (slang)

• Georgian: მასტურბაცია (ka) (masṭurbacia), ნძრევა (nʒreva)
• German: Masturbation (de) f, Onanie (de) f, Selbstbefriedigung (de) f
• Greek: αυνανισμός (el) (avnanismós), (slang) μαλακία (el) (malakía)

  Ancient: ἀναφλασμός m (anaphlasmós)

• Greenlandic: anisoorniarneq, tissassarneq
• Gujarati: હસ્તમૈથુન (hastamaithun)
• Hebrew: אוֹנָנוּת‎ (he) f (onanút)
• Hindi: हस्तमैथुन (hi) m (hastamaithun)
• Hungarian: önkielégítés (hu), maszturbáció (hu)
• Icelandic: sjálfsfróun (is) f, rúnk n
• Indonesian: onani (id), masturbasi (id) f, ngocok m (slang), cokil m (slang), coli (id) f
• Irish: glacaireacht f, lámhchartadh m
• Italian: masturbazione (it) f
• Japanese: マスターベーション (masutābēshon), オナニー (ja) (onanī), 自慰 (ja) (じい, jii), 手淫 (ja) (しゅいん, shuin), 一人エッチ (hitori etchi), せんずり (ja) (senzuri), かわつるみ (kawatsurumi), 一人遊び (hitoriasobi), 着せ剥ぎ (kisehagi), 手慰み (tenagusami), 手妻 (tezuma), 当て掻き (ategaki)
• Kazakh: мастурбация (masturbasiä), онанизм (onanizm)
• Korean: 마스터베이션 (ko) (maseuteobeisyeon), 자위 (ko) (jawi), 딸딸이 (ko) (ttalttari), 수음 (ko) (sueum), 자위행위 (ko) (jawihaeng'wi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: destperkî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: мастурбация (masturbatsiya), онанизм (onanizm)
• Latin: masturbātiō f
• Latvian: masturbācija f
• Lithuanian: masturbacija f
• Macedonian: мастурбација f (masturbacija)
• Malay: pelancapan (ms), masturbasi
• Mongolian: хангалга (mn) (xangalga), мастурбац (masturbac)
• Nepali: हस्तमैथुन (ne) (hastamaithun)
• Norwegian: onanering
• Pashto: موټک‎ (muṭak)
• Persian: جلق‎ (fa) (jalq)
• Polish: masturbacja (pl) f, onanizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: masturbação (pt), punheta (pt) (slang)
• Romanian: masturbație (ro) f, masturbare (ro) f, onanie (ro) f
• Russian: мастурба́ция (ru) f (masturbácija), онани́зм (ru) m (onanízm), рукоблу́дие (ru) n (rukoblúdije), дро́чка (ru) f (dróčka) (vulgar)
• Sami:

  Inari: jieštuđâttem

  Northern: iešduhtadeapmi

  Skolt: jiijjâstoođtummuš

• Samogitian: mastorbacėjė f
• Sanskrit: हस्तमैथुन m (hastamaithuna)
• Scottish Gaelic: brodadh m, fèin-bhrodadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: самозадовољавање n, мастурбација f, рукоблуд m, мануступрација f, самоблуд m, онанија f, (vulgar) дркање n

  Roman: samozadovoljavanje (sh) n, masturbacija (sh) f, rukoblud m, manustupracija (sh) f, samoblud (sh) m, onanija (sh) f, drkanje n

• Sinhalese: ස්වයං වින්දනය (swayaṁ windanaya)
• Slovak: ukájanie n, onánia f, masturbácia f, onanovanie n
• Slovene: samozadovoljevanje (sl), drkanje (vulgar), (medical) masturbácija, masturbiranje n
• Spanish: masturbación (es) f, paja (es) f (slang)
• Swahili: punyeto (sw)
• Swedish: onani (sv)
• Tagalog: masturbasyon, pagsalsal, jakol
• Tajik: мастурбатсия (masturbatsiya)
• Tamil: சுய இன்பம் (cuya iṉpam)
• Thai: การช่วยตัวเอง (th) (gaan-chûai-dtuua-eeng), การสำเร็จความใคร่ (gaan-sǎm-rèt-kwaam-krâi)
• Tigrinya: ግብረ ሕቡእ (gəbrä ḥəbuʾ)
• Turkish: mastürbasyon (tr), otuz bir (tr)
• Ukrainian: мастурба́ція f (masturbácija), онані́зм m (onanízm), рукоблу́дство n (rukoblúdstvo)
• Urdu: جلق‎ m (jalaq)
• Uzbek: masturbatsiya
• Vietnamese: sự thủ dâm (vi)
• Volapük: masturbat

Further reading

• masturbation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• masturbation on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Danish

Noun

masturbation c (singular definite masturbationen, plural indefinite masturbationer)

1. masturbation

   Synonym: onani

Declension

Declension of masturbation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	masturbation	masturbationen	masturbationer	masturbationerne
genitive	masturbations	masturbationens	masturbationers	masturbationernes

Further reading

• “masturbation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from New Latin masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturber +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.tyʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

masturbation f (plural masturbations)

1. masturbation [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: onanisme

   • 1897, Thésée Pouillet, De l'onanisme chez la femme [On onanism in women] (Psychopathie sexuell)‎^[1], volume I:

     La masturbation existe; elle est fort répandue chez les femmes, c’est un fait incontestable […]

     Masturbation exists; it is very widespread among women, that is undeniable […]

Derived terms

• masturbation intellectuelle

Related terms

• masturbateur
• masturbatoire
• masturber

Further reading

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

Middle French

Noun

masturbation f (plural not attested)

1. masturbation
   • 1506, François de La Mothe Le Vaye, Quatre Dialogues Faits A L'Imitation Des Anciens‎^[2], page 114:

     La premiere façon est parmy nous abominable, la nature reclamant en apparence contre cette deception de nerfs, appellée masturbation.

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Swedish

Noun

masturbation c

1. masturbation

   Synonyms: onani, självbefläckelse

Declension

Declension of masturbation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	masturbation	masturbationen	masturbationer	masturbationerna
Genitive	masturbations	masturbationens	masturbationers	masturbationernas

Related terms

• masturbera (“masturbate”)

References

• masturbation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• masturbation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• masturbation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)