orgasm

English

Etymology

From French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “excitement, swelling”), from ὀργάω (orgáō, “to swell with moisture”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɡaz(ə)m/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoɹ.ɡæ.zəm/

Noun

orgasm (countable and uncountable, plural orgasms)

1. (obsolete) A spasm or sudden contraction. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia:

     Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels.

2. A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.]

   Synonym: climax

   Hyponyms: clitoral orgasm, G-spot orgasm

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 668:

     Never had I experienced such an immense slow orgasm – its ripples ran like the tributaries of the Nile throughout the whole nervous system.

   • 2007 September 12, Zoe Margolis, The Guardian:

     There does not have to be romance involved with sexual pleasure: some of us just like orgasms for the hell of it.

   If you want to get an orgasm, I recommend buying a vibrator.

3. A creamy white alcoholic cocktail containing amaretto, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur.

Derived terms

• -gasm
• orgasmic
• orgasmically
• multiorgasm
• multiorgasmic
• multiorgasmically
• dry orgasm

Related terms

• orgastic

Translations

orgasm — see climax

the peak of sexual pleasure

• Afrikaans: orgasme
• Albanian: orgazmë f
• Arabic: نَشْوَة‎ f (našwa), هِزَّة اَلْجِمَاع‎ f (hizzat al-jimāʕ)
• Armenian: օրգազմ (hy) (ōrgazm)
• Asturian: orgasmu m
• Basque: orgasmo (eu)
• Belarusian: арга́зм m (arházm)
• Bengali: রাগমোচন (bn) (ragmōcon)
• Bulgarian: орга́зъм m (orgázǎm)
• Catalan: orgasme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高潮 (zh) (gāocháo)

• Czech: orgasmus (cs) m
• Danish: orgasme c
• Dutch: orgasme (nl) m, klaarkomen (nl) n (vulgar)
• Esperanto: orgasmo (eo)
• Estonian: orgasm (et)
• Faroese: orgasma f
• Finnish: orgasmi (fi)
• French: orgasme (fr) m
• Galician: orgasmo (gl) m
• Georgian: ორგაზმი (orgazmi)
• German: Orgasmus (de) m, Höhepunkt (de) m, Klimax (de) f
• Greek: οργασμός (el) m (orgasmós)
• Hebrew: אוֹרְגַּזְמָה‎ (he) f (orgázma), אֲבִיּוֹנָה‎ (he) f (aviyoná)
• Hindi: चरमोत्कर्ष (hi) (carmotkarṣ)
• Hungarian: orgazmus (hu)
• Icelandic: fullnæging (is) f
• Indonesian: orgasme (id)
• Irish: súnás m
• Italian: orgasmo (it) m
• Japanese: オーガズム (ja) (ōgazumu), オルガスムス (ja) (orugasumusu), アクメ (ja) (akume), イき (iki) (slang)
• Korean: 오르가슴 (oreugaseum)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: orgazm (ku)

• Latin: patrātiō m, orgasmus m
• Latvian: orgazmas
• Lithuanian: orgazmas m
• Low German: Orgasmus, Klimax, Hööchdpunkt, Kloorkamen
• Macedonian: орга́зам (orgázam)
• Malayalam: രതിമൂർച്ഛ (ratimūṟccha)
• Maori: tokomauri, rekareka
• Marathi: कामसंवेग m (kāmsauveg), चरमोत्कर्ष f (carmotkarṣa), आसंवेग m (āsauveg), उत्ताप f (uttāp), संभोगाउत्कर्ष m (sambhogāutkarṣa), समागमसंवेग m (samāgamsauveg)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: orgasme (no) m, utløsning m

  Nynorsk: orgasme m

• Persian: اوج لذت جنسی‎ (owj-e lezzat-e jensi), ارگاسم‎ (fa) (orgâsm)
• Polish: orgazm (pl) m
• Portuguese: orgasmo (pt) m
• Romanian: orgasm (ro) n
• Russian: орга́зм (ru) m (orgázm)
• Samogitian: uorgazmos m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оргазам m

  Roman: orgazam (sh) m

• Sicilian: urgàsimu m
• Slovak: orgazmus (sk) m
• Slovene: orgazem (sl) m
• Spanish: orgasmo (es) m
• Swedish: orgasm (sv) c
• Tagalog: sukdulan (tl), kasukdulan
• Tamil: புணர்ச்சிப் பரவசநிலை (puṇarccip paravacanilai), பாலின்ப உச்சி (pāliṉpa ucci)
• Telugu: భావప్రాప్తి (te) (bhāvaprāpti)
• Thai: จุดสุดยอดทางเพศ (jùt-sùt-yɔ̂ɔt-taang-pêet)
• Turkish: orgazm (tr)
• Ukrainian: орга́зм m (orházm)
• Vietnamese: cực khoái
• Volapük: sömitamapün (vo)
• Welsh: orgasm
• Yiddish: אָרגאַזם‎ (orgazm)

Verb

orgasm (third-person singular simple present orgasms, present participle orgasming, simple past and past participle orgasmed)

1. To have an orgasm.

Synonyms

• cum
• climax
• finish

Translations

to have an orgasm

• Dutch: klaarkomen (nl), een orgasme hebben
• Esperanto: orgasmi
• Finnish: saada orgasmi
• French: jouir (fr), orgasmer (fr)
• Greek: έρχομαι σε οργασμό (érchomai se orgasmó)
• Japanese: いく (ja) (iku)
• Latin: patrō
• Maori: tokomauri
• Russian: оргазми́ровать (ru) (orgazmírovatʹ) (impf or pf), испы́тывать орга́зм impf (ispýtyvatʹ orgázm), испыта́ть орга́зм pf (ispytátʹ orgázm)
• Swedish: orgasmera, komma (sv)
• Ukrainian: відчува́ти орга́зм impf (vidčuváty orházm), відчу́ти орга́зм pf (vidčúty orházm)

Anagrams

• Magros, Morgas, gromas, margos, mogras

Estonian

Noun

orgasm (genitive orgasmi, partitive orgasmi)

1. orgasm

Declension

Declension of orgasm (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	orgasm	orgasmid
genitive	orgasmi	orgasmide
partitive	orgasmi	orgasme / orgasmisid
illative	orgasmi / orgasmisse	orgasmidesse / orgasmesse
inessive	orgasmis	orgasmides / orgasmes
elative	orgasmist	orgasmidest / orgasmest
allative	orgasmile	orgasmidele / orgasmele
adessive	orgasmil	orgasmidel / orgasmel
ablative	orgasmilt	orgasmidelt / orgasmelt
translative	orgasmiks	orgasmideks / orgasmeks
terminative	orgasmini	orgasmideni
essive	orgasmina	orgasmidena
abessive	orgasmita	orgasmideta
comitative	orgasmiga	orgasmidega

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orgasme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [orˈɡasm]

Noun

orgasm n (plural orgasme)

1. orgasm

Declension

Declension of orgasm

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) orgasm	orgasmul	(niște) orgasme	orgasmele
genitive/dative	(unui) orgasm	orgasmului	(unor) orgasme	orgasmelor
vocative	orgasmule		orgasmelor

Derived terms

• orgasmic
• orgastic

Swedish

Etymology

From French orgasme, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm”).

Noun

orgasm c

1. orgasm

   Han fick orgasm i duschen.

   He had an orgasm in the shower.

Declension

Declension of orgasm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	orgasm	orgasmen	orgasmer	orgasmerna
Genitive	orgasms	orgasmens	orgasmers	orgasmernas

Related terms

• orgasmisk (“orgasmic”)

See also

• utlösning

References

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