vagina
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vagina (plural vaginas or vaginae or vaginæ)
- (anatomy) The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals.
- 1991, Mark M. Jones, Human Reproductive Biology (page 61)
- The epithelial lining of the vagina consists of many layers of flattened cells. Changes in the condition of these cells during the menstrual cycle can be detected by swabbing the lining and looking at the cells under a microscope.
- 1991, Mark M. Jones, Human Reproductive Biology (page 61)
- (zoology) A similar part in some invertebrates.
- (botany) A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
- (colloquial) The vulva.
Usage notes
Vagina in colloquial use refers to the vulva or female genitalia generally, but in anatomy the vagina is a wholly internal structure and calling the vulva the vagina is analogous to calling the lips the mouth or throat.
Synonyms
- (anatomical passage or canal): See also Wikisaurus:vagina
- (vulva): See also Wikisaurus:vulva
- (botany): sheath
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from "vagina"
Translations
See also: Wikisaurus:vagina/translations
anatomical sense
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vulva — see vulva
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet beina.
Noun
vagina f (plural vagines)
- (anatomy) vagina
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
Noun
vagina f (plural vagina's, diminutive vaginaatje n)
- (anatomy) vagina
Synonyms
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
vagina (accusative singular vaginan, plural vaginaj, accusative plural vaginajn)
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
vagina
- (anatomy) vagina
Declension
| Inflection of vagina (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vagina | vaginat | |
| genitive | vaginan | vaginoiden vaginoitten vaginojen |
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| partitive | vaginaa | vaginoita vaginoja |
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| illative | vaginaan | vaginoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vagina | vaginat | |
| accusative | nom. | vagina | vaginat |
| gen. | vaginan | ||
| genitive | vaginan | vaginoiden vaginoitten vaginojen vaginainrare |
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| partitive | vaginaa | vaginoita vaginoja |
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| inessive | vaginassa | vaginoissa | |
| elative | vaginasta | vaginoista | |
| illative | vaginaan | vaginoihin | |
| adessive | vaginalla | vaginoilla | |
| ablative | vaginalta | vaginoilta | |
| allative | vaginalle | vaginoille | |
| essive | vaginana | vaginoina | |
| translative | vaginaksi | vaginoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vaginoin | |
| abessive | vaginatta | vaginoitta | |
| comitative | — | vaginoineen | |
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet guaina.
Noun
vagina f (plural vagine)
- (anatomy) vagina
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wāgīnā (“sheath, scabbard”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
vāgīna f (genitive vāgīnae); first declension
- sheath, scabbard
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100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.44
- Avertit hic casus vaginam et gladium educere conanti dextram moratur manum, impeditumque hostes circumsistunt.
- This circumstance turns aside his scabbard and obstructs his right hand when attempting to draw his sword: the enemy crowd around him when [thus] embarrassed.
- Avertit hic casus vaginam et gladium educere conanti dextram moratur manum, impeditumque hostes circumsistunt.
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Mitte gladium in vaginam. ― Put the sword into its sheath.
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Gladium vāgina proripere. ― To draw a sword from the sheath hastily.
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- covering, sheath, holder of any thing
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Omnia principalia viscera membranis propriis ac velut vaginis inclusit natura.
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Cremato eo (corpore), inimici ... remeanti animae veluti vaginam ademerint.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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- sheath of an ear of grain, etc., the hull, husk
- female vagina
- sheath of a claw, in cats
Usage notes
Not used medically/anatomically during classical times.
Inflection
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vāgīna | vāgīnae |
| genitive | vāgīnae | vāgīnārum |
| dative | vāgīnae | vāgīnīs |
| accusative | vāgīnam | vāgīnās |
| ablative | vāgīnā | vāgīnīs |
| vocative | vāgīna | vāgīnae |
Descendants
- Albanian: vaginë, vagjinë
- Asturian: vaxina, vaina
- Catalan: beina, vagina
- Czech: vagína
- Dutch: vagina
- English: vagina
- Finnish: vagina
- French: gaine, vagin
- Friulian: vazine
- Galician: vaxina, vaíña
- German: Vagina
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vāgīna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 650
- vagina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vagina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “vagina”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
- “vagina” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sheath one's sword: gladium in vaginam recondere
- to sheath one's sword: gladium in vaginam recondere
- vagina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vagina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “vagina” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
vagina m (definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer, definite plural vaginaene)
- (anatomy) vagina
Synonyms
References
- “vagina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
vagina m (definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer or vaginaar, definite plural vaginaene or vaginaane)
- (anatomy) vagina
Synonyms
References
- “vagina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Noun
vagina f
- (anatomy) vagina
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet bainha, compare also vagem.
Noun
vagina f (plural vaginas)
- (anatomy) vagina
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vagína f (Cyrillic spelling ваги́на)
- (anatomy) vagina
Declension
Declension of vagina
Synonyms
Slovene
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋaˈɡíːna/
- Tonal orthography: vagı̑na
Noun
vagína f (genitive vagíne, nominative plural vagíne)
- (anatomy) vagina
Declension
Declension of vagína (feminine, a-stem)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet vaina.
Pronunciation
Noun
vagina f (plural vaginas)
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