virginity

English[edit]

Borrowed from Old French virginite, itself a borrowing from Latin virginitas. Synchronically, from virgin +‎ -ity.

virginity (countable and uncountable, plural virginities)

The state or characteristic of being a virgin.
Synonyms: maidenhood, maidenhead, maidhood (female), V card (euphemistic, general), cherry (informal)

to lose one's virginity

state or characteristic of being a virgin

Albanian: virgjëri (sq) f
Arabic: بَكَارَة‎ f (bakāra), بَتُولِيَّة‎ f (batūliyya)
Armenian: կուսություն (hy) (kusutʿyun)
Aromanian: virghireatsã f
Asturian: virxinidá f
Azerbaijani: bakirəlik, bəkarət, qızlıq
Belarusian: дзяво́цкасць f (dzjavóckascʹ), цно́та f (cnóta), цнатлі́васць f (cnatlívascʹ)
Bulgarian: де́вственост (bg) f (dévstvenost)
Catalan: virginitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 處女性 (zh), 处女性 (zh) (chùnǚxìng), 童貞 (zh), 童贞 (zh) (tóngzhēn)
Czech: panenství (cs) n
Dutch: maagdelijkheid (nl) f
Estonian: neitsilikkus
Finnish: neitsyys (fi)
French: virginité (fr) f
Galician: virxinidade f
Georgian: სიმწვანე (simc̣vane), ქალწულება (kalc̣uleba), ქალიშვილობა f (kališviloba), ვაჟიშვილობა m (važišviloba)
German: Jungfräulichkeit (de) f, Virginität (de) f (applies to either gender), Unschuld (de) f (applies to women)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹 f (magaþei)
Greek: παρθενία (el) f (parthenía)
Ancient: παρθενία f (parthenía)
Hebrew: בְּתוּלִים‎ (he) m pl (b'tulím)
Interlingua: virginitate
Irish: maighdeanas m, ócht f
Italian: verginità (it) f
Japanese: 処女 (ja) (shojo), 処女性 (shojosei), 童貞 (ja) (dōtei) (man's virginity)