vulva

See also: vulvă and Vulva

English

Illustration of a vulva.

Etymology

From Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब (úlba, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʌlvə/

Noun

vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)

1. (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.

   Hypernym: genitals

Usage notes

See usage notes at vagina for the difference between vulva and vagina.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:vulva

Derived terms

• multivulva
• vulval
• vulvaless
• vulvar
• vulvate
• vulvectomy
• vulvic
• vulviform

 

Translations

collectively the external female sexual organs

• Albanian: vulvë f
• Amharic: እምስ (äms)
• Ancient Greek: αἰδοῖον n (aidoîon)
• Arabic: فَرْج (ar) m (farj), حِرّ (ar) m (ḥirr), فَالْفَا f (fālfā)
• Aragonese: vulva f
• Armenian: բունոց (hy) (bunocʻ), ամոթույք (hy) (amotʻuykʻ)
• Assamese: যোনিদ্বাৰ (züniddar)
• Aukan: umanpeesi
• Aymara: chupila
• Azerbaijani: vulva
• Basque: alu
• Bavarian: Vulva
• Belarusian: ву́льва f (vúlʹva)
• Bengali: ভালভা (bhalbha), যোনি (bn) (jōni)
• Bulgarian: ву́лва f (vúlva)
• Burmese: ယောနိ (my) (yau:ni.)
• Caribbean Hindustani: boer, jonie
• Catalan: vulva (ca) f
• Chamorro: bebe'
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外陰／外阴 (wàiyīn), 外阴 (wàiyīn), 陰門／阴门 (zh) (yīnmén), 阴门 (zh) (yīnmén), 女陰／女阴 (zh) (nǚyīn), 女阴 (zh) (nǚyīn), 陰戶／阴户 (zh) (yīnhù), 阴户 (zh) (yīnhù)

  Min Nan: 陰門／阴门, 阴门 (im-mn̂g), 外阴 (gue7-im1)

• Classical Nahuatl: tepilli, cocoxqui, nenetl
• Czech: vulva (cs) f
• Danish: vulva c, tissekone c
• Dhivehi: ފަރުޖު (faruju)
• Dinka: mur
• Dutch: vulva (nl) f
• Esperanto: vulvo
• Estonian: häbe, vulva (et)
• Ewe: ɖonu
• Finnish: häpy (fi), ulkosynnyttimet (fi) pl, vulva (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: vulva
• French: vulve (fr) f
• Friulian: vulve
• Galibi Carib: mone, tu'wi, moni
• Galician: vulva (gl) f, cona (gl) f, crica (gl) f, natura (gl) f
• Georgian: ვულვა (vulva)
• German: Vulva (de) f, Scham (de) f

  Alemannic German: Vulva

• Greek: αιδοίο (el) n (aidoío)
• Greenlandic: utsuit, utsuut pl
• Guaraní: tapypi
• Gujarati: યોનિ f (yoni)
• Hebrew: פות \ פֹּת (he) (pot)
• Hindi: योनि (hi) f (yoni), योनी (hi) f (yonī), भग (hi) m (bhag)
• Hungarian: szeméremtest (hu)
• Icelandic: píka (is) ?, kvensköp ?, sköp (is) ?
• Ido: vulvo (io)
• Interlingue:
• Inupiaq: utchuk
• Irish: pit f
• Italian: vulva (it) f
• Japanese: 陰門 (いんもん, inmon)
• Kamba: kinu
• Kannada: ಯೋನಿ (kn) (yōni)
• Kazakh: сарпай (sarpai), вульва (vulva)
• Khmer: យោនី (km) (younii)
• Kikuyu: kino, kitu
• Korean: 보지 (ko) (boji), 씹 (ko) (ssip), 외음부 (oeeumbu), 음문 (ko) (eummun) (陰門 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

• Kyrgyz: вульва (vulva)
• Lao: ໂຍນີ (nyō nī), ຫີ (hī)
• Latin: cunnus (la), vulva f
• Latvian: vulva f
• Lithuanian: putė f
• Lombard: trifola
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: сра́мница f (srámnica), ву́лва f (vúlva)
• Malagasy: fala (mg)
• Malay: vulva
• Malayalam: യോനി (ml) (yōni)
• Maltese: vulva f
• Manchu: ᡶᡝᡶᡝ (fefe)
• Maori: teke, puapua, toke (mi)
• Marathi: उल्वा f (ulvā), बाह्य जननेंद्रिय ? (bāhya jannendriy), अपत्यपथ ? (apatyapath), जन्मपथ ? (janmapath), गभ ? (gabh), कन्दर्पकूप ? (kandarpakūp), जघन ? (jaghan), योनी ? (yonī)
• Marshallese: bōļbōļ, bōlōk
• Middle English: quoniam
• Nahuatl: tepilli, nenetl (nah)
• Navajo: atsxil
• Neapolitan: vùlv
• Nepali: योनी (ne) (yonī)
• Northern Sami: heahpu
• Norwegian: vulva ?
• Old English: mæġþblæd n
• Palauan: but, oldaol, uuk
• Pashto: پنډ (ps)
• Persian: فرج (fa) (farj), (vulgar) کس (fa) f (kos)
• Piedmontese: ciòrgna
• Polish: srom (pl) m
• Portuguese: vulva (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਯੋਨੀ (pa) ? (yonī), ਭਗ (bhag)
• Quechua: rak'a
• Romanian: vulvă (ro) f
• Russian: ву́льва (ru) f (vúlʹva), нару́жные же́нские половы́е о́рганы m pl (narúžnyje žénskije polovýje órgany)
• Sanskrit: योनि (sa) f (yoni), भग (sa) m (bhaga)
• Saramaccan: kú
• Scottish Gaelic: pit f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сти̑дница f

  Roman: stȋdnica (sh) f, vȕlva (sh) f

• Sherpa: རྐུབ། (rkub)
• Shona: sikarudzi
• Sicilian: vulva f
• Sinhalese: යෝනි ? (yōni)
• Slovak: vulva (sk) f
• Slovene: vulva f
• Sotho: botshehadi (st)
• Spanish: vulva (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: umapresi
• Sundanese: ᮠᮩᮔ᮪ᮎᮩᮒ᮪ (heunceut)
• Swahili: uke (sw) ?, kuma (sw)
• Swedish: blygd (sv) c, vulva (sv) c
• Tagalog: bulba, pekpek, kiki
• Tajik: фарҷ (farj)
• Tamil: யோனி (ta) (yōṉi), கருவாய் (ta) (karuvāy)
• Taos: kə́na
• Telugu: యోని (te) (yōni)
• Thai: โยนี (th) (yoo-nii), ช่องคลอด (chɔ̂ng-klɔ̂ɔt), หี (th) (hǐi)
• Tibetan: སྟུ། (stu)
• Tswana: bosadi
• Turkish: vulva (tr), ferç (tr)
• Turkmen: wulwa
• Udmurt: кызян (kyźan)
• Ukrainian: ву́льва f (vúlʹva)
• Uzbek: vulva
• Venetian: potìfa, pòta, móna, marùgola, frìtola, fìga
• Vietnamese: âm hộ (vi)
• Vilamovian: pić f
• Volapük: kunud
• Welsh: fwlfa
• Wolof: bajo
• Yámana: wahar
• Zulu: inhlunu

Further reading

• vulva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vulva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vulva f (plural vulva's or vulvae)

1. vulva

   Synonyms: schaamspleet, voorbips

See also

• vagina (in specialist language the same sense as English vagina, but in colloquial language synonymous with vulva)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋulʋɑ/, [ˈʋulʋɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: vul‧va

Noun

vulva

1. (anatomy) vulva

   Synonym: häpy

Declension

Inflection of vulva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		vulva	vulvat
genitive		vulvan	vulvien
partitive		vulvaa	vulvia
illative		vulvaan	vulviin
		singular	plural
nominative		vulva	vulvat
accusative	nom.	vulva	vulvat
	gen.	vulvan
genitive		vulvan	vulvien vulvainrare
partitive		vulvaa	vulvia
inessive		vulvassa	vulvissa
elative		vulvasta	vulvista
illative		vulvaan	vulviin
adessive		vulvalla	vulvilla
ablative		vulvalta	vulvilta
allative		vulvalle	vulville
essive		vulvana	vulvina
translative		vulvaksi	vulviksi
abessive		vulvatta	vulvitta
instructive		—	vulvin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vulva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vulvani vulvani accusative nom. vulvani vulvani gen. vulvani genitive vulvani vulvieni vulvainirare partitive vulvaani vulviani inessive vulvassani vulvissani elative vulvastani vulvistani illative vulvaani vulviini adessive vulvallani vulvillani ablative vulvaltani vulviltani allative vulvalleni vulvilleni essive vulvanani vulvinani translative vulvakseni vulvikseni abessive vulvattani vulvittani instructive — — comitative — vulvineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vulvasi vulvasi accusative nom. vulvasi vulvasi gen. vulvasi genitive vulvasi vulviesi vulvaisirare partitive vulvaasi vulviasi inessive vulvassasi vulvissasi elative vulvastasi vulvistasi illative vulvaasi vulviisi adessive vulvallasi vulvillasi ablative vulvaltasi vulviltasi allative vulvallesi vulvillesi essive vulvanasi vulvinasi translative vulvaksesi vulviksesi abessive vulvattasi vulvittasi instructive — — comitative — vulvinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vulvamme vulvamme accusative nom. vulvamme vulvamme gen. vulvamme genitive vulvamme vulviemme vulvaimmerare partitive vulvaamme vulviamme inessive vulvassamme vulvissamme elative vulvastamme vulvistamme illative vulvaamme vulviimme adessive vulvallamme vulvillamme ablative vulvaltamme vulviltamme allative vulvallemme vulvillemme essive vulvanamme vulvinamme translative vulvaksemme vulviksemme abessive vulvattamme vulvittamme instructive — — comitative — vulvinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vulvanne vulvanne accusative nom. vulvanne vulvanne gen. vulvanne genitive vulvanne vulvienne vulvainnerare partitive vulvaanne vulvianne inessive vulvassanne vulvissanne elative vulvastanne vulvistanne illative vulvaanne vulviinne adessive vulvallanne vulvillanne ablative vulvaltanne vulviltanne allative vulvallenne vulvillenne essive vulvananne vulvinanne translative vulvaksenne vulviksenne abessive vulvattanne vulvittanne instructive — — comitative — vulvinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vulvansa vulvansa accusative nom. vulvansa vulvansa gen. vulvansa genitive vulvansa vulviensa vulvainsarare partitive vulvaansa vulviaan vulviansa inessive vulvassaan vulvassansa vulvissaan vulvissansa elative vulvastaan vulvastansa vulvistaan vulvistansa illative vulvaansa vulviinsa adessive vulvallaan vulvallansa vulvillaan vulvillansa ablative vulvaltaan vulvaltansa vulviltaan vulviltansa allative vulvalleen vulvallensa vulvilleen vulvillensa essive vulvanaan vulvanansa vulvinaan vulvinansa translative vulvakseen vulvaksensa vulvikseen vulviksensa abessive vulvattaan vulvattansa vulvittaan vulvittansa instructive — — comitative — vulvineen vulvinensa

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin vulva.

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

1. vulva

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Interlingua

Noun

vulva (plural vulvas)

1. vulva

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from the Proto-Indo-European root *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvul.va/, [ˈvul̺vä]
• Hyphenation: vùl‧va

Noun

vulva f (plural vulve)

1. (anatomy) The external female genitalia; vulva
2. (by extension, slang, humorous) vagina

Derived terms

• vulvare
• vulvovaginale
• vulvovaginite

 

See also

• clitoride
• grandi labbra
• piccole labbra
• vagina

 

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Latin

Alternative forms

• volva

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Cognates include Sanskrit उल्ब (ulba).

Pronunciation

• vulva: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ul.u̯a/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪u̯ä]
• vulva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.va/, [ˈvulvä]
• vulvā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ul.u̯aː/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪u̯äː]
• vulvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.va/, [ˈvulvä]

Noun 1

vulva f (genitive vulvae); first declension

1. (anatomy) vulva
2. (anatomy) womb
   • Vulgate Genesis 20,18:

     concluserat enim Deus omnem vulvam domus Abimilech propter Sarram uxorem Abraham.

3. vocative singular of vulva

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vulva	vulvae
Genitive	vulvae	vulvārum
Dative	vulvae	vulvīs
Accusative	vulvam	vulvās
Ablative	vulvā	vulvīs
Vocative	vulva	vulvae

Noun 2

(deprecated template usage) vulvā

1. ablative singular of vulva

References

• “vulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vulva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

1. (anatomy) vulva (the external female sexual organs)

   Synonym: (vulgar) cona

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulba/ [ˈbul.β̞a]

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

1. (anatomy) vulva (the external female sexual organs)

   Synonym: (vulgar) coña