foreskin

== English == === Etymology === From fore- +‎ skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːskɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹskɪn/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈfo(ː)ɹskɪn/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈfoəskɪn/ Hyphenation: fore‧skin === Noun === foreskin (plural foreskins) (anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals. Synonym: penile foreskin (anatomy) Ellipsis of clitoral foreskin. Synonym: clitoral hood ==== Synonyms ==== prepuce See also Thesaurus:foreskin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === foreskin (third-person singular simple present foreskins, present participle foreskinning, simple past and past participle foreskinned) (transitive, intransitive) To remove the foreskin. (transitive, intransitive) To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin. === See also === circumcise, circumcision === Further reading === foreskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia