smegma

== English == === Etymology === From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”). === Pronunciation === enPR: smĕgʹmə, IPA(key): /ˈsmɛɡmə/ === Noun === smegma (countable and uncountable, plural smegmata or smegmas) A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva. ==== Synonyms ==== cheese (slang), cock cheese (vulgar slang), dick cheese (vulgar slang), knob cheese (vulgar slang) ==== Derived terms ==== smeg ==== Translations ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “smegma”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsmɛɡma] === Noun === smegma n smegma ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “smegma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “smegma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Noun === smegma n (singular definite smegmaet, not used in plural form) smegma ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== nakkeost == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin smēgma, from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsmɛx.maː/ Hyphenation: smeg‧ma === Noun === smegma n (uncountable, no diminutive) smegma == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English smegma), ultimately from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsmeɡmɑ/, [ˈs̠me̞ɡmɑ̝] Rhymes: -eɡmɑ Syllabification(key): smeg‧ma Hyphenation(key): smeg‧ma === Noun === smegma smegma ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== esinahkatali == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /smɛɡ.ma/ === Noun === smegma m (plural smegmas) smegma ==== Derived terms ==== smectique === References === Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition === Anagrams === gammes == Latin == === Alternative forms === smīgma, zmēgma === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σμῆγμᾰ (smêgmă), from σμήχω (smḗkhō, “to soap off”) from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsmeːɡ.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈzmɛɡ.ma] === Noun === smēgma n (genitive smēgmatis); variously declined, third declension, second declension ointment ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) or second-declension noun (neuter). The second-declension plural is generally post-Classical, though dative plural smēgmatīs / zmēgmatīs occurs once in Pliny. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “smegma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “smēgma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. smēgma in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung "smegma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Lithuanian == === Noun === smegma f smegma == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”). === Noun === smegma c smegma Synonym: (slang) flensost ==== Declension ==== === References === “smegma”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “smegma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “smegma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH Fula Ordboken