vagina

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/ Rhymes: -aɪnə Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na === Noun === vagina (plural vaginas or vaginae or (archaic) vaginæ) (anatomy) A sex organ for copulation and birth, found in female therian mammals, consisting of a passage between the vulval vestibule and the cervix of the uterus. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina Hypernyms: internal genitalia; Müllerian duct, paramesonephric duct, urogenital sinus (zootomy) A similar organ in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes. (botany) A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem. Synonym: sheath (colloquial) The vulva, or the vulva and vaginal passage collectively. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva For quotations using this term, see Citations:vagina. (derogatory, colloquial, rare) A coward; a weakling; a pussy. 2002, "The New Terrance And Phillip Movie Trailer" (South Park TV episode) Don't you interrupt me, you vagina! I was givin' a heart-wrenchin' soliloquy about me feelin's for Tugger! (sometimes in transgender slang and gay slang, uncommon) The anus. ==== Usage notes ==== In technical discussions of anatomy, the vagina is a wholly internal structure and the vulva is wholly external, but in common use (since at least the 1930s) the term vagina can refer to the vulva, or to the vulva and vaginal passage collectively. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Fielding, Lucie (2021), Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96 Zimman, Lal (1 August 2014), “The Discursive Construction of Sex: Remaking and Reclaiming the Gendered Body in Talk About Genitals Among Trans Men”, in Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality‎[1], Oxford UP, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 13–34 === Further reading === “vagina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “vagina”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Gavina == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Noun === vagina (plural [please provide]) (anatomy) vagina Synonym: skede === Further reading === "vagina" at majstro.com == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of beina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [bəˈʒi.nə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈʒi.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [vaˈd͡ʒi.na] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [baˈʒi.na] === Noun === vagina f (plural vagines) (anatomy) vagina ==== Related terms ==== vaginal == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vagina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvaɡiːna] === Noun === vagina f (anatomy) vagina Synonym: pochva ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “vagina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Noun === vagina c (singular definite vaginaen, plural indefinite vaginaer) (anatomy) vagina ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (female genitalia): fisse, kusse, skede (clinical), tissekone (childish), fjams, fissehul (derogatory) ==== Derived terms ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaːɣinaː/ Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na Rhymes: -aːɣinaː === Noun === vagina f (plural vagina's, diminutive vaginaatje n) (anatomy) vagina Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ==== Related terms ==== == Esperanto == === Etymology === From vagino + -a. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaˈɡina/ Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: va‧gi‧na === Adjective === vagina (accusative singular vaginan, plural vaginaj, accusative plural vaginajn) vaginal === Further reading === “vagina”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “vagina”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑɡinɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝ɡinɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑɡinɑ Syllabification(key): va‧gi‧na Hyphenation(key): va‧gi‧na === Noun === vagina (anatomy) vagina Synonym: emätin ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vagina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /vaˈɡina/ [faˈɡi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: va‧gi‧na === Noun === vagina vagina ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “vagina”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Interlingua == === Noun === vagina (plural vaginas) vagina ==== Related terms ==== vaginal == Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of guaina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaˈd͡ʒi.na/ Rhymes: -ina Hyphenation: va‧gì‧na === Noun === vagina f (plural vagine) (anatomy) vagina Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== cervice vulva === Anagrams === gavina, ignava, naviga, vangai == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *wāgīnā (“sheath, scabbard”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wag- (“sheath, cover”). Tentatively cognate with Lithuanian vóžti (“to cover”). === Pronunciation === vāgīna: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [waːˈɡiː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vaˈd͡ʒiː.na] vāgīnā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [waːˈɡiː.naː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vaˈd͡ʒiː.na] === Noun === vāgīna f (genitive vāgīnae); first declension (literal) sheath; scabbard Mitte gladium in vaginam. ― Put the sword into its sheath. Gladium vaginā proripere. ― To draw a sword from the sheath hastily. (transferred sense) covering; sheath; holder (of anything) hull or husk (of an ear of grain etc.) (euphemistic) the vagina Synonym: (often vulgar) cunnus (zootomy, in cats) the sheath of a claw ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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 "vagina", 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) “vagina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "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 John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “vagina”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vanilje. === Noun === vagina m (definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer, definite plural vaginaene) (anatomy) vagina Synonym: skjede ==== Derived terms ==== vaginose === References === “vagina” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Noun === vagina m (definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer or vaginaar, definite plural vaginaene or vaginaane) (anatomy) vagina Synonym: skjede ==== Derived terms ==== vaginose === References === “vagina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Occitan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Pronunciation === === Noun === vagina f (plural vaginas) (anatomy) vagina == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of bainha and vagem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na === Noun === vagina f (plural vaginas) (anatomy) vagina Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ==== Derived terms ==== vaginal === Further reading === “vagina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “vagina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋaɡǐːna/ Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na === Noun === vagína f (Cyrillic spelling ваги́на) (anatomy) vagina Synonym: rȍdnica ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋaɡíːna/ === Noun === vagȋna f (anatomy) vagina ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vaginálen === Further reading === “vagina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vaina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈxina/ [baˈxi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: va‧gi‧na === Noun === vagina f (plural vaginas) (anatomy) vagina Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “vagina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === vagina c (anatomy) vagina Synonyms: slida, (vulgar) fitthål ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== neovagina ==== Related terms ==== vaginal ==== See also ==== sköte underliv vulva fitta penis === References === “vagina”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “vagina”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “vagina”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH Fula Ordboken