deflower

English

Etymology

From Middle English deflouren, from Middle French, Old French desflorer (French déflorer), from Late Latin deflorare

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈflaʊə(ɹ)/

Verb

deflower (third-person singular simple present deflowers, present participle deflowering, simple past and past participle deflowered)

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

Derived terms

deflowerment

Translations

to take the virginity of a woman or girl

Albanian: zhvirgjëroj (sq)
Bulgarian: лишавам от девственост (lišavam ot devstvenost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開苞 (zh), 开苞 (zh) (kāibāo), 破瓜 (zh) (pòguā), 破處 (zh) (pòchǔ)
Czech: odpanit (cs)
Dutch: ontmaagden (nl)
Esperanto: malvirgigi, deflori
Finnish: viedä (fi) neitsyys (fi)
French: déflorer (fr)
Galician: desflorar (gl)
German: deflorieren (de), entjungfern (de)
Greek: διακορεύω (el) (diakorévo), ξεπαρθενιάζω (el) (xepartheniázo)
Icelandic: afmeyja

Ido: desvirgigar (io)
Italian: deflorare (it), sverginare (it)
Japanese: 破瓜する (ja) (はかする, haka suru)
Latin: defloro, devirgino
Luxembourgish: defloréieren
Macedonian: обесчестува (obesčéstuva)
Polish: rozdziewiczać
Portuguese: deflorar (pt), desvirginar (pt)
Romanian: deflora (ro)
Russian: лиша́ть де́вственности impf (lišátʹ dévstvennosti), лиши́ть де́вственности pf (lišítʹ dévstvennosti), дефлори́ровать (ru) impf, pf (deflorírovatʹ) (medical), растлева́ть (ru) impf (rastlevátʹ), растли́ть (ru) pf (rastlítʹ)
Spanish: desflorar (es), desvirgar (es)
Telugu: కన్నెరికముతీయు (kannerikamutīyu)

Anagrams

flowered, reflowed

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