vulva

See also: vulvă and Vulva

English

Illustration of a vulva.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʌlvə/

Noun

vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)

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

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:vulva

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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)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vulva.

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. vulva

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

See also

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

Noun

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
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vulva vulvae
genitive vulvae vulvārum
dative vulvae vulvīs
accusative vulvam vulvās
ablative vulvā vulvīs
vocative vulva vulvae
Alternative forms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

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

Portuguese

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

Synonyms

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