genital

genital

See also: génital

English

Etymology

From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

genital (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
2. Of, or relating to the genitalia.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:

     In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure.

3. (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

Derived terms

• genital cord
• genital cutting
• genital herpes
• genital mutilation
• genital organ
• genital wart
• persistent genital arousal disorder
• restless genital syndrome

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-‎ (0 c, 103 e)

Translations

of, or relating to biological reproduction

Asturian: xenital (ast) Bulgarian: детероден (deteroden) Catalan: genital French: génital (fr) Galician: xenital (gl) Georgian: სქესობრივი (skesobrivi) Greek: γεννητικός (el) (gennitikós) Irish: ginitiúil Italian: genitale (it) Malayalam: ജനനേന്ദ്രിയം (ml) (jananēndriyaṃ) Polish: płciowy (pl) m Russian: деторо́дный (ru) (detoródnyj) Spanish: genital (es)

of, or relating to the genitalia

Asturian: xenital (ast) Bulgarian: генитален (genitalen) Catalan: genital Finnish: genitaalinen (fi), sukuelin- French: génital (fr) Galician: xenital (gl) Georgian: გენიტალური (geniṭaluri), სქესობრივი (skesobrivi) Irish: ginitiúil Italian: genitale (it) Malayalam: ജനനേന്ദ്രിയം (ml) (jananēndriyaṃ) Polish: płciowy (pl) m Russian: генита́льный (ru) (genitálʹnyj) Spanish: genital (es)

of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty

Polish: płciowy (pl) m

See also

• female genital mutilation

Noun

genital (plural genitals)

1. (rare, chiefly in the plural) A genital organ.
   • 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")

   • 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:

     David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.

   • 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 164:

     […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.

Further reading

• genital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• genital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• atingle, elating, gelatin, langite, tag line, tagline

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡeniˈtaːl]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

genital (strong nominative masculine singular genitaler, not comparable)

1. genital

Declension

Positive forms of genital (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist genital	sie ist genital	es ist genital	sie sind genital
strong declension (without article)	nominative	genitaler	genitale	genitales	genitale
	genitive	genitalen	genitaler	genitalen	genitaler
	dative	genitalem	genitaler	genitalem	genitalen
	accusative	genitalen	genitale	genitales	genitale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der genitale	die genitale	das genitale	die genitalen
	genitive	des genitalen	der genitalen	des genitalen	der genitalen
	dative	dem genitalen	der genitalen	dem genitalen	den genitalen
	accusative	den genitalen	die genitale	das genitale	die genitalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein genitaler	eine genitale	ein genitales	(keine) genitalen
	genitive	eines genitalen	einer genitalen	eines genitalen	(keiner) genitalen
	dative	einem genitalen	einer genitalen	einem genitalen	(keinen) genitalen
	accusative	einen genitalen	eine genitale	ein genitales	(keine) genitalen

Further reading

• “genital” in Duden online
• “genital” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.niˈtaw/ [ʒe.niˈtaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.niˈtal/ [ʒɨ.niˈtaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tal

Adjective

genital m or f (plural genitais, not comparable)

1. genital

Noun

genital m (plural genitais)

1. (Usually plural) genital

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Romanian

Etymology

From French génital, from Latin genitalis.

Adjective

genital m or n (feminine singular genitală, masculine plural genitali, feminine and neuter plural genitale)

1. genital

Declension

Declension of genital

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	genital		genitală	genitali	genitale
	definite	genitalul		genitala	genitalii	genitalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	genital		genitale	genitali	genitale
	definite	genitalului		genitalei	genitalilor	genitalelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin genitālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeniˈtal/ [xe.niˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ge‧ni‧tal

Adjective

genital (plural genitales)

1. genital

Noun

genital m (plural genitales)

1. (Usually plural) genital

Further reading

• “genital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014