genitalia

genitalia

See also: genitália

English

Etymology

From Latin genitalia, substantive use of plural of genitalis (“pertaining to generation or birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛ.nɪˈteɪ.li.jə/, /ˌd͡ʒɛ.nɪˈteɪ.jəl.jə/, /ˌd͡ʒɛ.nə-/

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Noun

genitalia

1. External sex organs.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189:

     The second turning of the spiral is the fact that the pink blush of the female genitalia is what lures Enkidu away from his wild companions into what becomes the beginning of his movement into human society.

2. (by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal.

Usage notes

• In form, genitalia is plural; the singular would theoretically be *genitale, but this is not used.
• Genitalia may be used with either singular or plural verbs; using plural verbs ("his genitalia are...") is two or three times more common than using singular verbs ("his genitalia is...").
• Sometimes, when genitalia is treated as singular, the plural genitalias is found, mostly in nonstandard or non-native speakers' English (albeit including non-native speakers' scholarly and scientific writing).

Synonyms

• genitals
• See also Thesaurus:genitalia and Thesaurus:male genitalia

Hyponyms

External sex organs

• clitoris
• labia
• penis
• scrotum
• vagina
• vulva

 

Related terms

• generative
• genital
• genus

 

Translations

genitals or sex organs — See also translations at sex organ

Afrikaans: geslagsdele, genitalieë Albanian: organe gjenitale m pl Arabic: أَعْضَاء تَنَاسُلِيَّة‎ f pl (ʾaʿḍāʾ tanāsuliyya) Egyptian Arabic: أعضاء تناسلية‎ f pl (ʾaʿḍāʾ tanāsulíyya) Armenian: սեռական օրգաններ pl (seṙakan ōrganner) Azerbaijani: cinsiyyət orqanları pl Belarusian: геніта́ліі f pl (hjenitálii), пло́ццевыя о́рганы m pl (plóccjevyja órhany), палавы́я о́рганы m pl (palavýja órhany) Bulgarian: по́лови о́ргани m pl (pólovi órgani) Burmese: လိင်အင်္ဂါ (ling-angga) Chinese: Mandarin: 生殖器 (zh) (shēngzhíqì), 外生殖器 (wàishēngzhíqì), 陰部／阴部 (zh) (yīnbù) Classical Nahuatl: ācayōtl (male) Coptic: ϣⲓⲡⲓ m (šipi) Czech: přirození (cs) n, genitálie (cs) f pl Danish: kønsorgan (da) n Dutch: genitaliën (nl) pl, voortplantingsorganen (nl) n pl Esperanto: genitaloj Estonian: suguorganid pl, genitaalid pl, suguelundid pl Faroese: kynsgøgn n pl, skøp n pl Finnish: sukuelimet, genitaalit (fi), sukupuolielimet French: organes génitaux (fr) m pl, parties génitales (fr) f pl, appareil génital (fr) m Galician: xenitais m pl Georgian: გენიტალიები pl (geniṭaliebi), სასქესო ორგანოები pl (saskeso organoebi) German: Genitalien (de) n pl, Geschlechtsorgane (de) n pl, Fortpflanzungsorgane (de) n pl Greek: γεννητικά όργανα (el) n pl (gennitiká órgana) Ancient: αἰδοῖα n pl (aidoîa) Hindi: यौन अंग m (yaun aṅg) Hungarian: genitáliák pl, nemi szervek (hu) pl Icelandic: kynfæri (is) n Indonesian: alat kemaluan, kemaluan (id), abaimana (id) (archaic) Irish: baill ghiniúna m pl Italian: genitali (it) m pl, parti intime f pl, organi di riproduzione m pl Japanese: 性器 (ja) (せいき, seiki), 生殖器 (ja) (せいしょくき, seishokuki), 恥部 (ja) (ちぶ, chibu), 陰部 (ja) (いんぶ, inbu) Kazakh: жыныс мүшелері pl (jynys müşelerı) Khmer: អង្គកំណើត (ʼɑng kɑmnaət) Korean: 성기(性器) (ko) (seonggi), 생식기(生殖器) (ko) (saengsikgi) Kyrgyz: жыныс органы (jınıs organı) Lao: ອະໄວຍະວະເພດ (lo) (ʼa wai nya wa phēt) Latin: verenda n pl Latvian: ģenitālijas f pl, dzimumorgāni m pl Lithuanian: lytiniai organai, lyties organai pl or m, genitalijos f pl Macedonian: генита́лии f pl (genitálii), полови органи m pl (polovi organi) Malay: alat sulit (ms), kemaluan (ms) Maltese: ġenitali m pl Maori: taihemahema, hema, taiaroaro Mongolian: Cyrillic: бэлэг эрхтэн (beleg erxten) Norwegian: Bokmål: kjønnsorgan (no) n Nynorsk: kjønnsorgan n Ottoman Turkish: (please verify) عورة‎ (?) Persian: آلت تناسلی‎ (fa) (âlat-e tanâsoli), آلت جنسی‎ (âlat-e jensi) Polish: genitalia (pl) n pl, narządy płciowe m pl Portuguese: genitália (pt) Romanian: organ sexual n Russian: генита́лии (ru) f pl (genitálii), половы́е о́рганы (ru) m pl (polovýje órgany) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: генѝта̄лије f pl, сполни органи m pl, споло̀вила n pl Roman: genìtālije (sh) f pl, spolni organi m pl, spolòvila (sh) n pl Slovak: pohlavné orgány m pl, genitálie (sk) f pl Slovene: spolni organi m pl, genitalije f pl Spanish: genitales (es) m pl, partes pudendas f pl, partes íntimas f pl, órganos sexuales m pl, aparato sexual m Swedish: könsorgan (sv) n, genitalier (sv) n pl Tagalog: pamalisupling Tajik: узвҳои ҷинсӣ pl (uzvhoyi jinsī) Telugu: జననేంద్రియాలు (jananēndriyālu) Thai: อวัยวะเพศ (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-pêet), อวัยวะสืบพันธุ์ (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-sʉ̀ʉp-pan) Turkish: cinsel organlar pl, üreme organları (tr) pl Turkmen: jyns organlary pl Ukrainian: геніта́лії f pl (henitáliji), стате́ві о́ргани m pl (statévi órhany) Urdu: جِنْسی عُضْو‎ (jinsī 'uzv) Uyghur: سىرتقى جىنسىي ئەزا‎ (sirtqi jinsiy eza) Uzbek: jinsiy aʼzolar pl Volapük: genäms

See also

• sex organ
• female genital mutilation

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Latin

Adjective

genitālia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of genitālis

References

• genitalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genitalia m pl (definite plural genitaliene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by genitalier

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genitalia n pl (definite plural genitaliaa)

1. genitalia

   Synonym: kjønnsorgan

References

• “genitalia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genitālia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.ɲiˈta.lja/

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: ge‧ni‧ta‧lia

Noun

genitalia nvir

1. genitalia (genitals or sex organs)

   Synonym: przyrodzenie

Declension

Declension of genitalia

	plural
nominative	genitalia
genitive	genitaliów
dative	genitaliom
accusative	genitalia
instrumental	genitaliami
locative	genitaliach
vocative	genitalia

Derived terms

adjective

• genitalny

 

Further reading

• genitalia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• genitalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN