Translingual

Proper noun

**** f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the order Veneroida – a species of clams, now Solen marginatus, formerly Solen ****. [from 1811]

Hypernyms

• (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class; Heterodonta - subclass; Veneroida - order; Solenoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): **** recta - species

German

Etymology

From Latin vāgīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡina/, /vaˈɡiːna/

Noun

**** f ‎(genitive ****, plural Vaginen or Vaginas)

1. (anatomy) ****
2. (by extension) the female sexual organs including the ****

Usage notes

• The plural Vaginen is officially standard, although Vaginas is widely predominant in general usage.
• The stylistic level of **** is similar to that of English “****”, although the German word is somewhat less current in the vernacular. Both **** and the loan translation Scheide are also used to include the **** (as in English). In formal language, Schambereich or (dated) Scham are also widely used. There is much variation in the vernacular with Muschi possibly being the most common.

Declension

Synonyms

• Scheide
• Muschi (colloquial)
• Möse (colloquial, mildly vulgar)
• Fotze (pejorative, very vulgar)

See also

• Scham, Schambereich

English

Noun

**** ‎(plural vaginas or vaginae or vaginæ)

1. (anatomy) The passage leading from the opening of the **** to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals.
   • 1991, Mark M. Jones, Human Reproductive Biology (page 61)

     The epithelial lining of the **** consists of many layers of flattened cells. Changes in the condition of these cells during the menstrual cycle can be detected by swabbing the lining and looking at the cells under a microscope.

2. (zoology) A similar part in some invertebrates.
3. (botany) A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
4. (colloquial) The ****.

Usage notes

**** in general colloquial use refers to the **** or female genitals generally, but in anatomy the **** is a wholly internal structure and calling the **** the **** is analogous to calling the lips the mouth or throat.

Synonyms

• (anatomical passage or canal): See also Wikisaurus:****
• (****): See also Wikisaurus:****
• (botany): sheath

Hypernyms

• genitals

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet beina.

Noun

**** f ‎(plural vagines)

1. (anatomy) ****

Derived terms

• vaginal

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɣinaː/
• Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na

Etymology

From Latin vāgīna.

Noun

**** f ‎(plural ****'s, diminutive vaginaatje n)

1. (anatomy) ****

Synonyms

• schede

Esperanto

Etymology

vagino +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈɡina/

Adjective

**** ‎(accusative singular vaginan, plural vaginaj, accusative plural vaginajn)

1. vaginal

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin vāgīna.

Noun

****

1. (anatomy) ****

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet guaina.

Noun

**** f ‎(plural vagine)

1. (anatomy) ****

Derived terms

• invaginare
• vaginale
• vaginalite
• vaginalmente
• vaginismo
• vaginite
• vulvovaginale
• vulvovaginite

See also

• cervice
• ****

Anagrams

• ignava, naviga, vangai

Latin

Etymology

Not used medically/anatomically during classical times. From Proto-Indo-European *wag-ina ‎(“fit, cover”), from *wag ‎(“split, break”) in the sense of a split piece of wood used to make a sheath. Also connected with Lithuanian voziu ‎(“hollow cover”).

Alternative forms

• uāgīna

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /waːˈɡiː.na/

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /waːˈɡiː.na/

Noun

vāgīna f ‎(genitive vāgīnae); first declension

1. sheath, scabbard
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.44

     Avertit hic casus vaginam et gladium educere conanti dextram moratur manum, impeditumque hostes circumsistunt.

     This circumstance turns aside his scabbard and obstructs his right hand when attempting to draw his sword: the enemy crowd around him when [thus] embarrassed.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.579

     Dixit, ****que eripit ensem fulmineum, strictoque ferit retinacula ferro.

     He said, and from its scabbard forth he flashed the lightning of his sword, with his sword he struck the hawsers.

   Mitte gladium in vaginam.‎ ― Put the sword into its sheath.

   Gladium vāgina proripere.‎ ― To draw a sword from the sheath hastily.

2. covering, sheath, holder of any thing

   Omnia principalia viscera membranis propriis ac velut vaginis inclusit natura.‎

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Cremato eo (corpore), inimici ... remeanti animae veluti vaginam ademerint.‎

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. sheath of an ear of grain, etc., the hull, husk
4. female ****
5. sheath of a claw, in cats

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /waːˈɡiː.naː/

Noun

vāgīnā f

1. ablative singular of vāgīna

References

• **** in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• **** in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• **** in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “****”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sheath one's sword: gladium in vaginam recondere
    
• **** in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• **** in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ****.

Noun

**** m ‎(definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer, definite plural vaginaene)

1. (anatomy) ****

Synonyms

• skjede

References

• “****” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ****.

Noun

**** m ‎(definite singular vaginaen, indefinite plural vaginaer or vaginaar, definite plural vaginaene or vaginaane)

1. (anatomy) ****

Synonyms

• skjede

References

• “****” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāgīna.

Noun

**** f

1. (anatomy) ****

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet bainha, compare also vagem.

Noun

**** f (plural vaginas)

1. (anatomy) ****

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin vāgīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaɡǐːna/
• Hyphenation: va‧gi‧na

Noun

vagína f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ваги́на)

1. (anatomy) ****

Declension

Synonyms

• rȍdnica

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin vāgīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaˈɡíːna/
• Tonal orthography: vagı̑na

Noun

vagína f ‎(genitive vagíne, nominative plural vagíne)

1. (anatomy) ****

Declension

Derived terms

• vaginálen

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet vaina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈxina/

Noun

**** f ‎(plural vaginas)

1. ****