klitoris
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Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
klitoris m inan or f
- (anatomy) clitoris
- Synonym: poštěváček
Declension
when masculine:
Declension of klitoris (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klitoris | klitorisy |
| genitive | klitorisu | klitorisů |
| dative | klitorisu | klitorisům |
| accusative | klitoris | klitorisy |
| vocative | klitorise | klitorisy |
| locative | klitorisu | klitorisech |
| instrumental | klitorisem | klitorisy |
when feminine:
Declension of klitoris (hard feminine irreg-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klitoris | klitoridy |
| genitive | klitoridy | klitorid |
| dative | klitoridě | klitoridám |
| accusative | klitoridu | klitoridy |
| vocative | klitorido | klitoridy |
| locative | klitoridě | klitoridách |
| instrumental | klitoridou | klitoridami |
Further reading
- “klitoris”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “klitoris”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “klitoris”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
klitoris c (singular definite klitorissen, plural indefinite klitorisser)
Inflection
Declension of klitoris
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | klitoris | klitorissen | klitorisser | klitorisserne |
| genitive | klitoris' | klitorissens | klitorissers | klitorissernes |
Further reading
klitoris on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin clitoris.
Pronunciation
Noun
klitoris
Declension
| Inflection of klitoris (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | klitoris | klitorikset | |
| genitive | klitoriksen | klitoristen klitoriksien | |
| partitive | klitorista | klitoriksia | |
| illative | klitorikseen | klitoriksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | klitoris | klitorikset | |
| accusative | nom. | klitoris | klitorikset |
| gen. | klitoriksen | ||
| genitive | klitoriksen | klitoristen klitoriksien | |
| partitive | klitorista | klitoriksia | |
| inessive | klitoriksessa | klitoriksissa | |
| elative | klitoriksesta | klitoriksista | |
| illative | klitorikseen | klitoriksiin | |
| adessive | klitoriksella | klitoriksilla | |
| ablative | klitorikselta | klitoriksilta | |
| allative | klitorikselle | klitoriksille | |
| essive | klitoriksena | klitoriksina | |
| translative | klitorikseksi | klitoriksiksi | |
| abessive | klitoriksetta | klitoriksitta | |
| instructive | — | klitoriksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “klitoris”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch clitoris, from New Latin clitoris, from Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).
Pronunciation
Noun
klitoris (first-person possessive klitorisku, second-person possessive klitorismu, third-person possessive klitorisnya)
Further reading
- “klitoris” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).
Noun
klitoris m (definite singular klitorisen, indefinite plural klitoriser, definite plural klitorisene)
References
- “klitoris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “klitoris” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).
Noun
klitoris m (definite singular klitorisen, indefinite plural klitorisar, definite plural klitorisane)
References
- “klitoris” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
klìtōris m (Cyrillic spelling клѝто̄рис)
Declension
Declension of klitoris
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klitoris | klitorisi |
| genitive | klitorisa | klitorisa |
| dative | klitorisu | klitorisima |
| accusative | klitoris | klitorise |
| vocative | klitorise | klitorisi |
| locative | klitorisu | klitorisima |
| instrumental | klitorisom | klitorisima |
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
klitoris m inan
Declension
Declension of klitoris (pattern dub)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klitoris | klitorisy |
| genitive | klitorisu | klitorisov |
| dative | klitorisu | klitorisom |
| accusative | klitoris | klitorisy |
| locative | klitorise | klitorisoch |
| instrumental | klitorisom | klitorismi |
Further reading
- “klitoris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
klȋtoris m
Inflection
 |
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | klítoris | ||
| gen. sing. | klítorisa | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
klítoris | klítorisa | klítorisi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
klítorisa | klítorisov | klítorisov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
klítorisu | klítorisoma | klítorisom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
klítoris | klítorisa | klítorise |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
klítorisu | klítorisih | klítorisih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
klítorisom | klítorisoma | klítorisi |
Further reading
- “klitoris”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Swedish
Noun
klitoris c
Declension
Declension of klitoris
Derived terms
References
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French clitoris.
Pronunciation
Noun
klitoris (definite accusative klitorisi, plural klitorisler)
Declension
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| Nominative | klitoris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | klitorisi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | klitoris | klitorisler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | klitorisi | klitorisleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | klitorise | klitorislere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | klitoriste | klitorislerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | klitoristen | klitorislerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | klitorisin | klitorislerin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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