orgasm
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English
Etymology
From French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “excitement, swelling”), from ὀργάω (orgáō, “to swell with moisture”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɡæ.zəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoɹ.ɡæ.zəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æzəm
- Hyphenation: or‧gasm
Noun
orgasm (countable and uncountable, plural orgasms)
- (obsolete) A spasm or sudden contraction.
- 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia:
- Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels.
- A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orgasm
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 668:
- Never had I experienced such an immense slow orgasm – its ripples ran like the tributaries of the Nile throughout the whole nervous system.
- 2007 September 12, Zoe Margolis, The Guardian:
- There does not have to be romance involved with sexual pleasure: some of us just like orgasms for the hell of it.
- If you want to get an orgasm, I recommend buying a vibrator.
- A creamy white alcoholic cocktail containing amaretto, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur.
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Translations
climax or peak of sexual pleasure
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Verb
orgasm (third-person singular simple present orgasms, present participle orgasming, simple past and past participle orgasmed)
- (intransitive) To have an orgasm.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orgasm
Translations
to have an orgasm
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Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
orgasm (genitive orgasmi, partitive orgasmi)
Declension
| Declension of orgasm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | orgasm | orgasmid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | orgasmi | ||
| genitive | orgasmide | ||
| partitive | orgasmi | orgasme orgasmisid | |
| illative | orgasmi orgasmisse |
orgasmidesse orgasmesse | |
| inessive | orgasmis | orgasmides orgasmes | |
| elative | orgasmist | orgasmidest orgasmest | |
| allative | orgasmile | orgasmidele orgasmele | |
| adessive | orgasmil | orgasmidel orgasmel | |
| ablative | orgasmilt | orgasmidelt orgasmelt | |
| translative | orgasmiks | orgasmideks orgasmeks | |
| terminative | orgasmini | orgasmideni | |
| essive | orgasmina | orgasmidena | |
| abessive | orgasmita | orgasmideta | |
| comitative | orgasmiga | orgasmidega | |
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
orgasm n (plural orgasme)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | orgasm | orgasmul | orgasme | orgasmele | |
| genitive-dative | orgasm | orgasmului | orgasme | orgasmelor | |
| vocative | orgasmule | orgasmelor | |||
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Swedish
Etymology
From French orgasme, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm”).
Noun
orgasm c
- orgasm
- Han fick orgasm i duschen.
- He had an orgasm in the shower.
Declension
Declension of orgasm
Derived terms
Related terms
- orgasmisk (“orgasmic”)