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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion, “space between the anus and scrotum”), from Ancient Greek περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier Ancient Greek περίς (perís, “penis”) through influence from Ancient Greek πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”).
Pronunciation
Noun
perineum (plural perineums or perinea)
- (anatomy) The region between the genitalia and anus.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perineum
1827, Guy's Hospital: Case of Fistula in Perineo, Successfully Treated: The Lancet, volume 12, page 61:He was attacked with complete retention of urine, after a debauch, and six weeks afterwards an abscess formed in the perineum, which eventually burst, leaving a fistulous opening, through which the urine continued to be discharged to the period of his admission into the Hospital.
2005, Brian J. Moran, “27: Using the perineal pressure applicator device”, in Adam P. Dicker, Gregory S. Merrick, Frank M. Waterman, Richard K. Valicenti, Leonar G. Gomella, editors, Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy, page 251:The prostate is surrounded by venous plexi and the perineum has a rich blood supply.
2011, Ian Lyons, Biomedical Science: Lecture Notes, page 371:The perineum is diamond shaped and stretches from the pubic symphysis to the coccyx.
Derived terms
Translations
Translations
- Afrikaans: perineum
- Albanian: perineum m, nënvete (sq) f
- Arabic: عِجَان m (ʕijān)
- Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: շեք (hy) (šekʻ)
- Asturian: perinéu
- Azerbaijani: aralıq (az)
- Basque: please add this translation if you can
- Bengali: পেরিনিয়াম (periniẏam)
- Breton: perine, perineum
- Bulgarian: перинеум (perineum)
- Catalan: perineu m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 會陰/会阴 (wui6 jam1)
- Mandarin: 會陰/会阴 (zh) (huìyīn)
- Czech: hráz (cs) f
- Danish: mellemkød n
- Dutch: perineum (nl) n
- Esperanto: perineo
- Estonian: lahkliha
- Finnish: väliliha (fi)
- French: périnée (fr) m
- Galician: períneo m
- German: Perineum (de) n, Damm (de) m
- Alemannic German: Griggele f
- Greek: περίνεο (el) n (períneo)
- Ancient: περίνεος m (períneos)
- Hebrew: חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים m (kheyts ha-nekavayim)
- Hindi: मूलाधार (hi) m (mūlādhār)
- Hungarian: gát (hu), perineum (hu)
- Icelandic: spöng
- Ido: perineo (io)
- Irish: gibidinic
- Italian: perineo (it) m
- Japanese: 会陰 (ja) (えいん, ein)
- Korean: 회음부(會陰部) (hoeeumbu), 회음(會陰) (hoeeum)
- Latin: perineum n
- Latvian: starpene f
- Lithuanian: tarpvietė f
- Low German: Damm (nds), Perineum
- Macedonian: меѓичка f (meǵička)
- Maori: huinga
- Northern Sami: cahcaoažži
- Norwegian: perineum
- Bokmål: mellomkjøtt n
- Persian: میاندوراه (miyândorâh), عجان ('ejân), پرینه (perine)
- Polish: krocze (pl) n
- Portuguese: períneo (pt) m
- Romanian: perineu (ro) n
- Romansch: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: проме́жность (ru) f (proméžnostʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мѐђица f
- Roman: mèđica (sh) f
- Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: hrádza
- Slovene: presrédek m
- Spanish: periné (es) m, perineo (es) m
- Swahili: msamba (sw)
- Swedish: mellangård (sv) c, perineum, bäckenbotten c
- Tagalog: kulampang
- Turkish: perine (tr), apış arası
- Ukrainian: проме́жина f (proméžyna)
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: hội âm (會陰)
- Welsh: perinewm, perinëwm m, gwerddyr f
- Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
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Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “perineum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Simkin, Oliver. 2016. "Περίς, πηρίς y περίναιος." Emerita: Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, 84.2: 353-362.
Albanian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin perinaeum.
Noun
perineum m (definite perineumi)
- (anatomy) perineum
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
perineum n
- (anatomy) perineum
Declension
Declension of perineum (semisoft neuter foreign)
Further reading
- “perineum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “perineum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989