vaginal

English

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin vāgīnālis, from vāgīna (“a covering, sheath; the vagina”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to vagina +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈd͡ʒʌɪ.nəl/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvæd͡ʒ.ən.əl/
• Rhymes: -aɪnəl, -æd͡ʒɪnəl

Adjective

vaginal (not comparable)

1. (relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.

   You may have a vaginal birth, C-section or surrogacy; it's up to you.

2. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to a theca.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• yonic

References

• “vaginal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “vaginal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• avaling

Catalan

Etymology

From vagina +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: va‧gi‧nal

Adjective

vaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vaginals)

1. vaginal

Derived terms

• cervicovaginal

Further reading

• “vaginal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaginal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vaginal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ʒi.nal/

• Audio (Paris)

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Adjective

vaginal (feminine vaginale, masculine plural vaginaux, feminine plural vaginales)

1. vaginal

   Les sécrétions vaginales, quand elles ont une consistance mucilagineuse adéquate, favorisent la pénétration et les mouvements du pénis ou de l’objet pénétrant dans le vagin et facilitent le plaisir sexuel.

   Vaginal secretions have a mucilaginous consistency that eases the penetration and movement of the penis or the penetrating object into and inside the vagina (thus) facilitating (female) sexual pleasure.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “vaginal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

vaginal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular vaginaler, not comparable)

1. vaginal

Declension

Further reading

• “vaginal” in Duden online
• “vaginal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: va‧gi‧nal

Adjective

vaginal m or f (plural vaginais)

1. vaginal

Derived terms

• vaginalmente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vaginal. By surface analysis, vagin +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vad͡ʒiˈnal/

Adjective

vaginal m or n (feminine singular vaginală, masculine plural vaginali, feminine and neuter plural vaginale)

1. vaginal

Declension

Related terms

• vagin

Spanish

Etymology

From vagina +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baxiˈnal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: va‧gi‧nal

Adjective

vaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vaginales)

1. vaginal

Derived terms

Further reading

• “vaginal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

vaginal (not comparable)

1. vaginal

Declension

Derived terms

• neovaginal (“neovaginal”)
• vaginalflatulens (“vaginal flatulence”)
• vaginalkula (“kegel ball”)
• vaginalsex (“vaginal sex”)

Related terms

• vagina (“vagina”)

References

• vaginal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vaginal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)