virginité
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French
Etymology
First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. Borrowed from Latin virginitātem.
Noun
virginité f (plural virginités)
- virginity (state of being a virgin)
- Synonym: pucelage
- (literary) moral purity
- [Google] est en train, d’une certaine manière, de sortir [de Chine] avec une sorte de virginité, ou en tout cas gagnant sur le terrain moral.
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Further reading
- “virginité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- virginitet
- virginite (manuscript form)
Etymology
First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. Borrowed from Latin virginitās.
Noun
virginité oblique singular, f (oblique plural virginitez, nominative singular virginité, nominative plural virginitez)
- virginity (state of being a virgin)