genitalia

Etymology

From Latin genitālia, substantive use of plural of genitālis (“pertaining to generation or birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛ.nɪˈteɪ.li.jə/, /ˌd͡ʒɛ.nɪˈteɪ.jəl.jə/, /ˌd͡ʒɛ.nə-/

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Noun

genitalia

1. External sex organs.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189:

     The second turning of the spiral is the fact that the pink blush of the female genitalia is what lures Enkidu away from his wild companions into what becomes the beginning of his movement into human society.

2. (by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts used in sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

See also

• sex organ

Adjective

genitālia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of genitālis

References

• "genitalia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Noun

genitalia m pl (definite plural genitaliene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by genitalier

Noun

genitalia n pl (definite plural genitaliaa)

1. genitalia

   Synonym: kjønnsorgan

References

• “genitalia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin genitālia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.ɲiˈta.lja/

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: ge‧ni‧ta‧lia

Noun

genitalia nvir pl

1. genitalia (genitals or sex organs)

   Synonym: przyrodzenie

Further reading

• genitalia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• genitalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN