see|Vagina
wikipedia
English

Etymology
From L. term|uagina|u�gīna|sheath|lang=la.

Pronunciation
enPR|/v�jīʹn�/, IPA|/v��d�aɪn�/
audio|en-us-vagina.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|aɪn�

Noun
en-noun|pl2=vaginae

1. anatomy The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
2. zoology A similar part in some invertebrates.
3. botany A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
4. colloquial The vulva.

Synonyms
sense|anatomy see WikiSaurus:vagina
sense|botany sheath

Translations
trans-top|anatomical sense
Albanian: gop g|Albanian
Amuzgo: jne
Arabic: ARchar|��ب� (máhbal, máhbil) m
Armenian: հեշտո� (heštots῾), բո�նո� (bunots῾), ջլաբո�նո� (ǰlabunots῾)
Chinese: zh-ts|��|�� (yīndào)
Croatian: t-|hr|rodnica, t-|hr|vagina
Czech: t+|cs|pochva|f, t+|cs|vagína|f
Dutch: vagina f, schede f (never used)
Esperanto: t-|eo|vagino|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|emätin
French: t+|fr|vagin|m
German: t+|de|Scheide|f
Greek: t+|el|κ�λ�ο�|m|trkolpos|scGrek
Guaraní: rako, tako
Hindi: य�ऩि i|formal, standard; ब�र i|substandard, informal
Hungarian: t-|hu|hüvely, t+|hu|vagina
Ido: vagino
Italian: t+|it|vagina|f
trans-mid
Japanese: � (chitsu)
Korean: 보� (boji), � (�, jil)
Malayalam: യ�നി (yOni)
Nepali: प�ति (Puti) i|vulgar
Persian: FAchar|��ا� (niyâm)
Polish: t+|pl|pochwa|f
Russian: влагали�е (vlagáliš�e) n, жен�кий половой о�ган (žénskij polovój orgán) m
Scottish Gaelic: faighean m, truiteag f, geobag f, duille f
Tagalog: puki, pekpek
Telugu: య�ని (yOni)
Turkish: vajina
Urdu: URchar|��ت (choot); URchar|پھد� (phuddi) i|vulgar, andaam-nehni, bhosri, furj, kuss, lund-ki-qabar g|Urdu
trans-bottom

trans-top|botanical sense
Finnish: t+|fi|tuppi
Italian: t-|it|guaina|f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Derived terms
top2
invaginate
vagina dentata
vaginal
vaginally
mid2
vaginate
vaginectomy
vaginismus
vaginitis

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

Italian

Noun
it-noun|vagin|f|a|e

1. anatomy|lang=it #English|vagina

Derived terms
invaginare
vaginale
vaginalite
vaginalmente
vaginismo
vaginite
vulvovaginale
vulvovaginite

See also
cervice
vulva

Latin

Alternative spellings
uagina

Noun
infl|la|noun|headv�gīna|langf|Wiktionary Appendix:Latin first declension|1st declension

1. sheath, scabbard

#: mittere|Mitte gladius|gladium in#Latin|in vaginam.
#:: Put the sword into [it's] sheath.
#*From w:Gallic War|the Gallic War by w:Julius Caesar|C. Julius Caesar (XLIV)
#*:avertere|Avertit hic casus vaginam et#Latin|et gladius|gladium educere conari|conanti dextram morari|moratur manus|manum, impeditus|impeditum-que|que hostis|hostes circumsistere|circumsistunt.
#*::This circumstance turns aside his scabbard and obstructs his right hand when attempting to draw his sword: the enemy crowd around him when [thus] embarrassed.
#*From w:Aeneid|Aeneid by w:Virgil|P. Vergilius Maro
#*:dicere|Dixit, vagina-que|que eripere|eripit ensis|ensem fulmineus|fulmineum, strictus|stricto-que|que ferire|ferit retinaculum|retinacula ferrum|ferro.''
#*:: He said, and from it's scabbard forth he flashed the lightning of his sword, with his sword he struck the hawsers.

1. the covering, sheath, holder of any thing

#: Omnia principalis|principalia viscera membranis propriis ac velut vaginis inclusit natura.
#: Cremato eo (corpore), inimici ... remeanti animae veluti vaginam ademerint.

1. The sheath of an ear of grain, etc., the hull, husk
2. The female vagina#Latin|vagina
3. The sheath of a claw, in cats

bs:vagina
cs:vagina
el:vagina
es:vagina
fa:vagina
fr:vagina
io:vagina
id:vagina
it:vagina
ku:vagina
hu:vagina
nl:vagina
ja:vagina
pl:vagina
pt:vagina
ru:vagina
sl:vagina
fi:vagina
te:vagina
vi:vagina
tr:vagina
zh:vagina

• 2007-12-24 13:29 - Tbot - added t for pl

Full Revision History