genitalia

See also: genitália

English

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-/

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.

Usage notes

• In form, genitalia is plural; the singular would theoretically be *genitale, but this is not used.
• Genitalia may be used with either singular or plural verbs; using plural verbs ("his genitalia are...") is two or three times more common than using singular verbs ("his genitalia is...").
• Sometimes, when genitalia is treated as singular, the plural genitalias is found, mostly in nonstandard or non-native speakers' English (albeit including non-native speakers' scholarly and scientific writing).

Synonyms

• genitals
• See also Thesaurus:genitalia, Thesaurus:male genitalia and Thesaurus:female genitalia

Hyponyms

Sex organs

• clitoris
• cloaca
• epididymis
• fallopian tube
• ovary
• oviduct
• penis
• prostate
• scrotum
• testicle
• uterus
• vagina
• vas deferens
• vulva

 

Derived terms

• external genitalia
• internal genitalia

 

Related terms

• generative
• genital
• genus

 

Translations

genitals or sex organs — see also sex organ

• Afrikaans: geslagsdele, genitalieë
• Albanian: organe gjenitale m pl
• Arabic: أَعْضَاء تَنَاسُلِيَّة f pl (ʔaʕḍāʔ tanāsuliyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: أعضاء تناسلية f pl (ʔaʕḍāʔ tanāsulíyya)

• Armenian: սեռական օրգաններ pl (seṙakan ōrganner)
• Azerbaijani: cinsiyyət orqanları pl
• Belarusian: геніта́ліі f pl (hjenitálii), пло́ццевыя о́рганы m pl (plóccjevyja órhany), палавы́я о́рганы m pl (palavýja órhany)
• Bulgarian: по́лови о́ргани m pl (pólovi órgani), генита́лии pl (genitálii)
• Burmese: လိင်အင်္ဂါ (ling-angga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生殖器 (zh) (shēngzhíqì), 外生殖器 (wàishēngzhíqì), 陰部／阴部 (zh) (yīnbù)

• Classical Nahuatl: ācayōtl (male)
• Coptic: ϣⲓⲡⲓ m (šipi)
• Czech: přirození (cs) n, genitálie (cs) f pl
• Danish: kønsorgan (da) n
• Dutch: genitaliën (nl) pl, voortplantingsorganen (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: genitaloj
• Estonian: suguorganid pl, genitaalid pl, suguelundid pl
• Faroese: kynsgøgn n pl, skøp n pl
• Finnish: sukuelimet, genitaalit (fi), sukupuolielimet
• French: organes génitaux (fr) m pl, parties génitales (fr) f pl, appareil génital (fr) m
• Galician: xenitais m pl
• Georgian: გენიტალიები pl (geniṭaliebi), სასქესო ორგანოები pl (saskeso organoebi)
• German: Genitalien (de) n pl, Geschlechtsorgane (de) n pl, Fortpflanzungsorgane (de) n pl
• Greek: γεννητικά όργανα (el) n pl (gennitiká órgana)

  Ancient: αἰδοῖα n pl (aidoîa)

• Hindi: यौन अंग m (yaun aṅg)
• Hungarian: genitáliák pl, nemi szervek (hu) pl
• Icelandic: kynfæri (is) n
• Indonesian: alat kemaluan, kemaluan (id), abaimana (id) (archaic)
• Irish: baill ghiniúna m pl
• Italian: genitali (it) m pl, parti intime f pl, organi di riproduzione m pl
• Japanese: 性器 (ja) (せいき, seiki), 生殖器 (ja) (せいしょくき, seishokuki), 恥部 (ja) (ちぶ, chibu), 陰部 (ja) (いんぶ, inbu)
• Kazakh: жыныс мүшелері pl (jynys müşelerı)
• Khmer: អង្គកំណើត (ʼɑng kɑmnaət)
• Korean: 성기(性器) (ko) (seonggi), 생식기(生殖器) (ko) (saengsikgi)
• Kyrgyz: жыныс органы (jınıs organı)
• Lao: ອະໄວຍະວະເພດ (lo) (ʼa wai nya wa phēt)
• Latin: verenda n pl
• Latvian: ģenitālijas f pl, dzimumorgāni m pl
• Lithuanian: lytiniai organai, lyties organai pl or m, genitalijos f pl
• Macedonian: генита́лии f pl (genitálii), полови органи m pl (polovi organi)
• Malay: alat sulit (ms), kemaluan (ms)
• Maltese: ġenitali m pl
• Maori: taihemahema, hema, taiaroaro
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бэлэг эрхтэн (beleg erxten)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjønnsorgan (no) n

  Nynorsk: kjønnsorgan n

• Ottoman Turkish: ^{(please verify)} عورة
• Persian: آلت تناسلی (fa) (âlat-e tanâsoli), آلت جنسی (âlat-e jensi), اندام جنسی (andâm-e jensi), افزار گشنان (afzār-e gošnān) (archaic), زهار (fa) (zahār)
• Polish: genitalia (pl) n pl, narządy płciowe m pl
• Portuguese: genitália (pt)
• Romanian: organ sexual n, organe genitale n pl
• Russian: генита́лии (ru) f pl (genitálii), половы́е о́рганы (ru) m pl (polovýje órgany)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: генѝта̄лије f pl, сполни органи m pl, споло̀вила n pl

  Roman: genìtālije (sh) f pl, spolni organi m pl, spolòvila (sh) n pl

• Slovak: pohlavné orgány m pl, genitálie (sk) f pl
• Slovene: spolni organi m pl, genitalije f pl
• Spanish: genitales (es) m pl, partes pudendas f pl, partes íntimas f pl, órganos sexuales m pl, aparato sexual m
• Swedish: könsorgan (sv) n, genitalier (sv) n pl
• Tagalog: pamalisupling
• Tajik: узвҳои ҷинсӣ pl (uzvho-yi jinsi)
• Telugu: జననేంద్రియాలు (jananēndriyālu)
• Thai: อวัยวะเพศ (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-pêet), อวัยวะสืบพันธุ์ (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-sʉ̀ʉp-pan)
• Turkish: cinsel organlar pl, üreme organları (tr) pl
• Turkmen: jyns organlary pl
• Ukrainian: геніта́лії f pl (henitáliji), стате́ві о́ргани m pl (statévi órhany)
• Urdu: جِنْسی عُضْو (jinsī 'uzv)
• Uyghur: سىرتقى جىنسىي ئەزا (sirtqi jinsiy eza)
• Uzbek: jinsiy aʼzolar pl
• Volapük: genäms
• Zazaki: organê ruwayışi

See also

• sex organ

Latin

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)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genitalia m pl (definite plural genitaliene)

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genitalia n pl (definite plural genitaliaa)

1. genitalia

   Synonym: kjønnsorgan

References

• “genitalia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin genitālia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.ɲiˈta.lja/

• Audio:

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

Noun

genitalia nvir pl

1. genitalia (genitals or sex organs)

   Synonym: przyrodzenie

Declension

Declension of genitalia

	plural
nominative	genitalia
genitive	genitaliów
dative	genitaliom
accusative	genitalia
instrumental	genitaliami
locative	genitaliach
vocative	genitalia

Derived terms

adjective

• genitalny

 

Further reading

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