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vulva

See also: vulvă and Vulva

English

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Illustration of a vulva.

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब (úlba, “womb”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvʌlvə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌlvə

Noun

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vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)

  2. (anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva
    Hypernym: genitals
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 22:
      The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 216:
      Many of the less-sophisticated works are sexual in nature. Among the most common images are stylised vulvas, whole flocks of which appear on some cave walls.
  3. (biology) A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

Usage notes

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See usage notes at vagina for the difference between vulva and vagina.

Hypernyms

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvʏl.vaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vul‧va

Noun

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vulva f (plural vulvas or vulvae)

  1. vulva
    Synonyms: schaamspleet, voorbips

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See also

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  • vagina (in specialist language the same sense as English vagina, but in colloquial language synonymous with vulva)

Finnish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋulʋɑ/, [ˈʋulʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ulʋɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): vul‧va

Noun

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vulva

  1. (anatomy) vulva
    Synonym: häpy

Declension

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Inflection of vulva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative vulva vulvat
genitive vulvan vulvien
partitive vulvaa vulvia
illative vulvaan vulviin
singular plural
nominative vulva vulvat
accusative nom. vulva vulvat
gen. vulvan
genitive vulvan vulvien
vulvain rare
partitive vulvaa vulvia
inessive vulvassa vulvissa
elative vulvasta vulvista
illative vulvaan vulviin
adessive vulvalla vulvilla
ablative vulvalta vulvilta
allative vulvalle vulville
essive vulvana vulvina
translative vulvaksi vulviksi
abessive vulvatta vulvitta
instructive — vulvin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vulva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvani vulvani
accusative nom. vulvani vulvani
gen. vulvani
genitive vulvani vulvieni
vulvaini rare
partitive vulvaani vulviani
inessive vulvassani vulvissani
elative vulvastani vulvistani
illative vulvaani vulviini
adessive vulvallani vulvillani
ablative vulvaltani vulviltani
allative vulvalleni vulvilleni
essive vulvanani vulvinani
translative vulvakseni vulvikseni
abessive vulvattani vulvittani
instructive — —
comitative — vulvineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvasi vulvasi
accusative nom. vulvasi vulvasi
gen. vulvasi
genitive vulvasi vulviesi
vulvaisi rare
partitive vulvaasi vulviasi
inessive vulvassasi vulvissasi
elative vulvastasi vulvistasi
illative vulvaasi vulviisi
adessive vulvallasi vulvillasi
ablative vulvaltasi vulviltasi
allative vulvallesi vulvillesi
essive vulvanasi vulvinasi
translative vulvaksesi vulviksesi
abessive vulvattasi vulvittasi
instructive — —
comitative — vulvinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvamme vulvamme
accusative nom. vulvamme vulvamme
gen. vulvamme
genitive vulvamme vulviemme
vulvaimme rare
partitive vulvaamme vulviamme
inessive vulvassamme vulvissamme
elative vulvastamme vulvistamme
illative vulvaamme vulviimme
adessive vulvallamme vulvillamme
ablative vulvaltamme vulviltamme
allative vulvallemme vulvillemme
essive vulvanamme vulvinamme
translative vulvaksemme vulviksemme
abessive vulvattamme vulvittamme
instructive — —
comitative — vulvinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvanne vulvanne
accusative nom. vulvanne vulvanne
gen. vulvanne
genitive vulvanne vulvienne
vulvainne rare
partitive vulvaanne vulvianne
inessive vulvassanne vulvissanne
elative vulvastanne vulvistanne
illative vulvaanne vulviinne
adessive vulvallanne vulvillanne
ablative vulvaltanne vulviltanne
allative vulvallenne vulvillenne
essive vulvananne vulvinanne
translative vulvaksenne vulviksenne
abessive vulvattanne vulvittanne
instructive — —
comitative — vulvinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative vulvansa vulvansa
accusative nom. vulvansa vulvansa
gen. vulvansa
genitive vulvansa vulviensa
vulvainsa rare
partitive vulvaansa vulviaan
vulviansa
inessive vulvassaan
vulvassansa 		vulvissaan
vulvissansa
elative vulvastaan
vulvastansa 		vulvistaan
vulvistansa
illative vulvaansa vulviinsa
adessive vulvallaan
vulvallansa 		vulvillaan
vulvillansa
ablative vulvaltaan
vulvaltansa 		vulviltaan
vulviltansa
allative vulvalleen
vulvallensa 		vulvilleen
vulvillensa
essive vulvanaan
vulvanansa 		vulvinaan
vulvinansa
translative vulvakseen
vulvaksensa 		vulvikseen
vulviksensa
abessive vulvattaan
vulvattansa 		vulvittaan
vulvittansa
instructive — —
comitative — vulvineen
vulvinensa

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.

Noun

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vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. vulva

Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vulva, Italian vulva, English vulva, Spanish vulva, Portuguese vulva, French vulve.

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vulva (plural vulvas)

  1. vulva

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from the Proto-Indo-European root *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvul.va/
  • Rhymes: -ulva
  • Hyphenation: vùl‧va

Noun

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vulva f (plural vulve)

  1. (anatomy) the external female genitalia; vulva
  2. (by extension, slang, humorous) vagina

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Cognates include Sanskrit उल्ब (ulba).

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Noun

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vulva f (genitive vulvae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) the womb
    Synonyms: mātrīx, uterus
  2. (anatomy, chiefly Medieval Latin) the vagina (the external orifice of the female reproductive tract)
    Synonyms: (euphemistic) vāgīna, (vulgar) cunnus, (medieval) valva
    Holonyms: verētrum, muliebria, pudenda, verenda, genitālia, partēs, membra, nātūra

Usage notes

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  • Unlike its English descendant, refers to the vagina (the internal tract) and not to the vulva (the external genitals), even medievally.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vulva vulvae
genitive vulvae vulvārum
dative vulvae vulvīs
accusative vulvam vulvās
ablative vulvā vulvīs
vocative vulva vulvae

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “uulua” on page 2341 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • “vulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vulva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvuw.vɐ/ [ˈvuʊ̯.vɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvuw.va/ [ˈvuʊ̯.va]
 

  • Hyphenation: vul‧va

Noun

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vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. (anatomy) vulva (the external female sexual organs)
    Synonym: (vulgar) cona

Spanish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

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Noun

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vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. (anatomy) vulva (the external female sexual organs)

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Swedish

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Noun

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vulva c

  1. (anatomy) vulva (the external female sex organs)
    Synonyms: blygd, underliv

Declension

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Declension of vulva
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vulva vulvas
definite vulvan vulvans
plural indefinite vulvor vulvors
definite vulvorna vulvornas

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