vulva

See also: vulvă and Vulva

English
Illustration of a vulva.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvʌlvə/

Noun

vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)

  1. (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.

Usage notes

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vulva.

Pronunciation
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Noun

vulva f (plural vulva's or vulvae)

  1. vulva
    Synonyms: schaamspleet, voorbips

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

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋulʋɑ/, [ˈʋulʋɑ]
  • Hyphenation: vul‧va

Noun

vulva

  1. (anatomy) vulva

Declension
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
vulvainrare
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
instructive — vulvin
abessive vulvatta vulvitta
comitative — vulvineen

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin vulva.

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

  1. vulva

Interlingua

Noun

vulva (plural vulvas)

  1. vulva

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvul.va/, [ˈvul̺vä]
  • Hyphenation: vùl‧va

Noun

vulva f (plural vulve)

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

Derived terms

See also

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

Noun

vulva f (genitive vulvae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) vulva
  2. (anatomy) womb
    • Vulgate Genesis 20,18:
      concluserat enim Deus omnem vulvam domus Abimilech propter Sarram uxorem Abraham.
  3. vocative singular of vulva
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vulva vulvae
Genitive vulvae vulvārum
Dative vulvae vulvīs
Accusative vulvam vulvās
Ablative vulvā vulvīs
Vocative vulva vulvae
Alternative forms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

vulvā

  1. ablative singular of vulva

References
  • 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

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

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Spanish

Noun

vulva f (plural vulvas)

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

Synonyms
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