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genital en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/

Etymology

From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to biological reproduction.
  2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the genitalia.
    • In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:
  3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

Deriveds

genital cutting · orogenital · nongenital · male genital mutilator · paragenital · androgenital · genital herpes · genitalization · urinogenital · abdominogenital · urethrogenital · pregenital · rectogenital · anogenital · genitalic · genitalize · subgenital · homogenital · ureterogenital · genitality · agenital · crurogenital · intergenital · intragenital · restless genital syndrome · adiposogenital · unigenital · faciodigitogenital · genital organ · bigenital · genital wart · perigenital · genital mutilation · urogenital · persistent genital arousal disorder · oculobuccogenital · genitalness · adrenogenital · oculogenital · postgenital · extragenital · male genital mutilation · genitalless · genitaled · genitally · faciogenital · genital tubercle · genital cord · heterogenital · circumgenital · genitorture · female genital mutilation · hand-foot-genital syndrome

Translations (33)

ml ജനനേന്ദ്രിയം (of, or relating to the genitalia) · it genitale (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · ast xenital (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · ca genital (of, or relating to the genitalia) · ru генита́льный (of, or relating to the genitalia) · ast xenital (of, or relating to the genitalia) · bg детероден (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · fa زاداوری (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · gl xenital (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · es genital (of, or relating to the genitalia) · pl płciowy (of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty) · pl płciowy (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · ga ginitiúil (of, or relating to the genitalia) · fr génital (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · ga ginitiúil (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · ka გენიტალური (of, or relating to the genitalia) · pl płciowy (of, or relating to the genitalia) · pt genital (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · ca genital (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · ru деторо́дный (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · fi sukuelin- (of, or relating to the genitalia) · pt genital (of, or relating to the genitalia) · gl xenital (of, or relating to the genitalia) · bg генитален (of, or relating to the genitalia) · ml ജനനേന്ദ്രിയം (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · fa تناسلی (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · it genitale (of, or relating to the genitalia) · ka სქესობრივი (of, or relating to the genitalia) · fi genitaalinen (of, or relating to the genitalia) · ka სქესობრივი (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · es genital (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · el γεννητικός (of, or relating to biological reproduction) · fr génital (of, or relating to the genitalia)

genital en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/

Etymology

From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Meanings

  1. (rare) A genital organ.
    • ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet") 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
    • David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be. 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
    • […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine. 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 164:

Forms

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genitals Number=Plur lexicographic
genitalia Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

genitalia · genitals