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
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to biological reproduction.
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(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:
- (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)