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virginity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/

Etymology

From Middle English virginite, from Old French virginite, from Latin virginitas. Equivalent to virgin + -ity. Displaced native Old English mæġeþhād (compare modern English maidhood), originally meaning “girlhood.”

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state or characteristic of being a virgin.
   • She had a lot of dark hair pinned untidily back from a small well-formed brow, and her tilted nose and large embarrassed eyes had survived intact from the mistrusts and agitations of a schoolgirl, which maturity had striven to defeat by lengthening her chin and tightening her lips, while giving her skin the faintly furred matt surface of pickled virginity. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 128:
   • to lose one's virginity

Forms

Deriveds

second virginity · secondary virginity · lose one's virginity · other virginity · butt virginity · virginity pledge · nonvirginity · virginity test · born-again virginity

Synonyms

maidhood · cherry · V card · maidenhead · maidenhood

Translations (97)

az qızlıq (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · de Jungfräulichkeit (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · de Unschuld (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · lt nekaltýbė (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · be цно́та (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ia virginitate (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · pl panieństwo (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ka ქალწულება (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sv mödom (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · rue дївство (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sl devištvo (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ro feciorie (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · uk цно́та (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · rue невинность (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ms keperawanan (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · gv moidynys (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · got 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹 (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ar بَكَارَة (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sv oskuld (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sq virgjëri (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ar بَتُولِيَّة (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · af maagdelikheid (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · la virginitās (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ru непоро́чность (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sah кыыһынан сылдьыы (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · pro virginitad (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · it verginità (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · vi trinh tiết (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · gd òigheachd (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ka ქალიშვილობა (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · th พรหมจรรย์ (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · nl maagdelijkheid (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · be дзяво́цкасць (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · az bəkarət (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · he בְּתוּלִים (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · pt virgindade (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ru де́вственность (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ast virxinidá (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sv jungfrudom (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · bg де́вственост (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sh не̏вӣно̄ст (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · az bakirəlik (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · tr bakirelik (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · tr bekâret (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · gl virxinidade (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · cs panenství (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · fa بکارت (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sh nȅvīnōst (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · tr bakirlik (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · rup virghireatsã (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · mk невиност (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · mi wāhinatanga (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ga ócht (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · hy կուսություն (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · pl dziewictwo (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ka ვაჟიშვილობა (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sk panenstvo (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · lv jaunavība (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · fi neitsyys (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ga maighdeanas (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sw ubikira (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ro virginitate (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · rue нерушаность (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ka სიმწვანე (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · it pulcellaggio (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · mi puhinga (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · uk неза́йманість (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · el παρθενία (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ru неви́нность (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · uk цнотли́вість (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sah уолунан сылдьыы (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · te కన్నెరికం (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · zza ezebiye (diq) (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ang mæġeþhād (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ota بكر (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · fa باکرگی (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · de Virginität (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · enm maydenhede (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · fr virginité (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ja 童貞 (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ja 処女性 (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · es virginidad (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · tr kızlık (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · grc παρθενία (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · et neitsilikkus (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · enm virginite (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · sv svendom (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · gd maighdeannas (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ja 処女 (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · be цнатлі́васць (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · es doncellez (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ota بكارت (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · cmn 童貞 /童贞 (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · cmn 處女性 /处女性 (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ms dara (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · ca virginitat (state or characteristic of being a virgin) · km ព្រហ្មចារីភាព (state or characteristic of being a virgin)