klitoris

See also: Klitoris and klitoris'

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

klitoris

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Alternative forms

• klitorida

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklɪtorɪs]
• Hyphenation: kli‧to‧ris

Noun

klitoris m inan or f

1. (anatomy) clitoris

   Synonym: poštěváček

Declension

when masculine:

Declension of klitoris (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klitoris	klitorisy
genitive	klitorisu	klitorisů
dative	klitorisu	klitorisům
accusative	klitoris	klitorisy
vocative	klitorise	klitorisy
locative	klitorisu	klitorisech
instrumental	klitorisem	klitorisy

when feminine:

Declension of klitoris (hard feminine irreg-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	klitoris	klitoridy
genitive	klitoridy	klitorid
dative	klitoridě	klitoridám
accusative	klitoridu	klitoridy
vocative	klitorido	klitoridy
locative	klitoridě	klitoridách
instrumental	klitoridou	klitoridami

Further reading

• “klitoris”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klitoris”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klitoris”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klitoris/, [ˈkʰlitˢoʁis]

Noun

klitoris c (singular definite klitorissen, plural indefinite klitorisser)

1. clitoris (anatomy)

   Synonyms: kilder, knap (slang)

Inflection

Declension of klitoris

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	klitoris	klitorissen	klitorisser	klitorisserne
genitive	klitoris'	klitorissens	klitorissers	klitorissernes

Further reading

• klitoris on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clitoris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklitoris/, [ˈklit̪o̞ris̠]
• Rhymes: -itoris
• Syllabification^(key): kli‧to‧ris
• Hyphenation^(key): kli‧to‧ris

Noun

klitoris

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Declension

Inflection of klitoris (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		klitoris	klitorikset
genitive		klitoriksen	klitoristen klitoriksien
partitive		klitorista	klitoriksia
illative		klitorikseen	klitoriksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		klitoris	klitorikset
accusative	nom.	klitoris	klitorikset
	gen.	klitoriksen
genitive		klitoriksen	klitoristen klitoriksien
partitive		klitorista	klitoriksia
inessive		klitoriksessa	klitoriksissa
elative		klitoriksesta	klitoriksista
illative		klitorikseen	klitoriksiin
adessive		klitoriksella	klitoriksilla
ablative		klitorikselta	klitoriksilta
allative		klitorikselle	klitoriksille
essive		klitoriksena	klitoriksina
translative		klitorikseksi	klitoriksiksi
abessive		klitoriksetta	klitoriksitta
instructive		—	klitoriksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of klitoris (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative klitorikseni klitorikseni accusative nom. klitorikseni klitorikseni gen. klitorikseni genitive klitorikseni klitoristeni klitoriksieni partitive klitoristani klitoriksiani inessive klitoriksessani klitoriksissani elative klitoriksestani klitoriksistani illative klitorikseeni klitoriksiini adessive klitoriksellani klitoriksillani ablative klitorikseltani klitoriksiltani allative klitorikselleni klitoriksilleni essive klitoriksenani klitoriksinani translative klitoriksekseni klitoriksikseni abessive klitoriksettani klitoriksittani instructive — — comitative — klitoriksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative klitoriksesi klitoriksesi accusative nom. klitoriksesi klitoriksesi gen. klitoriksesi genitive klitoriksesi klitoristesi klitoriksiesi partitive klitoristasi klitoriksiasi inessive klitoriksessasi klitoriksissasi elative klitoriksestasi klitoriksistasi illative klitorikseesi klitoriksiisi adessive klitoriksellasi klitoriksillasi ablative klitorikseltasi klitoriksiltasi allative klitoriksellesi klitoriksillesi essive klitoriksenasi klitoriksinasi translative klitorikseksesi klitoriksiksesi abessive klitoriksettasi klitoriksittasi instructive — — comitative — klitoriksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative klitoriksemme klitoriksemme accusative nom. klitoriksemme klitoriksemme gen. klitoriksemme genitive klitoriksemme klitoristemme klitoriksiemme partitive klitoristamme klitoriksiamme inessive klitoriksessamme klitoriksissamme elative klitoriksestamme klitoriksistamme illative klitorikseemme klitoriksiimme adessive klitoriksellamme klitoriksillamme ablative klitorikseltamme klitoriksiltamme allative klitoriksellemme klitoriksillemme essive klitoriksenamme klitoriksinamme translative klitorikseksemme klitoriksiksemme abessive klitoriksettamme klitoriksittamme instructive — — comitative — klitoriksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative klitoriksenne klitoriksenne accusative nom. klitoriksenne klitoriksenne gen. klitoriksenne genitive klitoriksenne klitoristenne klitoriksienne partitive klitoristanne klitoriksianne inessive klitoriksessanne klitoriksissanne elative klitoriksestanne klitoriksistanne illative klitorikseenne klitoriksiinne adessive klitoriksellanne klitoriksillanne ablative klitorikseltanne klitoriksiltanne allative klitoriksellenne klitoriksillenne essive klitoriksenanne klitoriksinanne translative klitorikseksenne klitoriksiksenne abessive klitoriksettanne klitoriksittanne instructive — — comitative — klitoriksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative klitoriksensa klitoriksensa accusative nom. klitoriksensa klitoriksensa gen. klitoriksensa genitive klitoriksensa klitoristensa klitoriksiensa partitive klitoristaan klitoristansa klitoriksiaan klitoriksiansa inessive klitoriksessaan klitoriksessansa klitoriksissaan klitoriksissansa elative klitoriksestaan klitoriksestansa klitoriksistaan klitoriksistansa illative klitorikseensa klitoriksiinsa adessive klitoriksellaan klitoriksellansa klitoriksillaan klitoriksillansa ablative klitorikseltaan klitorikseltansa klitoriksiltaan klitoriksiltansa allative klitorikselleen klitoriksellensa klitoriksilleen klitoriksillensa essive klitoriksenaan klitoriksenansa klitoriksinaan klitoriksinansa translative klitoriksekseen klitorikseksensa klitoriksikseen klitoriksiksensa abessive klitoriksettaan klitoriksettansa klitoriksittaan klitoriksittansa instructive — — comitative — klitoriksineen klitoriksinensa

Synonyms

• häpykieli

Further reading

• “klitoris”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Indonesian

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klitoris

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Etymology

From Dutch clitoris, from New Latin clitoris, from Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kliˈtorɪs]
• Hyphenation: kli‧to‧ris
• Rhymes: -rɪs, -ɪs, -s

Noun

klitoris (plural klitoris-klitoris)

1. (anatomy) clitoris

   Synonym: kelentit

Further reading

• “klitoris”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

klitoris

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).

Noun

klitoris m (definite singular klitorisen, indefinite plural klitoriser, definite plural klitorisene)

1. (anatomy) clitoris

References

• “klitoris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “klitoris” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

klitoris

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).

Noun

klitoris m (definite singular klitorisen, indefinite plural klitorisar, definite plural klitorisane)

1. (anatomy) clitoris

References

• “klitoris” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klǐtoːris/
• Hyphenation: kli‧to‧ris

Noun

klìtōris m inan (Cyrillic spelling клѝто̄рис)

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Declension

Declension of klitoris

	singular	plural
nominative	klitoris	klitorisi
genitive	klitorisa	klitorisa
dative	klitorisu	klitorisima
accusative	klitoris	klitorise
vocative	klitorise	klitorisi
locative	klitorisu	klitorisima
instrumental	klitorisom	klitorisima

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklitɔris]

Noun

klitoris m inan

1. (anatomy) clitoris

   Synonym: dráždec

Declension

Declension of klitoris
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	klitoris	klitorisy
genitive	klitorisu	klitorisov
dative	klitorisu	klitorisom
accusative	klitoris	klitorisy
locative	klitorise	klitorisoch
instrumental	klitorisom	klitorismi

Further reading

• “klitoris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klíːtɔris/

Noun

klȋtoris m animacy unspecified

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	klítoris
gen. sing.	klítorisa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	klítoris	klítorisa	klítorisi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	klítorisa	klítorisov	klítorisov
dative (dajȃlnik)	klítorisu	klítorisoma	klítorisom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	klítoris	klítorisa	klítorise
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	klítorisu	klítorisih	klítorisih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	klítorisom	klítorisoma	klítorisi

Further reading

• “klitoris”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Noun

klitoris c

1. (anatomy) clitoris

   Synonym: (slang) klitta

Declension

Declension of klitoris

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klitoris	klitoris
	definite	klitorisen	klitorisens
plural	indefinite	klitorisar	klitorisars
	definite	klitorisarna	klitorisarnas

Derived terms

• klittra

References

• klitoris in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klitoris in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French clitoris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klitɔˈɾis]
• Hyphenation: kli‧to‧ris

Noun

klitoris (definite accusative klitorisi, plural klitorisler)

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Declension

Declension of klitoris

singular plural nominative klitoris klitorisler definite accusative klitorisi klitorisleri dative klitorise klitorislere locative klitoriste klitorislerde ablative klitoristen klitorislerden genitive klitorisin klitorislerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular klitorisim klitorislerim 2nd singular klitorisin klitorislerin 3rd singular klitorisi klitorisleri 1st plural klitorisimiz klitorislerimiz 2nd plural klitorisiniz klitorisleriniz 3rd plural klitorisleri klitorisleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular klitorisimi klitorislerimi 2nd singular klitorisini klitorislerini 3rd singular klitorisini klitorislerini 1st plural klitorisimizi klitorislerimizi 2nd plural klitorisinizi klitorislerinizi 3rd plural klitorislerini klitorislerini dative singular plural 1st singular klitorisime klitorislerime 2nd singular klitorisine klitorislerine 3rd singular klitorisine klitorislerine 1st plural klitorisimize klitorislerimize 2nd plural klitorisinize klitorislerinize 3rd plural klitorislerine klitorislerine locative singular plural 1st singular klitorisimde klitorislerimde 2nd singular klitorisinde klitorislerinde 3rd singular klitorisinde klitorislerinde 1st plural klitorisimizde klitorislerimizde 2nd plural klitorisinizde klitorislerinizde 3rd plural klitorislerinde klitorislerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular klitorisimden klitorislerimden 2nd singular klitorisinden klitorislerinden 3rd singular klitorisinden klitorislerinden 1st plural klitorisimizden klitorislerimizden 2nd plural klitorisinizden klitorislerinizden 3rd plural klitorislerinden klitorislerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular klitorisimin klitorislerimin 2nd singular klitorisinin klitorislerinin 3rd singular klitorisinin klitorislerinin 1st plural klitorisimizin klitorislerimizin 2nd plural klitorisinizin klitorislerinizin 3rd plural klitorislerinin klitorislerinin

Synonyms

• bızır
• dılak
• dilcik