vaginal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin vāgīnālis, from vāgīna (“a covering, sheath; the vagina”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to vagina +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈd͡ʒʌɪ.nəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvæd͡ʒ.ən.əl/
• Rhymes: -aɪnəl, -ædʒɪnəl

Adjective

vaginal (not comparable)

1. (relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.

   You may have a vaginal birth, C-section or surrogacy; it's up to you.

   • 2021 June 8, Jacqui Palumbo, “These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women”, in CNN‎:

     A non-hormonal birth control capsule that women can insert just before sex. A rape kit that gives victims more agency and streamlines the evidence collection process. An overhauled design for a 150-year-old tool used in postpartum vaginal tearing.

2. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to a theca.

Derived terms

• abdominovaginal
• anovaginal
• antevaginal
• brachiovaginal
• cervicovaginal
• circumvaginal
• clitourethrovaginal
• colovaginal
• endovaginal
• enterovaginal
• extravaginal
• ileovaginal
• intervaginal
• intravaginal, intra-vaginal
• ischiovaginal
• neovaginal
• nonvaginal
• orovaginal
• palatovaginal
• paravaginal
• penovaginal
• perineovaginal
• perivaginal
• pervaginal
• postvaginal
• prevaginal
• pubovaginal
• rectovaginal
• sacrovaginal
• subvaginal
• supravaginal
• transvaginal
• ureterovaginal
• urethrovaginal
• urovaginal
• uterovaginal
• vaginal birth
• vaginal discharge
• vaginal epithelium
• vaginal flatulence
• vaginal fluid
• vaginal introitus
• vaginalist
• vaginality
• vaginalize
• vaginal lubrication
• vaginally
• vaginal opening
• vaginal process
• vaginal ring
• vaginal seeding
• vaginal sex
• vaginal vault
• vesicovaginal
• vulvovaginal

Translations

of the vagina

Arabic: مهبليّ Aragonese: vachinal Asturian: vaxinal (ast) Bulgarian: вагинален (vaginalen), влагалищен (vlagališten) Catalan: vaginal (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 陰道的 / 阴道的 (zh) (yīndào de) Czech: poševní (cs) Danish: vaginal Dutch: vaginaal (nl) Esperanto: vagina (eo) Finnish: emätin- (fi), vaginaalinen French: vaginal (fr) Galician: vaxinal German: vaginal (de) Hungarian: hüvelyi (hu) Icelandic: legganga- (is), skeiðar- (is), slíður- Ido: vaginala Indonesian: vaginal Italian: vaginale (it) Japanese: 膣の (ja) (ちつの, chitsu no) Kazakh: қынаптық (qynaptyq) Polish: pochwowy (pl), waginalny (pl), dopochwowy (pl) Portuguese: vaginal (pt) Romanian: vaginal (ro) Russian: вагина́льный (ru) (vaginálʹnyj), влага́лищный (ru) (vlagáliščnyj) Spanish: vaginal (es) Swedish: vaginal (sv) Tagalog: ng puki Turkish: vajinal (tr) Ukrainian: вагіна́льний (uk) (vahinálʹnyj), пі́хвовий (píxvovyj) Volapük: vaginik West Frisian: faginaal

relating to a theca

Chinese: Mandarin: 鞘的 (zh) (qiào de)

See also

• yonic

References

• “vaginal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “vaginal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Galvani, avaling

Catalan

Etymology

From vagina +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.ʒiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.ʒiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [va.d͡ʒiˈnal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: va‧gi‧nal

Adjective

vaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vaginals)

1. vaginal

Derived terms

• cervicovaginal

Further reading

• “vaginal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vaginal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vaginal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ʒi.nal/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

vaginal (feminine vaginale, masculine plural vaginaux, feminine plural vaginales)

1. vaginal

   Les sécrétions vaginales, quand elles ont une consistance mucilagineuse adéquate, favorisent la pénétration et les mouvements du pénis ou de l'objet pénétrant dans le vagin et facilitent le plaisir sexuel.

   Vaginal secretions have a mucilaginous consistency that eases the penetration and movement of the penis or the penetrating object into and inside the vagina (thus) facilitating (female) sexual pleasure.

Derived terms

• pet vaginal

Descendants

• → Dutch: vaginaal

Further reading

• “vaginal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany):

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

vaginal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular vaginaler, not comparable)

1. vaginal

Declension

Positive forms of vaginal (uncomparable, no predicate)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		—	—	—	—
strong declension (without article)	nominative	vaginaler	vaginale	vaginales	vaginale
	genitive	vaginalen	vaginaler	vaginalen	vaginaler
	dative	vaginalem	vaginaler	vaginalem	vaginalen
	accusative	vaginalen	vaginale	vaginales	vaginale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der vaginale	die vaginale	das vaginale	die vaginalen
	genitive	des vaginalen	der vaginalen	des vaginalen	der vaginalen
	dative	dem vaginalen	der vaginalen	dem vaginalen	den vaginalen
	accusative	den vaginalen	die vaginale	das vaginale	die vaginalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein vaginaler	eine vaginale	ein vaginales	(keine) vaginalen
	genitive	eines vaginalen	einer vaginalen	eines vaginalen	(keiner) vaginalen
	dative	einem vaginalen	einer vaginalen	einem vaginalen	(keinen) vaginalen
	accusative	einen vaginalen	eine vaginale	ein vaginales	(keine) vaginalen

Further reading

• “vaginal” in Duden online
• “vaginal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch vaginaal (“vaginal”), from French vaginal, from New Latin vāgīnālis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /vaˈɡinal/ [faˈɡi.nal]
• Rhymes: -inal
• Syllabification: va‧gi‧nal

Adjective

vaginal (comparative lebih vaginal, superlative paling vaginal)

1. (anatomy) vaginal

Related terms

• vagina

Further reading

• “vaginal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ʒiˈnaw/ [va.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ʒiˈnal/ [vɐ.ʒiˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ʒiˈnal/ [vɐ.ʒiˈnaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ʒiˈnal/ [bɐ.ʒiˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ʒiˈna.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: va‧gi‧nal

Adjective

vaginal m or f (plural vaginais)

1. vaginal

Derived terms

• vaginalmente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vaginal. By surface analysis, vagin +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vad͡ʒiˈnal/

Adjective

vaginal m or n (feminine singular vaginală, masculine plural vaginali, feminine and neuter plural vaginale)

1. vaginal

Declension

Declension of vaginal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	vaginal		vaginală		vaginali	vaginale
	definite	vaginalul		vaginala		vaginalii	vaginalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	vaginal		vaginale		vaginali	vaginale
	definite	vaginalului		vaginalei		vaginalilor	vaginalelor

Related terms

• vagin

Spanish

Etymology

From vagina +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baxiˈnal/ [ba.xiˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: va‧gi‧nal

Adjective

vaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vaginales)

1. vaginal

Derived terms

• braquiovaginal
• cervicovaginal
• sexo vaginal
• transvaginal
• uterovaginal
• vaginalmente

Further reading

• “vaginal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Adjective

vaginal (not comparable)

1. vaginal

Declension

Inflection of vaginal

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vaginal	—	—
neuter singular	vaginalt	—	—
plural	vaginala	—	—
masculine plural2	vaginale	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vaginale	—	—
all	vaginala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• neovaginal (“neovaginal”)
• vaginalflatulens (“vaginal flatulence”)
• vaginalkula (“kegel ball”)
• vaginalsex (“vaginal sex”)

Related terms

• vagina (“vagina”)

References

• vaginal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vaginal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)