Meaning

1 senses
  1. The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

    In the female genitalia, the clitoral hood is homologous to the foreskin.

    Vorhaut, Präputium

    кра́йняя плотьkrájnjaja plotʹ, препу́цийprepúcij

    кра́йня пло́тьkrájnja plótʹ, препу́ційprepúcij

    a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

Examples

6 sentences
  1. There was smegma under his foreskin.

  2. Pull the foreskin back before putting on the condom.

    ruОттяните крайнюю плоть, перед тем как надевать презерватив. — corvard

  3. The glans (head of the penis) is covered with loose skin called the foreskin.

  4. I like my foreskin.

  5. Aposthia is a rare congenital condition in human males; the penile foreskin is naturally missing.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fold of skin covering the head of the penis:
Русский
By meaning 1
fold of skin covering the head of the penis:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fold of skin covering the head of the penis:

Origin

From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First

From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.

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Forms

plural: foreskins
Singularforeskin
Pluralforeskins

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis:prepuce
  • a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris:prepuce

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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