Meaning

6 senses
  1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

    Jungfrau

    де́вственникdévstvennik, де́вственницаdévstvennica, це́лкаcélka

    неза́йманецьnezájmanecʹ, неза́йманаnezájmana, ді́ваdíva

    a person who has never had sex

  2. A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.

    (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo

  3. Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.

    In its list of saints, the Catholic Church classifies St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux as virgins.

  4. (informal)One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.

    I've never eaten tofu before—you could say I'm a tofu virgin.

  5. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

  6. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

Examples

99 sentences
  1. You must not be a virgin, right?

    Ти не повинна бути незайманою, чи не так?

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  2. If I die, I want to die a virgin.

    Якщо я помру, я хочу померти незайманою.

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  3. As I thought, she's a virgin!

    Як я і думав, вона незаймана!

    ruКак я и думал, она девственница!

    deWie ich dachte, sie ist Jungfrau!

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  4. She was still a virgin.

    Вона все ще була незайманою.

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  5. She is not a virgin anymore.

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Translations

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person who has never had sexual intercourse:

Origin

From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of v

From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.

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Forms

plural: virgins
Singularvirgin
Pluralvirgins

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo:Virgo
  • the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22:VirgoVirgo the Virgin

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
virgin — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto