noun · rare

vulva

vulva · vulvas · vulvae

вульва

наружные женские половые органы, вульва

Scham, Vulva

The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes…The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

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/ˈvʌlvə/

» The vagina meets the external organs at the vulva.

Meaning

2 senses

The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
Vulva, Scham
ву́льваvúlʹva, нару́жные же́нские половы́е о́рганыnarúžnyje žénskije polovýje órgany
ву́льваvúlʹva
external parts of the female genitalia
A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

Examples

4 sentences

The vagina meets the external organs at the vulva.
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The vulva is the outer part of the vagina.
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What's the difference between a vulva and a vagina?
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There are girls with penises, boys with vulvas and transphobes without teeth.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

collectively the external female sexual organs:

Русский

By meaning 1

collectively the external female sexual organs:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

collectively the external female sexual organs:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब॑ (úlba) and उल्व॑ (úlva, “womb”) or English valve, valva and other descendants of the Latin term (evolve, involve, revolve).

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