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.
» The vagina meets the external organs at the vulva.
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2 sensesThe 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 sentencesThe vagina meets the external organs at the vulva.
The vulva is the outer part of the vagina.
What's the difference between a vulva and a vagina?
There are girls with penises, boys with vulvas and transphobes without teeth.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probablyLearned 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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Forms
plural: vulvas / vulvaeSynonyms
57 synonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.