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genital

See also: génital and Genital

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Etymology

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From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)

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genital (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
  2. Of, or relating to the genitalia.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:
      In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure.
  3. (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁- (0 c, 122 e)

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Noun

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genital (plural genitals)

  1. (rare, chiefly in the plural) A genital organ.
    • 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")
    • 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
      David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.
    • 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 164:
      […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”).

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Adjective

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genital m or f (masculine and feminine plural genitals)

  1. genital
    Synonyms: genitori, generador

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Galician

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Adjective

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genital m or f (plural genitais, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xenital

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genital m (plural genitais, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xenital

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  • “genital” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

German

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genital (strong nominative masculine singular genitaler, not comparable)

  1. genital

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Positive forms of genital (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist genital sie ist genital es ist genital sie sind genital
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative genitaler genitale genitales genitale
genitive genitalen genitaler genitalen genitaler
dative genitalem genitaler genitalem genitalen
accusative genitalen genitale genitales genitale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der genitale die genitale das genitale die genitalen
genitive des genitalen der genitalen des genitalen der genitalen
dative dem genitalen der genitalen dem genitalen den genitalen
accusative den genitalen die genitale das genitale die genitalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein genitaler eine genitale ein genitales (keine) genitalen
genitive eines genitalen einer genitalen eines genitalen (keiner) genitalen
dative einem genitalen einer genitalen einem genitalen (keinen) genitalen
accusative einen genitalen eine genitale ein genitales (keine) genitalen

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

Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tal

Adjective

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genital m or f (plural genitais, not comparable)

  1. genital

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genital m (plural genitais)

  1. (Usually plural) genital

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French génital, from Latin genitalis.

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genital m or n (feminine singular genitală, masculine plural genitali, feminine and neuter plural genitale)

  1. genital

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite genital genitală genitali genitale
definite genitalul genitala genitalii genitalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite genital genitale genitali genitale
definite genitalului genitalei genitalilor genitalelor

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin genitālis.

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  • IPA(key): /xeniˈtal/ [xe.niˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ge‧ni‧tal

Adjective

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genital m or f (masculine and feminine plural genitales)

  1. genital

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Noun

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genital m (plural genitales)

  1. (in the plural) genital

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