Meanings
plural clitoral hoods
- A fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.
With a Q-tip, Dr. Rubin probes each part of the vulva for pain, pointing out the labia minora, labia majora and vaginal opening as her patient follows along. Then, she checks under the clitoral hood for adhesions or other skin conditions.
2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: clitoral foreskin, clitoral prepuce, praeputium clitoridis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.
Translations
Basque klitoriaren moko-azal
- klitoriaren moko-azalfold of skin
Bulgarian кли́торна качу́лка
- кли́торна качу́лка (klítorna kačúlka)fold of skin
Catalan prepuci del clítoris
- prepuci del clítorisfold of skin
Chinese Mandarin 陰蒂包皮 /阴蒂包皮
- 陰蒂包皮 /阴蒂包皮 (yīndì bāopí)fold of skin
Czech předkožka klitorisu
- předkožka klitorisufold of skin
Danish klitorisforhud
- klitorisforhudfold of skin
Dutch clitorishoed, clitoriskap
- clitorishoedfold of skin
- clitoriskapfold of skin
Esperanto klitora prepucio
- klitora prepuciofold of skin
Finnish klitoriksen huppu
- klitoriksen huppufold of skin
French capuchon du clitoris, capuchon clitoridien
- capuchon du clitorisfold of skin
- capuchon clitoridienfold of skin
- prépuce clitoridienfold of skin
German Klitorisvorhaut
- Klitorisvorhautfold of skin
Greek κλειτοριδική κουκούλα
- κλειτοριδική κουκούλα (kleitoridikí koukoúla)fold of skin
Indonesian tudung klitoris
- tudung klitorisfold of skin
Italian prepuzio clitorideo
- prepuzio clitorideofold of skin
Japanese 陰核包皮
- 陰核包皮 (inkakuhōhi)fold of skin
Korean 음핵포피
- 음핵포피 (eumhaekpopi)fold of skin
Polish napletek łechtaczki
- napletek łechtaczkifold of skin
Portuguese prepúcio do clitóris, capuz do clitóris
- prepúcio do clitórisfold of skin
- capuz do clitórisfold of skin
Romanian prepuțul clitorisului
- prepuțul clitorisuluifold of skin
Russian клитора́льный капюшо́н
- клитора́льный капюшо́н (klitorálʹnyj kapjušón)fold of skin
Spanish prepucio clitorial, prepucio de clítoris
- prepucio clitorialfold of skin
- prepucio de clítorisfold of skin
Swedish klitoriskappa, klitorishuva
- klitoriskappafold of skin
- klitorishuvafold of skin
Tagalog bilot ng kuntil
- bilot ng kuntilfold of skin
Turkish klitoral kaput
- klitoral kaputfold of skin
Ukrainian крайня плоть клітора
- крайня плоть клітора (krajnja plotʹ klitora)fold of skin
Vietnamese mũ âm vật
- mũ âm vậtfold of skin
Cite this entry
clitoral hood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clitoral%20hood
“clitoral hood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clitoral%20hood. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clitoral hood,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clitoral%20hood.
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