Meanings
present singular third person deflowers · participle present deflowering · participle past deflowered · past deflowered
- transitiveTo take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
But when you deflower a girl, that's it. You did it. You were the one. No one else can ever do it.
1995, Harmony Korine, Kids, spoken by Telly1 more example
I have to admit this outfit's doing it for me; I may or may not have been deflowered by a junior rodeo champion.
2009, Community, spoken by Jeff WingerSynonyms: deflorate, cherry-pop
- transitiveTo deprive of flowers.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latindeflōrāre
- Old Frenchdesflorer
- Middle Englishdeflouren
- Englishdeflower
From Middle English deflouren, from Old French desflorer (modern French déflorer), from Late Latin deflōrāre. By surface analysis, de- + flower.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِفْتَضَّ, تَصَرُّف
- اِفْتَضَّ (iftaḍḍa)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- تَصَرُّف (taṣarruf)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Bulgarian дефлорирам, обезчестявам
- дефлорирам (defloriram)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- обезчестявам (obezčestjavam)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Catalan desvirgar, desflorar
- desvirgarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- desflorarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Chinese Mandarin 開苞 /开苞, 破瓜
- 開苞 /开苞 (kāibāo)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- 破瓜 (pòguā)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- 破處 /破处 (pòchǔ)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Czech odpanit
- odpanitto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Danish deflorere
- deflorereto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Dutch ontmaagden
- ontmaagdento take the virginity of a woman or girl
Esperanto deflori, malvirgigi
- deflorito take the virginity of a woman or girl
- malvirgigito take the virginity of a woman or girl
Finnish viedä neitsyys
- viedä neitsyysto take the virginity of a woman or girl
French déflorer, dépuceler
- déflorerto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- dépucelerto take the virginity of a woman or girl
German deflorieren, entjungfern
- deflorierento take the virginity of a woman or girl
- entjungfernto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Greek διακορεύω, ξεπαρθενιάζω
- διακορεύω (diakorévo)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- ξεπαρθενιάζω (xepartheniázo)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Hindi कौमार्य भंग करना, नथ उतारना
- कौमार्य भंग करना (kaumārya bhaṅg karnā)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- नथ उतारना (nath utārnā)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- चीरा उतारना (cīrā utārnā)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- तसर्रुफ़ (tasarruf)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Hungarian megbecstelenít
- megbecstelenítto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Icelandic afmeyja
- afmeyjato take the virginity of a woman or girl
Italian deflorare, sverginare
- deflorareto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- sverginareto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Japanese 破瓜する
- 破瓜する (haka suru)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Latin defloro, devirgino
- defloroto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- devirginoto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Persian تَصَرُّف
- تَصَرُّفto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Polish rozdziewiczać, rozdziewiczyć
- rozdziewiczaćto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- rozdziewiczyćto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Portuguese deflorar, desvirginar
- deflorarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- desvirginarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Romanian deflora
- deflorato take the virginity of a woman or girl
Russian лиша́ть де́вственности, лиши́ть де́вственности
- лиша́ть де́вственности (lišátʹ dévstvennosti)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- лиши́ть де́вственности (lišítʹ dévstvennosti)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- дефлори́ровать (deflorírovatʹ)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- растлева́ть (rastlevátʹ)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
- растли́ть (rastlítʹ)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Spanish desflorar, desvirgar
- desflorarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- desvirgarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- desguabilarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
- desniñarto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Swedish deflorera
- deflorerato take the virginity of a woman or girl
Turkish kızlık bozmak
- kızlık bozmakto take the virginity of a woman or girl
Urdu تَصَرُّف
- تَصَرُّف (tasarruf)to take the virginity of a woman or girl
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with deflower
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Cite this entry
deflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflower
“deflower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflower. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deflower,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflower.
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