Meanings
nounmissionary position (plural missionary positions)
plural missionary positions
- A position for sexual intercourse in which the man and woman face each other, with the man on top.
Synonyms: mish
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA position for sexual intercourse in which the man and woman face each other, with the man on top.
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Origin
Supposed to have been originated by natives of the Trobriand Islands (who considered it improper), popularized by Alfred Kinsey.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sendelingposisie
- sendelingposisieposition for sexual intercourse
Bulgarian мисионерска поза
- мисионерска поза (misionerska poza)position for sexual intercourse
Catalan posició del missioner
- posició del missionerposition for sexual intercourse
Chinese Cantonese 傳教士體位 /传教士体位
- 傳教士體位 /传教士体位 (cyun⁴ gaau³ si⁶ tai² wai⁶)position for sexual intercourse
Chinese Mandarin 傳教士體位 /传教士体位, 龍翻 /龙翻
- 傳教士體位 /传教士体位 (chuánjiàoshì tǐwèi)position for sexual intercourse
- 龍翻 /龙翻 (lóngfān)position for sexual intercourse
- 男上位 (nánshàngwèi)position for sexual intercourse
Czech misionářská poloha, misionářská pozice
- misionářská polohaposition for sexual intercourse
- misionářská poziceposition for sexual intercourse
Danish missionærstilling
- missionærstillingposition for sexual intercourse
Dutch missionarishouding
- missionarishoudingposition for sexual intercourse
Esperanto misiista pozicio
- misiista pozicioposition for sexual intercourse
Estonian misjonäriasend, misjonäripoos
- misjonäriasendposition for sexual intercourse
- misjonäripoosposition for sexual intercourse
Finnish lähetyssaarnaaja-asento
- lähetyssaarnaaja-asentoposition for sexual intercourse
French position du missionnaire
- position du missionnaireposition for sexual intercourse
German Missionarsstellung
- Missionarsstellungposition for sexual intercourse
Greek ιεραποστολικό
- ιεραποστολικό (ierapostolikó)position for sexual intercourse
Hungarian misszionárius póz
- misszionárius pózposition for sexual intercourse
Icelandic trúboðastelling
- trúboðastellingposition for sexual intercourse
Irish suíomh misinéireachta
- suíomh misinéireachtaposition for sexual intercourse
Italian posizione del missionario
- posizione del missionarioposition for sexual intercourse
Japanese 正常位
- 正常位 (seijōi)position for sexual intercourse
Korean 정상위
- 정상위 (jeongsang'wi)position for sexual intercourse
Latvian misionāru poza
- misionāru pozaposition for sexual intercourse
Lithuanian misionieriaus poza
- misionieriaus pozaposition for sexual intercourse
Norwegian Bokmål misjonærstilling
- misjonærstillingposition for sexual intercourse
Polish pozycja misjonarska
- pozycja misjonarskaposition for sexual intercourse
Portuguese posição de missionário, posição papai e mamãe
- posição de missionárioposition for sexual intercourse
- posição papai e mamãeposition for sexual intercourse
Russian миссионерская позиция
- миссионерская позиция (missionerskaja pozicija)position for sexual intercourse
Slovak misionárska poloha
- misionárska polohaposition for sexual intercourse
Spanish postura del misionero
- postura del misioneroposition for sexual intercourse
Swedish missionären, missionärsställning
- missionärenposition for sexual intercourse
- missionärsställningposition for sexual intercourse
Turkish misyoner pozisyonu
- misyoner pozisyonuposition for sexual intercourse
Ukrainian місіонерська позиція
- місіонерська позиція (misionersʹka pozycija)position for sexual intercourse
Cite this entry
APA
missionary position. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missionary%20position
MLA
“missionary position.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missionary%20position. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “missionary position,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missionary%20position.
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