Meanings
- euphemisticpluralplural onlyThose parts of the human body commonly expected to be covered by clothing when in public; especially, the pubic area.
And what was it only one of the smutty yankee pictures Terry borrows off of Corny Kelleher. Secrets for enlarging your private parts.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLCSynonyms: privy parts, privates, danger zone, down there, genital organs, genitalia, genitals, genitors
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThose parts of the human body commonly expected to be covered by clothing when in public; especially, the pubic area.
More synonyms by meaning
nounexternal sex organ
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 私處 /私处, 陰部 /阴部
- 私處 /私处 (sīchù)intimate parts of the human body
- 陰部 /阴部 (yīnbù)intimate parts of the human body
Danish private dele
- private deleintimate parts of the human body
Estonian suguelundid
- suguelundidintimate parts of the human body
Finnish sukuelimet
- sukuelimetintimate parts of the human body
French parties intimes
- parties intimesintimate parts of the human body
German Scham, Geschlechtsteile
- Schamintimate parts of the human body
- Geschlechtsteileintimate parts of the human body
- Schamteileintimate parts of the human body
Italian parti intime
- parti intimeintimate parts of the human body
Japanese 恥部, 陰部
- 恥部 (chibu)intimate parts of the human body
- 陰部 (inbu)intimate parts of the human body
Korean 음부
- 음부 (eumbu)intimate parts of the human body
Latin pudenda, inguen
- pudendaintimate parts of the human body
- inguenintimate parts of the human body
- ileintimate parts of the human body
Polish intymne części ciała
- intymne części ciałaintimate parts of the human body
Portuguese partes
- partesintimate parts of the human body
Romanian părți intime, zone intime
- părți intimeintimate parts of the human body
- zone intimeintimate parts of the human body
Russian инти́мные ча́сти те́ла, срамны́е места́
- инти́мные ча́сти те́ла (intímnyje části téla)intimate parts of the human body
- срамны́е места́ (sramnýje mestá)intimate parts of the human body
Spanish partes naturales, partes nobles
- partes naturalesintimate parts of the human body
- partes noblesintimate parts of the human body
- partes pudendasintimate parts of the human body
- partes vergonzosasintimate parts of the human body
- partes privadasintimate parts of the human body
- partes íntimasintimate parts of the human body
Swahili tupu
- tupuintimate parts of the human body
Swedish privata delar
- privata delarintimate parts of the human body
Welsh dirgelion
- dirgelionintimate parts of the human body
Cite this entry
private parts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/private%20parts
“private parts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/private%20parts. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “private parts,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/private%20parts.
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