Meanings
plural virginities
- countableuncountableThe state or characteristic of being a virgin.
to lose one's virginity
1 more example
She had a lot of dark hair pinned untidily back from a small well-formed brow, and her tilted nose and large embarrassed eyes had survived intact from the mistrusts and agitations of a schoolgirl, which maturity had striven to defeat by lengthening her chin and tightening her lips, while giving her skin the faintly furred matt surface of pickled virginity.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 128Synonyms: maidenhood, maidenhead, maidhood, V card, cherry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or characteristic of being a virgin.
Origin
- Latinvirginitas
- Old Frenchvirginite
- Middle Englishvirginite
- Englishvirginity
From Middle English virginite, from Old French virginite, from Latin virginitas. Equivalent to virgin + -ity. Displaced native Old English mæġeþhād (compare modern English maidhood), originally meaning “girlhood.”
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans maagdelikheid
- maagdelikheidstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Ancient Greek παρθενία
- παρθενία (parthenía)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Arabic بَكَارَة, بَتُولِيَّة
- بَكَارَة (bakāra)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- بَتُولِيَّة (batūliyya)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Bulgarian де́вственост
- де́вственост (dévstvenost)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Catalan virginitat
- virginitatstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Chinese Mandarin 處女性 /处女性, 童貞 /童贞
- 處女性 /处女性 (chùnǚxìng)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- 童貞 /童贞 (tóngzhēn)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Czech panenství
- panenstvístate or characteristic of being a virgin
Dutch maagdelijkheid
- maagdelijkheidstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Estonian neitsilikkus
- neitsilikkusstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Finnish neitsyys
- neitsyysstate or characteristic of being a virgin
French virginité
- virginitéstate or characteristic of being a virgin
German Jungfräulichkeit, Virginität
- Jungfräulichkeitstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- Virginitätstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- Unschuldstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Greek παρθενία
- παρθενία (parthenía)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Hebrew בְּתוּלִים
- בְּתוּלִים (b'tulím)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Irish maighdeanas, ócht
- maighdeanasstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- óchtstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Italian verginità, pulcellaggio
- verginitàstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- pulcellaggiostate or characteristic of being a virgin
Japanese 処女, 処女性
- 処女 (shojo)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- 処女性 (shojosei)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- 童貞 (dōtei)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Latin virginitās
- virginitāsstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Latvian jaunavība
- jaunavībastate or characteristic of being a virgin
Lithuanian nekaltýbė
- nekaltýbėstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Malay dara, keperawanan
- darastate or characteristic of being a virgin
- keperawananstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Māori puhinga, wāhinatanga
- puhingastate or characteristic of being a virgin
- wāhinatangastate or characteristic of being a virgin
Persian باکرگی, بکارت
- باکرگی (bâkeregi)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- بکارت (bakârat)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Polish panieństwo, dziewictwo
- panieństwostate or characteristic of being a virgin
- dziewictwostate or characteristic of being a virgin
Portuguese virgindade
- virgindadestate or characteristic of being a virgin
Romanian virginitate, feciorie
- virginitatestate or characteristic of being a virgin
- fecioriestate or characteristic of being a virgin
Russian де́вственность, неви́нность
- де́вственность (dévstvennostʹ)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- неви́нность (nevínnostʹ)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- непоро́чность (neporóčnostʹ)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Scottish Gaelic maighdeannas, òigheachd
- maighdeannasstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- òigheachdstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Slovak panenstvo
- panenstvostate or characteristic of being a virgin
Spanish virginidad, doncellez
- virginidadstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- doncellezstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Swahili ubikira
- ubikirastate or characteristic of being a virgin
Swedish oskuld, jungfrudom
- oskuldstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- jungfrudomstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- mödomstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- svendomstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Thai พรหมจรรย์
- พรหมจรรย์ (prom-má-jan)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Turkish bakirlik, bakirelik
- bakirlikstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- bakirelikstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- bekâretstate or characteristic of being a virgin
- kızlıkstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Ukrainian цно́та, неза́йманість
- цно́та (cnóta)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- неза́йманість (nezájmanistʹ)state or characteristic of being a virgin
- цнотли́вість (cnotlývistʹ)state or characteristic of being a virgin
Vietnamese trinh tiết
- trinh tiếtstate or characteristic of being a virgin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with virginity
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