# vaginal
## English
### Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin vāgīnālis, from vāgīna (“a covering, sheath; the vagina”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to vagina +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vəˈd͡ʒʌɪ.nəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈvæd͡ʒ.ən.əl/
* Rhymes: -aɪnəl, -ædʒɪnəl

### Adjective

vaginal (not comparable)
* (relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.
    You may have a vaginal birth, C-section or surrogacy; it's up to you.
* (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to a theca.

#### Derived terms

* abdominovaginal
* anovaginal
* antevaginal
* brachiovaginal
* cervicovaginal
* circumvaginal
* clitourethrovaginal
* colovaginal
* endovaginal
* enterovaginal
* extravaginal
* ileovaginal
* intervaginal
* intravaginal, intra-vaginal
* ischiovaginal
* neovaginal
* nonvaginal
* orovaginal
* palatovaginal
* paravaginal
* penovaginal
* perineovaginal
* perivaginal
* pervaginal
* postvaginal
* prevaginal
* pubovaginal
* rectovaginal
* sacrovaginal
* subvaginal
* supravaginal
* transvaginal
* ureterovaginal
* urethrovaginal
* urovaginal
* uterovaginal
* vaginal birth
* vaginal discharge
* vaginal flatulence
* vaginal fluid
* vaginal introitus
* vaginalist
* vaginality
* vaginalize
* vaginal lubrication
* vaginally
* vaginal opening
* vaginal process
* vaginal ring
* vaginal sex
* vaginal vault
* vesicovaginal
* vulvovaginal

#### Translations
### See also

* yonic

### References

* “vaginal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “vaginal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* Galvani, avaling

## Catalan
### Etymology

From vagina +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bə.ʒiˈnal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [və.ʒiˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [va.d͡ʒiˈnal]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: va‧gi‧nal

### Adjective

vaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vaginals)
* vaginal

#### Derived terms

* cervicovaginal

### Further reading

* “vaginal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “vaginal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “vaginal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /va.ʒi.nal/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Adjective

vaginal (feminine vaginale, masculine plural vaginaux, feminine plural vaginales)
* vaginal
    Les sécrétions vaginales, quand elles ont une consistance mucilagineuse adéquate, favorisent la pénétration et les mouvements du pénis ou de l’objet pénétrant dans le vagin et facilitent le plaisir sexuel.Vaginal secretions have a mucilaginous consistency that eases the penetration and movement of the penis or the penetrating object into and inside the vagina (thus) facilitating (female) sexual pleasure.

#### Derived terms

* pet vaginal

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: vaginaal

### Further reading

* “vaginal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

vaginal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular vaginaler, not comparable)
* vaginal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “vaginal” in Duden online
* “vaginal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /va.ʒiˈnaw/ [va.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐ.ʒiˈnal/ [vɐ.ʒiˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐ.ʒiˈnal/ [vɐ.ʒiˈnaɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐ.ʒiˈnal/ [bɐ.ʒiˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɐ.ʒiˈna.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: va‧gi‧nal

### Adjective

vaginal m or f (plural vaginais)
* vaginal

#### Derived terms

* vaginalmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vaginal. By surface analysis, vagin +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vad͡ʒiˈnal/

### Adjective

vaginal m or n (feminine singular vaginală, masculine plural vaginali, feminine and neuter plural vaginale)
* vaginal

#### Related terms

* vagin

## Spanish
### Etymology

From vagina +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baxiˈnal/ [ba.xiˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: va‧gi‧nal

### Adjective

vaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vaginales)
* vaginal

#### Derived terms

* braquiovaginal
* cervicovaginal
* sexo vaginal
* transvaginal
* uterovaginal
* vaginalmente

### Further reading

* “vaginal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

vaginal (not (comparable))
* vaginal

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* neovaginal (“neovaginal”)
* vaginalflatulens (“vaginal flatulence”)
* vaginalkula (“kegel ball”)
* vaginalsex (“vaginal sex”)

#### Related terms

* vagina (“vagina”)

### References

* vaginal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vaginal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)