# condom
## English
### Alternative forms

* condum

### Etymology

Unknown. Many speculations exist. Possibly derived from Italian guantone, from guanto (“a glove”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒn.dɒm/, /ˈkɒn.dəm/
* (US) IPA: /ˈkɑn.dəm/, /ˈkʌn.dəm/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

condom (plural condoms)
* A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom
    buy a pack of condoms
    flavoured condom
    ribbed condoms
** 2009, Albert Altchek, Liane Deligdisch, Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Gynecology:However, substantial proportions of participants preferred the nonlatex condom or reported that they would recommend its use to others.
** 2015, Beth Burgoon, About That Night, Don Mills, O.N.: Harlequin Superromance, →ISBN, page 123:We're in the small percentage of cases in which condoms are ineffective. Looks as if you have some sort of supersperm. You must be very proud.
** 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:I remember that one time I went to the kiosk next door to buy condoms, it was raining, she appeared.
* (loosely) A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn as a barrier between an erect penis and the inner surface of the vagina, anus, or mouth during sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs.

#### Synonyms

* condie (slang)
* dinger (Australian slang)
* franger (Australian slang)
* French letter (UK)
* jimmy hat (slang)
* johnny (UK slang)
* protection (euphemism)
* raincoat (slang)
* rubber (US slang)

#### Derived terms

* condomed
* condomization
* condomize
* condomless
* condomlike
* external condom
* female condom
* internal condom
* male condom
* my condom broke
* precondom
* USB condom

#### Descendants

* → Afar: kondom
* → Cantonese: condom, dom
* → Cebuano: kondom
* → Czech: kondom
* →? Danish: kondom
** → Greenlandic: kondomi
* → Dutch: condoom
** Indonesian: kondom
* → Finnish: kondomi
* → French: condom
* → German: Kondom
* → Italian: condom
* → Japanese: コンドーム (kondōmu)
* → Korean: 콘돔 (kondom)
* → Macedonian: кондо́м (kondóm)
* → Malay: kondom
* → Norwegian Bokmål: kondom
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: kondom
* → Polish: kondom
* → Russian: кондо́м (kondóm), гондо́н (gondón)
* → Serbo-Croatian: kondom
* → Swahili: kondomu
* → Tagalog: kondom
* → Tok Pisin: kondom
* →? Turkish: kondom

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Michael Quinion (2004) “Condom”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
* “The word “condom”” by Anatoly Liberman, from the Oxford University Press (2022-09-21)

### Anagrams

* McOndo, mod con

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English condom.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kon$^1$ dam$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kon$^1$ dam$^4$
*** Yale: kōn dàhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kon$^1$ dam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kon$^1$ dem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔːn⁵⁵ tɐm²¹/

### Noun

condom (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* condom (Classifier: 個／个 c)
* (neologism, originally Internet slang, figuratively) someone or something easily disposed, due to their worthlessness after use

#### Synonyms

* (condom):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 避孕套, 安全套, 保險套, 陰莖套 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 避孕套兒, 套兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 保險套, 衛生套, 套, 套套, 小雨傘 euphemistic, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 保險套兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 如意套 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 如意套, 安全套 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 避孕套, 安全套, 套, condom, dom, dom dom, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic, 如意袋 euphemistic |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 保險套, 保險落 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 保險落 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 保險套 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | sak-khuh GT, 保險套 GT |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 避孕袋, 避孕套 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 套子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Related terms

* dom

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.dɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

condom m (plural condoms)
* (North America) condom

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English condom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔn.dom/
* Rhymes: -ɔndom
* Hyphenation: còn‧dom

### Noun

condom m (invariable)
* condom
    Synonyms: preservativo, profilattico