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pudendum

UK/pjʊˈdɛndəm/

pudendum noun: external genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva.

Noun

pudendum (plural pudenda)

  1. (plural-normally) External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva.
    • Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228
  2. (in plural) A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively.
  3. (figuratively) A shameful part of something.

pudendum meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Gujarati

pudendum in Tamil

பிறப்புறுப்பு, பெண் பாலுறுப்பு, பெண்பால் வெளியுறுப்பு, மறைநம்

pudendum in Urdu

pudendum
عورت 'aurat

pudendum in Telugu

pudendum
మానము mānamu

pudendum in Gujarati

pudendum
ઓરત ŏrat

Forms of pudendum

pluralpudenda

Origin of pudendum

From Latin pudenda (“that whereof one ought to feel shame”), substantive use of the neuter plural gerundive of pudet (“it shames”); in Latin the usage in the plural form (to mean external genitalia), was far more common than the singular form, as is also the case in English.

Words formed from pudendum

Questions about pudendum

What does pudendum mean?
Pudendum means external genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva.
What is pudendum in Tamil?
Pudendum in Tamil is பிறப்புறுப்பு, பெண் பாலுறுப்பு, பெண்பால் வெளியுறுப்பு. See Pudendum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pudendum?
Pudendum is a noun.
How do you pronounce pudendum?
Pudendum is pronounced /pjʊˈdɛndəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of pudendum?
The plural of pudendum is pudenda.

Words near pudendum in the dictionary

  1. pudendal clefts
  2. pudendo-
  3. pudendoepigastric
  4. pudendous
  5. pudends
  6. pudendum
  7. pudendum muliebre
  8. pudendum virile
  9. pudent
  10. Puderbaugh
  11. pudeur

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pudendum (page history and authors); pudendum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عورت (Urdu) (page history and authors); మానము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ઓરત (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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