virginity
/və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/
virginity noun: the state or characteristic of being a virgin.
Noun
virginity (countable and uncountable, plural virginities)
- The state or characteristic of being a virgin.
- to lose one's virginity
- 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...1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 128
- Synonyms:
- maidenhood, maidenhead, maidhood, V card, cherry
virginity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
virginity in Hindi
- कौमार्य, वर्जिनिटी
virginity in Tamil
- கன்னிமை, கன்னித்தன்மை
virginity in Marathi
- virginity
- पावित्र्य pāvitrya
virginity in Urdu
- بکارت, دوشیزگی, خالص, کورا پنڈا, کنوار پن
More languagesFewer languages
- virginity in Bengali
- কুমারীত্ব kumaritto
- virginity in Telugu
- కన్నెరికం kannerikaṁ
- virginity in Malayalam
- കന്യകാത്വം
- virginity in Kannada
- ಕನ್ಯತ್ವ, ವರ್ಜಿನಿಟೀ, ವರ್ಜಿನಿಟಿ
- virginity in Punjabi
- ਕੁਆਰੀਅਤ, ਕੁਆਰੇਪਣ, ਕੁਆਰੀਪਨ
- virginity in Gujarati
- કૌમાર્ય, વર્જિનિટી
- virginity in Odia
- କୁମାରୀତ୍ୱ, କୁମାରୀତ୍ବ
- virginity in Nepali
- कौमार्य, कुमारीत्व, वर्जिनिटी
- virginity in Arabic
- بَكَارَة bakāra, بَتُولِيَّة batūliyya
- virginity in Malay
- dara, keperawanan
- virginity in Persian
- باکرگی bâkeregi, بکارت bakârat
- virginity in Thai
- พรหมจรรย์ prom-má-jan
- virginity in Vietnamese
- trinh tiết
Examples of virginity in a sentence
- If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.
- The enormous value that patriarchal cultures and religions place on female virginity has roots in biology.
- Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”
Synonyms of virginity
Forms of virginity
| plural | virginities |
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Origin of virginity
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.”
Words formed from virginity
Phrases with virginity
Words that rhyme with virginity
Questions about virginity
- What does virginity mean?
- Virginity means the state or characteristic of being a virgin.
- What is virginity in Hindi?
- Virginity in Hindi is कौमार्य, वर्जिनिटी. See Virginity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is virginity?
- Virginity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce virginity?
- Virginity is pronounced /və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/.
- What is the plural of virginity?
- The plural of virginity is virginities.
Words near virginity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: virginity (page history and authors); virginity (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); virginity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पावित्र्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); virginity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কুমারীত্ব (Bengali) (page history and authors); virginity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virginity (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); virginity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); virginity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); virginity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); virginity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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