vulva
/ˈvʌlvə/
vulva noun: the external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
Noun
vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)
- The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
- The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 247
- The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 22
- A protrusion on the side of a nematode.
vulva meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vulva in Hindi
- collectively the external female sexual organs
- भग bhag
vulva in Tamil
- collectively the external female sexual organs
- யோனி yōṉi, கருவாய் karuvāy
vulva in Marathi
- collectively the external female sexual organs
- उल्वा ulvā, बाह्य जननेंद्रिय bāhya jannendriy, अपत्यपथ apatyapath, जन्मपथ janmapath, गभ gabh, कन्दर्पकूप kandarpakūp
vulva in Urdu
- اندام نہانی, فرج, مقام نہانی, شرم گاہ
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- vulva in Bengali
- ভালভা bhalbha, যোনি jōni
- vulva in Telugu
- యోని yōni
- vulva in Malayalam
- യോനി yōni
- vulva in Kannada
- ಯೋನಿ yōni
- vulva in Punjabi
- ਯੋਨੀ yonī, ਭਗ bhag
- vulva in Gujarati
- યોનિ yoni
- vulva in Odia
- ବ ba, କୋଷ koṣa, ତୀର୍ଥ tirtha
- vulva in Sanskrit
- योनि yoni, भग bhaga
- vulva in Sinhala
- යෝනි yōni
- vulva in Assamese
- যোনিদ্বাৰ züniddar
- vulva in Nepali
- योनी yonī
- vulva in Pashto
- پنډ
- vulva in Tagalog
- bulba, pekpek, kiki, puwerta
- vulva in Arabic
- فَرْج farj, حِرّ ḥirr, فَالْفَا fālfā
- vulva in Malay
- vulva
- vulva in Persian
- فرج farj, کس kos
- vulva in Thai
- โยนี yoo-nii, ช่องคลอด chɔ̂ng-klɔ̂ɔt, หี hǐi
- vulva in Vietnamese
- âm hộ, lồn, bướm, nữ căn
- vulva in Myanmar
- ယောနိ yau:ni.
- Dhivehi
- ފަރުޖު faruju
Examples of vulva in a sentence
- (B) Tertiary stage: Esthiomene characterized by elephantiasis and chronic ulceration of vulva.
- She squatted instead of keeling, her plump vulva gaping obscenely above the floor.
- The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish.
Synonyms of vulva
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Forms of vulva
| plural | vulvas |
|---|---|
| plural | vulvae |
| plural | vulvæ |
Origin of vulva
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब॑ (úlba) and उल्व॑ (úlva, “womb”) or English valve, valva and other descendants of the Latin term (evolve, involve, revolve).
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Questions about vulva
- What does vulva mean?
- Vulva means the external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
- What is vulva in Hindi?
- Vulva in Hindi is भग (bhag). See Vulva meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vulva?
- Vulva is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vulva?
- Vulva is pronounced /ˈvʌlvə/.
- What is the plural of vulva?
- The plural of vulva is vulvas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vulva (page history and authors); vulva (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କୋଷ (Odia) (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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