Phrase guide

clitoral hood

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clitoral foreskin, clitoral prepuce, praeputium clitoridis

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: klitor başlığı — fold of skin
  • Basque: klitoriaren moko-azal — fold of skin
  • Bulgarian: кли́торна качу́лка (klítorna kačúlka) — fold of skin
  • Catalan: prepuci del clítoris — fold of skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰蒂包皮 /阴蒂包皮 (yīndì bāopí) — fold of skin
  • Czech: předkožka klitorisu — fold of skin
  • Danish: klitorisforhud — fold of skin
  • Dhivehi: ކުޅަނދިލި ބުރުގާ (kuḷandili burugā) — fold of skin
  • Dutch: clitorishoed — fold of skin
  • Dutch: clitoriskap — fold of skin
  • Esperanto: klitora prepucio — fold of skin
  • Finnish: klitoriksen huppu — fold of skin
  • French: capuchon du clitoris — fold of skin
  • French: capuchon clitoridien — fold of skin
  • French: prépuce clitoridien — fold of skin
  • Galician: prepucio do clítoris — fold of skin
  • German: Klitorisvorhaut — fold of skin
  • Greek: κλειτοριδική κουκούλα (kleitoridikí koukoúla) — fold of skin
  • Indonesian: tudung klitoris — fold of skin
  • Italian: prepuzio clitorideo — fold of skin
  • Japanese: 陰核包皮 (inkakuhōhi) — fold of skin
  • Korean: 음핵포피 (eumhaekpopi) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: दाणा (dāṇā) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: जीवणीटोप (jīvṇīṭop) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: भेगाटोप (bhegāṭop) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: भेगाशीर्ष (bhegāśīrṣa) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: जिवणीशीर्ष (jivṇīśīrṣa) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: उल्वामुकुट (ulvāmukuṭ) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: भेगफणा (bhegaphṇā) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: लज्जामुकुट (lajjāmukuṭ) — fold of skin
  • Marathi: भेगाकुडी (bhegākuḍī) — fold of skin
  • Polish: napletek łechtaczki — fold of skin
  • Portuguese: prepúcio do clitóris — fold of skin
  • Portuguese: capuz do clitóris — fold of skin
  • Romanian: prepuțul clitorisului — fold of skin
  • Russian: клитора́льный капюшо́н (klitorálʹnyj kapjušón) — fold of skin
  • Serbo-Croatian: покровна кожица — fold of skin
  • Serbo-Croatian: pokrovna kožica — fold of skin
  • Spanish: prepucio clitorial — fold of skin
  • Spanish: prepucio de clítoris — fold of skin
  • Swedish: klitoriskappa — fold of skin
  • Swedish: klitorishuva — fold of skin
  • Tagalog: bilot ng kuntil — fold of skin
  • Turkish: klitoral kaput — fold of skin
  • Ukrainian: крайня плоть клітора (krajnja plotʹ klitora) — fold of skin
  • Vietnamese: mũ âm vật — fold of skin