clitoris

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From post-classical New Latin clītoris (16th century), from Koine Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís), probably from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, “to sheathe, shut”), in reference to it being covered by the labia minora. The related noun form κλείς (kleís) has a second meaning of "a key, a latch or hook (to close a door)." Wooden pegs were the original keys; a connection also revealed in Latin clavis (“nail”) and claudere (“to shut”) (see close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb κλειτοριάζω (kleitoriázō, “touch or titillate lasciviously, tickle”) literally "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (compare German Kitzler (“clitoris”, literally “tickler”), related to Greek κλειτύς (kleitús, “shut, closed”), a variant of κλιτύς (klitús, “hillside”), related to κλίνω (klínō, “to slope”), from the same root as κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder”). But many sources take κλειτορίς (kleitorís) literally as Ancient Greek "little hill".

210 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Albanian: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Amharic: ቂንጥር (ḳinṭər) — elongated erectile organ
• Arabic: بَظْر (baẓr) — elongated erectile organ
• Arabic: صرم (ṣurm) — elongated erectile organ
• Armenian: ծլիկ (clik) — elongated erectile organ
• Asturian: clítoris — elongated erectile organ
• Atayal: puluk — elongated erectile organ
• Azerbaijani: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Basque: klitori — elongated erectile organ
• Belarusian: клі́тар (klítar) — elongated erectile organ
• Bengali: ভগাঙ্কুর (bhogaṅkur) — elongated erectile organ
• Breton: ellig — elongated erectile organ
• Bulgarian: кли́тор (klítor) — elongated erectile organ
• Burmese: မအင်္ဂါ အစေ့ (ma.angga a.ce.) — elongated erectile organ
• Catalan: clítoris — elongated erectile organ
• Cebuano: tinggil — elongated erectile organ
• Cebuano: intil — elongated erectile organ
• Chinese Cantonese: 陰蒂 /阴蒂 (jam1 dai3, jam1 tai3) — elongated erectile organ
• Chinese: 陰蒂 /阴蒂 (im-tì) — elongated erectile organ
• Chinese: 膣屄穎 /膣屄颖 (chi-bai-ín) — elongated erectile organ
• Chinese: 膣屄蒂 (chi-bai-tì) — elongated erectile organ
• Chinese: 烏蒂仔 /乌蒂仔 (o͘-tì-á) — elongated erectile organ
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰蒂 /阴蒂 (yīndì) — elongated erectile organ
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰核 /阴核 (yīnhé) — elongated erectile organ
• Czech: poštěváček — elongated erectile organ
• Czech: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Danish: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Danish: kildrer — elongated erectile organ
• Dhivehi: ކުޅަނދިލި (kuḷandili) — elongated erectile organ
• Dutch: clitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Dutch: kittelaar — elongated erectile organ
• Esperanto: klitoro — elongated erectile organ
• Estonian: kõdisti — elongated erectile organ
• Estonian: kliitor — elongated erectile organ
• Faroese: galipinnur — elongated erectile organ
• Faroese: háatrýni — elongated erectile organ
• Faroese: purrifinna — elongated erectile organ
• Finnish: häpykieli — elongated erectile organ
• Finnish: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• French: clitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Galician: clítoris — elongated erectile organ
• Georgian: კლიტორი (ḳliṭori) — elongated erectile organ
• German: Klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• German: Kitzler — elongated erectile organ
• Greek: κλειτορίδα (kleitorída) — elongated erectile organ
• Ancient Greek: κλειτορίς (kleitorís) — elongated erectile organ
• Greenlandic: oqaasaq — elongated erectile organ
• Gujarati: ભગ્ન (bhagna) — elongated erectile organ
• Hebrew: דַּגְדְּגָן (dagdegan) — elongated erectile organ
• Hiligaynon: ditil — elongated erectile organ
• Hindi: भगशेफ (bhagśeph) — elongated erectile organ
• Hindi: भगनासा (bhagnāsā) — elongated erectile organ
• Hindi: भगांकुर (bhagāṅkur) — elongated erectile organ
• Hindi: योनिलिंग (yoniliṅg) — elongated erectile organ
• Hindi: भग शिश्निका (bhag śiśnikā) — elongated erectile organ
• Hindi: शिश्निका (śiśnikā) — elongated erectile organ
• Hindi: टना (ṭanā) — elongated erectile organ
• Hungarian: csikló — elongated erectile organ
• Icelandic: snípur — elongated erectile organ
• Ido: klitorido — elongated erectile organ
• Indonesian: kelentit — elongated erectile organ
• Indonesian: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Interlingua: clitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Inuktitut: ᐅᕕᐅᖅ (ofioq) — elongated erectile organ
• Irish: brillín — elongated erectile organ
• Irish: brille — elongated erectile organ
• Italian: clitoride — elongated erectile organ
• Japanese: クリトリス (kuritorisu) — elongated erectile organ
• Japanese: 陰核 (inkaku) — elongated erectile organ
• Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರನಾಡಿ (candranāḍi) — elongated erectile organ
• Kannada: ಭಗಾಂಕುರ (bhagāṅkura) — elongated erectile organ
• Karok: kishnit — elongated erectile organ
• Kazakh: күйіттік (küiıttık) — elongated erectile organ
• Kazakh: клитор (klitor) — elongated erectile organ
• Khmer: សិរយោនី (see yoonii) — elongated erectile organ
• Khmer: ឆ្ដេញ (chdəñ) — elongated erectile organ
• Korean: 음핵 (eumhaek) — elongated erectile organ
• Korean: 공알 (gong'al) — elongated erectile organ
• Korean: 클리토리스 (keullitoriseu) — elongated erectile organ
• Central Kurdish: میتکە (mîtke) — elongated erectile organ
• Central Kurdish: قیتکە (qîtke) — elongated erectile organ
• Central Kurdish: بەلۆکە (beloke) — elongated erectile organ
• Northern Kurdish: nîtik — elongated erectile organ
• Northern Kurdish: zîlik — elongated erectile organ
• Northern Kurdish: gilik — elongated erectile organ
• Northern Kurdish: tîtilk — elongated erectile organ
• Southern Kurdish: بەلۊکە (belüke) — elongated erectile organ
• Southern Kurdish: کوِڕگە (kwirrge) — elongated erectile organ
• Kyrgyz: клитор (klitor) — elongated erectile organ
• Kyrgyz: тилчик (tilcik) — elongated erectile organ
• Lao: ແຕດ (tǣt) — elongated erectile organ
• Latin: landīca — elongated erectile organ
• Latin: crista — elongated erectile organ
• Latvian: klitors — elongated erectile organ
• Latvian: kuteklis — elongated erectile organ
• Lithuanian: varputė — elongated erectile organ
• Lun Bawang: atat — elongated erectile organ
• Macedonian: клиторис (klitoris) — elongated erectile organ
• Macedonian: дразница (draznica) — elongated erectile organ
• Malay: kelentit — elongated erectile organ
• Malayalam: കൃസരി (kr̥sari) — elongated erectile organ
• Malayalam: കന്ത് (kantŭ) — elongated erectile organ
• Maltese: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Manx: brillane — elongated erectile organ
• Māori: tīkou — elongated erectile organ
• Māori: tonetone — elongated erectile organ
• Māori: atuapīkoikoi — elongated erectile organ
• Māori: kou o te tara — elongated erectile organ
• Māori: tonini — elongated erectile organ
• Māori: tehoteho — elongated erectile organ
• Māori: temotemo — elongated erectile organ
• Maranao: getek — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: भगनासा (bhagnāsā) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: शिश्निका (śiśnikā) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: भेगशिश्ना (bhegśiśnā) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: भेगाशिश्न (bhegāśiśna) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: जिवणीशिश्न (jivṇīśiśna) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: चीरीशिश्ना (cīrīśiśnā) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: चीरीअंकुरा (cīrīaṅkurā) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: भेगांकुर (bhegāṅkur) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: जिवणीअंकुर (jivṇīaṅkur) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: भगाङ्कुरः (bhagāṅkuraḥ) — elongated erectile organ
• Marathi: योनिलिङ्ग (yoniliṅga) — elongated erectile organ
• Mingrelian: კლიტორი (ḳliṭori) — elongated erectile organ
• Mingrelian: ციკი (ciḳi) — elongated erectile organ
• Mongolian: клитор (klitor) — elongated erectile organ
• Mongolian: хэлүү (xelüü) — elongated erectile organ
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠯᠦᠦ (kelüü) — elongated erectile organ
• Navajo: adzástsooʼ — elongated erectile organ
• Navajo: adástsooʼ — elongated erectile organ
• Nepali: भगांकुर (bhagāṅkura) — elongated erectile organ
• Nepali: भगनासिका (bhaganāsikā) — elongated erectile organ
• Norwegian Bokmål: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Nǀuu: ǁxʼoenǀucu — elongated erectile organ
• Nǀuu: ǁxʼoenǀukyu — elongated erectile organ
• Pashto: خينګکی (xinǧakáy) — elongated erectile organ
• Pashto: منجغى (manǰaǧáy) — elongated erectile organ
• Pashto: مندکه (mandᶕka) — elongated erectile organ
• Pashto: نکی (nakáy) — elongated erectile organ
• Pashto: نېغی (neǧáy) — elongated erectile organ
• Pashto: چورلکی (čulakáy) — elongated erectile organ
• Pashto: چونګک (čungák) — elongated erectile organ
• Persian: چوچوله (čučule) — elongated erectile organ
• Persian: بظر (bazar) — elongated erectile organ
• Polish: łechtaczka — elongated erectile organ
• Portuguese: clitóris — elongated erectile organ
• Quechua: rakha k'akara — elongated erectile organ
• Romanian: clitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Romanian: lindic — elongated erectile organ
• Russian: кли́тор (klítor) — elongated erectile organ
• Russian: похотни́к (poxotník) — elongated erectile organ
• Inari-Sami: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Northern Sami: bunˈnu — elongated erectile organ
• Skolt-Sami: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Sanskrit: भगाङ्कुर (bhagāṅkura) — elongated erectile organ
• Sanskrit: स्मरच्छत्त्र (smaracchattra) — elongated erectile organ
• Sanskrit: विश्वेदेवृ (viśvedevṛ) — elongated erectile organ
• Sanskrit: गुल (gula) — elongated erectile organ
• Sanskrit: योनिलिङ्ग (yoniliṅga) — elongated erectile organ
• Scottish Gaelic: brillean — elongated erectile organ
• Serbo-Croatian: клѝто̄рис — elongated erectile organ
• Serbo-Croatian: дра̀жица — elongated erectile organ
• Serbo-Croatian: klìtōris — elongated erectile organ
• Serbo-Croatian: dràžica — elongated erectile organ
• Sinhalese: භගමණිය (bhagamaṇiya) — elongated erectile organ
• Slovak: dráždec — elongated erectile organ
• Slovak: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Slovene: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Slovene: ščegetavček — elongated erectile organ
• Spanish: clítoris — elongated erectile organ
• Swahili: kinembe — elongated erectile organ
• Swahili: kisimi — elongated erectile organ
• Swedish: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Swedish: klitta — elongated erectile organ
• Swedish: kittlare — elongated erectile organ
• Tagalog: tinggil — elongated erectile organ
• Tagalog: tilis — elongated erectile organ
• Tajik: клитор (klitor) — elongated erectile organ
• Tamil: யோனிலிங்கம் (yōṉiliṅkam) — elongated erectile organ
• Telugu: యోనిశీర్షము (yōniśīrṣamu) — elongated erectile organ
• Telugu: యోనిలింగము (yōniliṅgamu) — elongated erectile organ
• Telugu: గొల్లి (golli) — elongated erectile organ
• Telugu: ఇత్తిరికాయ (ittirikāya) — elongated erectile organ
• Thai: คลิตอริส (klí-dtɔɔ-rís) — elongated erectile organ
• Thai: เม็ดละมุด (mét-lá-mút) — elongated erectile organ
• Thai: เม็ด (mét) — elongated erectile organ
• Thai: แตด (dtɛ̀ɛt) — elongated erectile organ
• Tooro: omusino class 3 — elongated erectile organ
• Tswana: nawa — elongated erectile organ
• Tswana: sebete — elongated erectile organ
• Turkish: klitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Turkish: bızır — elongated erectile organ
• Turkish: dılak — elongated erectile organ
• Turkish: dilcik — elongated erectile organ
• Ottoman Turkish: دلاق (dılak) — elongated erectile organ
• Ottoman Turkish: دلجك (dilcik) — elongated erectile organ
• Ottoman Turkish: بظر (bazr, bezar) — elongated erectile organ
• Turkmen: klitor — elongated erectile organ
• Ukrainian: клі́тор (klítor) — elongated erectile organ
• Urdu: چو چولہ (cūcūla) — elongated erectile organ
• Urdu: بظر (bazar) — elongated erectile organ
• Uyghur: دىلچىق (dilchiq) — elongated erectile organ
• Uyghur: كلىتور (klitor) — elongated erectile organ
• Uzbek: klitor — elongated erectile organ
• Vietnamese: âm vật — elongated erectile organ
• Vietnamese: âm hạch — elongated erectile organ
• Welsh: clitoris — elongated erectile organ
• Yiddish: קלייטאָריס (kleytoris) — elongated erectile organ