Standard Lemma guide

condom

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɒn.dɒm/
  • UK: /ˈkɒn.dəm/
  • US: /ˈkɑn.dəm/
  • US: /ˈkʌn.dəm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N D AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • buy a pack of condoms
  • flavoured condom
  • ribbed condoms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: external condom, male condom

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condom, contraceptive, device

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of various forms of flexible sleeve or barrier, variously shaped for either penetrative or receptive body parts, made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn (by anyone with) during sexual activity to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contraceptive, device

3

noun

Meaning 3

contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device

History

Etymology

Unknown. Many speculations exist. Possibly derived from Italian guantone, from guanto (“a glove”).

Across languages

Translations

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afar: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Afrikaans: kondoom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Albanian: prezervativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: عَازِل ذَكَرِيّ (ʕāzil ḏakariyy) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: وَاقٍ ذَكَرِيّ (wāqin ḏakariyy) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: كُونْدُوم (kūndūm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: كَانْدُوم (kāndūm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: عَازِل طِبِّيّ (ʕāzil ṭibbiyy) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: كوندوم (kondom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: كاندوم (kandom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: كونْدُم (kōndum) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: جلدة (jalda) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Arabic: واقي (wāqi) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Armenian: պահպանակ (pahpanak) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Armenian: գանդոն (gandon) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Asturian: condón — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Asturian: preservativu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Azerbaijani: prezervativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Azerbaijani: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Basque: kondoi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Basque: preserbatibo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Belarusian: прэзерваты́ў (prezjervatýw) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Belarusian: кандо́м (kandóm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Belarusian: начэ́пнік (načépnik) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Bengali: কন্ডম (konḍom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Breton: stevell — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Breton: tog — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Bulgarian: кондо́м (kondóm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Bulgarian: презервати́в (prezervatív) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Burmese: ကွန်ဒုံး (kwandum:) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Catalan: preservatiu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Catalan: condó — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Catalan: condom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Cebuano: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 避孕套 (bei6 jan6 tou3) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 安全套 (on1 cyun4 tou3) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 如意套 (jyu4 ji3 tou3) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 套 (tou3) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese: 保險套 /保险套 (pó-hiám-thò) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese: sak-khù — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese: sak-khuh — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 避孕套 (bìyùntào) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安全套 (ānquántào) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保險套 /保险套 (bǎoxiǎntào) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衛生套 /卫生套 (wèishēngtào) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰莖套 /阴茎套 (yīnjīngtào) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 如意套 (rúyìtào) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 套兒 /套儿 (tàor) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 套套 (tàotao) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Cornish: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Czech: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Czech: prezervativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Danish: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Danish: præservativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Dutch: condoom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Dutch: capotje — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Dutch: regenjasje — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Elfdalian: tjytågummi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Esperanto: kondomo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Esperanto: preventilo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Esperanto: penisingo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Estonian: kondoom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Estonian: preservatiiv — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Estonian: kumm — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Estonian: kantoss — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Faroese: hít — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Finnish: kondomi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Finnish: kortsu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Finnish: kumi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Finnish: spärdäri — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • French: préservatif — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • French: capote anglaise — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • French: capote — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • French: condom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Galician: preservativo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Galician: condón — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Galician: profiláctico — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Georgian: პრეზერვატივი (ṗrezervaṭivi) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Georgian: განდონი (gandoni) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Präservativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Präser — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Pariser — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Gummi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Fuffzicher — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Verhüterli — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Ficktüte — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Nahkampfsocke — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • German: Überzieher — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Greek: προφυλακτικό (profylaktikó) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Greenlandic: kondomi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Greenlandic: usuup-puua — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Gujarati: નિરોધ (nirodh) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hebrew: קוֹנְדּוֹם (kondóm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hebrew: כּוֹבָעוֹן (kovaˈʔon) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hindi: निरोध (nirodh) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hindi: कंडोम (kaṇḍom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hungarian: óvszer — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hungarian: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hungarian: koton — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Hungarian: gumi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Icelandic: smokkur — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Indonesian: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Interlingua: preservativo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Interlingua: condom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Irish: coiscín — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Italian: preservativo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Italian: profilattico — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Italian: condom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Italian: goldone — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Japanese: コンドーム (kondōmu) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kalmyk: белгвч (belgvç) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kannada: ಕಾಂಡಮ್ (kāṇḍam) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kashmiri: कंडोम (kaṃḍōm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kashmiri: کونڈَم (kōnḍam) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kashubian: prezerwatiwa — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kazakh: үрпекқап (ürpekqap) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kazakh: мүшеқап (müşeqap) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Khmer: ស្រោមក្ត (sraom kdɑɑ) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Khmer: អាវភ្លៀង (aav pliəng) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Khmer: ស្រោមអនាម័យ (sraom ʼaʼnaamay) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Korean: 콘돔 (kondom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Korean: 고무주머니 (gomujumeoni) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Kyrgyz: презерватив (prezervativ) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Lao: ຖົງຢາງ (thong yāng) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Latvian: prezervatīvs — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Lithuanian: prezervatyvas — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Macedonian: кондо́м (kondóm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Macedonian: презервати́в (prezervatív) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Macedonian: курто́н (kurtón) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Macedonian: накурник (nakurnik) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Malay: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Malayalam: ഉറ (uṟa) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Malayalam: ഗർഭനിരോധന ഉറ (gaṟbhanirōdhana uṟa) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Maltese: kondo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Māori: pūkoro ure — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Marathi: निरोध (nirodh) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Marathi: कॉन्डोम (kŏnḍom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Mongolian: бэлгэвч (belgevč) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Navajo: akááʼ ałtsoozígíí — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Norman: capote — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Norwegian: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Norwegian: gummi — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Occitan: preservatiu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Occitan: condòm — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Persian: کاپوت (kâput) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Persian: کاندوم (kândom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Polish: prezerwatywa — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Polish: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Portuguese: preservativo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Portuguese: camisa de vênus — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Portuguese: camisinha — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Portuguese: capa — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Portuguese: jeito — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Punjabi: ਨਿਰੋਧ (nirodh) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Romanian: prezervativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Romansh: condom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Romansh: preservativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Russian: презервати́в (prezervatív) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Russian: кондо́м (kondóm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Russian: гондо́н (gondón) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Russian: резинка (rezinka) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Northern Sami: kondoma — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Northern Sami: gumme — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ндо̄м — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Serbo-Croatian: презерва̀тӣв — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Serbo-Croatian: го̀лдӯн — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòndōm — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Serbo-Croatian: prezervàtīv — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Serbo-Croatian: gòldūn — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Sicilian: prisirvativu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Slovak: prezervatív — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Slovak: kondóm — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Slovene: kondọ̑m — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Slovene: prezervativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Upper Sorbian: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Upper Sorbian: prezerwatiw — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Spanish: preservativo — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Spanish: condón — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Spanish: profiláctico — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Spanish: goma — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Spanish: forro — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Swahili: kondomu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Swedish: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Tagalog: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Tajik: презерватив (prezervativ) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Tamil: ஆணுறை (āṇuṟai) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Telugu: కండోం (kaṇḍōṁ) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Telugu: తొడుగు (toḍugu) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Telugu: నిరోధ్ (nirōdh) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Thai: ถุงยางอนามัย (tǔng-yaang-à-naa-mai) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Thai: ถุงยาง (tǔng-yaang) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Tibetan: སྲུང་ཤུབས (srung shubs) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Turkish: prezervatif — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Turkish: kondom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Turkmen: prezerwatiw — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Ukrainian: презервати́в (prezervatýv) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Ukrainian: кондо́м (kondóm) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Unami: shishipèk — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Urdu: کنڈوم (kaṇḍom) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Uzbek: prezervativ — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Venetan: goldon — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Vietnamese: bao cao su — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Vietnamese: bao dương vật — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Vietnamese: túi cao su — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Vietnamese: áo mưa — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Volapük: tagrodaslivil — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Walloon: capote inglesse — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Walloon: capote — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Walloon: cabounete — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Welsh: condom — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Welsh: sach ddyrnu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Yiddish: קאַנדאַם (kandam) — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Zhuang: dauqancienz — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Zhuang: biyindau — flexible sleeve worn on the penis
  • Zulu: ikhondomu — flexible sleeve worn on the penis