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deflower

verb · 5 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.

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  • rhymes with -aʊə(ɹ)
  • General-American: /diˈflaʊ.ɚ/
  • UK: /dɪˈflaʊə(ɹ)/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deflorate, cherry-pop

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To deprive of flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To deprive of grace and beauty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

make imperfect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • nothing marred her beauty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mar, impair, spoil, vitiate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: damage

Narrower terms: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud, deface, disfigure, blemish

5

verb

Meaning 5

deprive of virginity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ruin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copulate, mate, pair, couple

History

Etymology

From Middle English deflouren, from Old French desflorer (modern French déflorer), from Late Latin deflōrāre. By surface analysis, de- + flower.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: zhvirgjëroj — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Arabic: اِفْتَضَّ (iftaḍḍa) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Arabic: تَصَرُّف (taṣarruf) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Bulgarian: обезчестявам (obezčestjavam) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Catalan: desvirgar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Catalan: desflorar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開苞 /开苞 (kāibāo) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破瓜 (pòguā) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破處 /破处 (pòchǔ) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Czech: odpanit — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Danish: deflorere — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Dutch: ontmaagden — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Esperanto: deflori — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Esperanto: malvirgigi — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Finnish: viedä neitsyys — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • French: déflorer — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • French: dépuceler — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Galician: desflorar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Galician: desvirgar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • German: deflorieren — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • German: entjungfern — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Greek: διακορεύω (diakorévo) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Greek: ξεπαρθενιάζω (xepartheniázo) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Hindi: कौमार्य भंग करना (kaumārya bhaṅg karnā) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Hindi: नथ उतारना (nath utārnā) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Hindi: चीरा उतारना (cīrā utārnā) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Hindi: तसर्रुफ़ (tasarruf) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Hungarian: megbecstelenít — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Icelandic: afmeyja — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Ido: desvirgigar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Italian: deflorare — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Italian: sverginare — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Japanese: 破瓜する (haka suru) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Latin: defloro — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Latin: devirgino — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Luxembourgish: defloréieren — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Macedonian: обесчестува (obesčestuva) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Old Tupi: mombuk — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Old Tupi: ugûyká — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Persian: تَصَرُّف — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Polish: rozdziewiczać — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Polish: rozdziewiczyć — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Portuguese: deflorar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Portuguese: desvirginar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Romanian: deflora — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Russian: лиша́ть де́вственности (lišátʹ dévstvennosti) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Russian: лиши́ть де́вственности (lišítʹ dévstvennosti) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Russian: дефлори́ровать (deflorírovatʹ) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Russian: растлева́ть (rastlevátʹ) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Russian: растли́ть (rastlítʹ) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Spanish: desflorar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Spanish: desvirgar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Spanish: desguabilar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Spanish: desniñar — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Swedish: deflorera — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Telugu: కన్నెరికముతీయు (kannerikamutīyu) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Turkish: kızlık bozmak — to take the virginity of a woman or girl
  • Urdu: تَصَرُّف (tasarruf) — to take the virginity of a woman or girl