foreskin

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːskɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹskɪn/
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• /ˈfo(ː)ɹskɪn/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ˈfoəskɪn/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• CMU ARPABET: F OW1 R S K IH2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voorhuid — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Albanian: lafshë — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Arabic: قَلْفَة (qalfa) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Arabic: غُرْلَة (ḡurla) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Arabic: غرلة (ğurla) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Armenian: թլիփ (tʻlipʻ) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Asturian: prepuciu — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Azerbaijani: pülük — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Basque: moko-azal — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Basque: prepuzio — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Belarusian: кра́йняя плоць (krájnjaja plocʹ) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Central Bikol: lusi — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Bulgarian: препу́циум (prepúcium) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Catalan: prepuci — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Chinese Cantonese: 包皮 (baau1 pei4) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Chinese Mandarin: 包皮 (bāopí) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Czech: předkožka — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Danish: forhud — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Daur: чирчигий магэл (čirčigij magel) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Dhivehi: ފިރިހެން ހަށީގެ ބޯ ނިވައިކޮށްދޭ ހަންކޮޅު (firihen̊ haṣīge bō nivaikoṣ̊dē han̊koḷu) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Doteli: फुर् (phur) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Dutch: voorhuid — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Egyptian: G47-G1-G17-D52 (ṯꜣm) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Egyptian: q-A-Z4:D21-Z1-N35:G1-U33-M17-F51B:Z2 (qrnt) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Esperanto: prepucio — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Estonian: eesnahk — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Faroese: forhúð — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Finnish: esinahka — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• French: prépuce — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Galician: prepucio — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Georgian: ჩუჩი (čuči) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• German: Vorhaut — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• German: Präputium — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Old High German: furiwahst — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Old High German: furigiwahst — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Greek: ακροβυστία (akrovystía) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Ancient Greek: ἀκροβυστία (akrobustía) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Ancient Greek: ποσθία (posthía) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Greenlandic: usuup nuuata amia — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Hebrew: עורלה — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Hebrew: עָרְלָה (orlá) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Hindi: अग्रच्छद (agracchad) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Hungarian: fityma — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Hungarian: előbőr — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Icelandic: forhúð — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Ido: prepuco — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Igbo: àpị — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Indonesian: kulup — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Indonesian: khatan — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Inuktitut: ᐹᓯᓂᖅ (paasiniq) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Irish: forchraiceann — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Italian: prepuzio — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Japanese: 包皮 (hōhi) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Javanese: ikut — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Khmer: ស្បែក (sbaek) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Khmer: ស្បែកក្ដ (sbaek kdɑɑ) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Korean: 포피 (popi) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Latin: praepūtium — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Latvian: priekšāda — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Ligurian: pelle do belìn — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Lithuanian: apyvarpė — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Lombard: prepuzi — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Malay: kulup — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Maltese: prepuzju — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Maltese: ġarretta — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Māori: pahuhu — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Māori: kirimata — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Classical Nahuatl: tepōlēhuayōtl — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Norwegian Bokmål: forhud — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forhud — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Occitan: prepuci — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Old English: filmen — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Persian: غلفه (ġolfe) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Persian: پیشپوست (piš-pust) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Plautdietsch: Väahut — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Polish: napletek — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Portuguese: prepúcio — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Romanian: prepuț — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Russian: кра́йняя плоть (krájnjaja plotʹ) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Russian: препу́ций (prepúcij) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Inari-Sami: ovdânähki — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Northern Sami: ovdanáhkki — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Skolt-Sami: pââimõsčåuʹdd — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Sanskrit: लिङ्गाग्रचर्म (liṅgāgracarma) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Serbo-Croatian: prepucij — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Serbo-Croatian: prepucijum — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Serbo-Croatian: predkožica — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Serbo-Croatian: obrezak — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Sicilian: còppula — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Slovak: predkožka — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Slovene: prepucij — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Spanish: prepucio — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Swahili: govi — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Swedish: förhud — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Tagalog: bilot — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Tagalog: busisi — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Tamil: சூப்பி (cūppi) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Tausug: mumud — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Telugu: ముందోలు (mundōlu) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Thai: หนังหุ้มปลาย (nǎng-hûm-bplaai) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Tooro: ekisusu ky'emboro class 7 — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Turkish: sünnet derisi — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Turkish: prepusyum — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Turkish: prepüs — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Turkish: ön deri — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Ukrainian: кра́йня пло́ть (krájnja plótʹ) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Ukrainian: препу́цій (prepúcij) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Vietnamese: bao quy đầu — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Volapük: prepüd — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Welsh: blaengroen — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Yiddish: פֿאָרהויט (forhoyt) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Yiddish: עורלה (orle) — fold of skin covering the head of the penis
• Yoruba: adọ̀dọ́ — fold of skin covering the head of the penis