Standard Lemma guide

genital

adj · noun · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/
  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 N AH0 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to biological reproduction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the genitalia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A genital organ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genitals, genitalia

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to the external sex organs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • genital herpes
  • venereal disease

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: venereal

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: xenital — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Bulgarian: детероден (deteroden) — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Catalan: genital — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • French: génital — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Galician: xenital — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Georgian: სქესობრივი (skesobrivi) — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Greek: γεννητικός (gennitikós) — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Irish: ginitiúil — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Italian: genitale — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Malayalam: ജനനേന്ദ്രിയം (jananēndriyaṁ) — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Persian: زاداوری (zādāvari) — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Persian: تناسلی (tanāsoli) — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Polish: płciowy — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Portuguese: genital — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Russian: деторо́дный (detoródnyj) — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Spanish: genital — of, or relating to biological reproduction
  • Asturian: xenital — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Bulgarian: генитален (genitalen) — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Catalan: genital — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Finnish: genitaalinen — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Finnish: sukuelin- — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • French: génital — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Galician: xenital — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Georgian: გენიტალური (geniṭaluri) — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Georgian: სქესობრივი (skesobrivi) — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Irish: ginitiúil — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Italian: genitale — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Malayalam: ജനനേന്ദ്രിയം (jananēndriyaṁ) — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Polish: płciowy — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Portuguese: genital — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Russian: генита́льный (genitálʹnyj) — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Spanish: genital — of, or relating to the genitalia
  • Polish: płciowy — of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty