missionary position

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Supposed to have been originated by natives of the Trobriand Islands (who considered it improper), popularized by Alfred Kinsey.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sendelingposisie — position for sexual intercourse
• Central Bikol: sinangkaka — position for sexual intercourse
• Bulgarian: мисионерска поза (misionerska poza) — position for sexual intercourse
• Catalan: posició del missioner — position for sexual intercourse
• Chinese Cantonese: 傳教士體位 /传教士体位 (cyun4 gaau3 si6 tai2 wai6) — position for sexual intercourse
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳教士體位 /传教士体位 (chuánjiàoshì tǐwèi) — position for sexual intercourse
• Chinese Mandarin: 龍翻 /龙翻 (lóngfān) — position for sexual intercourse
• Chinese Mandarin: 男上位 (nánshàngwèi) — position for sexual intercourse
• Czech: misionářská poloha — position for sexual intercourse
• Czech: misionářská pozice — position for sexual intercourse
• Danish: missionærstilling — position for sexual intercourse
• Dutch: missionarishouding — position for sexual intercourse
• Esperanto: misiista pozicio — position for sexual intercourse
• Estonian: misjonäriasend — position for sexual intercourse
• Estonian: misjonäripoos — position for sexual intercourse
• Finnish: lähetyssaarnaaja-asento — position for sexual intercourse
• French: position du missionnaire — position for sexual intercourse
• Galician: posición do misioneiro — position for sexual intercourse
• German: Missionarsstellung — position for sexual intercourse
• Greek: ιεραποστολικό (ierapostolikó) — position for sexual intercourse
• Hungarian: misszionárius póz — position for sexual intercourse
• Icelandic: trúboðastelling — position for sexual intercourse
• Irish: suíomh misinéireachta — position for sexual intercourse
• Italian: posizione del missionario — position for sexual intercourse
• Japanese: 正常位 (seijōi) — position for sexual intercourse
• Korean: 정상위 (jeongsang'wi) — position for sexual intercourse
• Northern Kurdish: pozîsyona mîsyoneran — position for sexual intercourse
• Latvian: misionāru poza — position for sexual intercourse
• Lithuanian: misionieriaus poza — position for sexual intercourse
• Luxembourgish: Missionärpositioun — position for sexual intercourse
• Macedonian: мисионерска поза (misionerska poza) — position for sexual intercourse
• Norwegian Bokmål: misjonærstilling — position for sexual intercourse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: misjonærstilling — position for sexual intercourse
• Polish: pozycja misjonarska — position for sexual intercourse
• Portuguese: posição de missionário — position for sexual intercourse
• Portuguese: posição papai e mamãe — position for sexual intercourse
• Russian: миссионерская позиция (missionerskaja pozicija) — position for sexual intercourse
• Serbo-Croatian: мисионарска поза — position for sexual intercourse
• Serbo-Croatian: misionarska poza — position for sexual intercourse
• Sinhalese: මිෂනරි පිහිටුව (miṣanari pihiṭuwa) — position for sexual intercourse
• Slovak: misionárska poloha — position for sexual intercourse
• Slovene: misijonarski položaj — position for sexual intercourse
• Spanish: postura del misionero — position for sexual intercourse
• Swedish: missionären — position for sexual intercourse
• Swedish: missionärsställning — position for sexual intercourse
• Turkish: misyoner pozisyonu — position for sexual intercourse
• Ukrainian: місіонерська позиція (misionersʹka pozycija) — position for sexual intercourse