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nudity

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈnjudɪˌti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈnudɪti/
  • CMU ARPABET: N UW1 D IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • In places such as Scandinavia, public nudity is legal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nakedness, bareness, nudeness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something or someone without clothes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rare, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nude

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nakedness, nudeness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

Narrower terms: nude, raw, altogether, birthday suit, undress, bareness

History

Etymology

From nude + -ity. Compare Late Latin nūditās.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lakuriqësi — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Arabic: عُرْي (ʕury) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Armenian: մերկություն (merkutʻyun) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Belarusian: галізна́ (halizná) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Bengali: নগ্নতা (nôgnôta) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Bulgarian: голота́ (golotá) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Catalan: nuesa — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裸體 /裸体 (luǒtǐ) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赤裸 (chìluǒ) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Cornish: nothedh — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Czech: nahota — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Danish: nøgenhed — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Dutch: naaktheid — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Esperanto: nudeco — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Estonian: alastiolek — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Finnish: alastomuus — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • French: nudité — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Galician: nudez — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • German: Nacktheit — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹 (naqadei) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Greek: γυμνότητα (gymnótita) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Ancient Greek: γυμνότης (gumnótēs) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hebrew: עירום (eróm) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hindi: नंगापन (naṅgāpan) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hungarian: meztelenség — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hungarian: mezítelenség — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hungarian: ruhátlanság — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hungarian: csupaszság — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hungarian: pucérság — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Hungarian: pőreség — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Icelandic: nekt — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Ido: nudeso — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Interlingua: nuditate — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Irish: nochtacht — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Italian: nudità — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Japanese: 裸体 (ratai) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Korean: 벌거숭이 (beolgeosung'i) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Korean: 나체 (nache) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Central Kurdish: ڕوتی (rutî) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Latin: nūditas — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Lingala: bolumbu — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Lithuanian: nuogumas — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Macedonian: го́лота (gólota) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Macedonian: голо́тија (golótija) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Malayalam: നഗ്നത (nagnata) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Māori: tūtahanga — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Marathi: नग्नता (nagnatā) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nakenhet — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Old English: nacodnes — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Pashto: لوڅ تيا (luśtyâ) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Persian: برهنگی (berahnegi) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Polish: nagość — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Portuguese: nudez — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Romanian: nuditate — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Russian: нагота́ (nagotá) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Scottish Gaelic: luime — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: нагост — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: нагота — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: nagost — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: nagota — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Slovak: nahota — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Slovene: golóst — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Slovene: nágost — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Spanish: desnudez — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Swedish: nakenhet — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Tajik: бараҳнагӣ (barahnagi) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Telugu: నగ్నత్వము (nagnatvamu) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Turkish: çıplaklık — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Ottoman Turkish: عریانلق (ʼuryanlık) — the state of being without clothing on the body
  • Ukrainian: нагота́ (nahotá) — the state of being without clothing on the body
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