noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈskɹəʊ.təm/
General-American:/ˈskɹoʊ.təm/
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rhymes with -əʊtəm
1
noun
Meaning 1
The sac of skin and muscle that contains and protects the testicles in most placental mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
The female labia majora are homologous to the male scrotum.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: external genitalia
2
noun
Meaning 2
The pouch or volva of certain fungi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the external pouch that contains the testes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pouch, pocket
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum.
Across languages
Translations
156 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
qese e herdheve
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Arabic:
صَفَن
(ṣafan)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Arabic:
كِيس اَلصَّفَن
(kīs aṣ-ṣafan)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Arabic:
كِيس
(kīs)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Arabic:
صفن
(ṣafan)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Aragonese:
escroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Armenian:
ամորձապարկ
(amorjapark)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Armenian:
փոշտ
(pʻošt)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Asturian:
escrotu
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Azerbaijani:
xayalıq
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Azerbaijani:
xaya torbası
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Bashkir:
тоҡсай
(toqsay)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Belarusian:
машо́нка
(mašónka)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Bengali:
অন্ডকোষ
(onḍokōś)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Bengali:
অণ্ডকোষ
(onḍokōś)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Bulgarian:
скротум
(skrotum)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Catalan:
escrot
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Chinese Cantonese:
春袋
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Chinese Cantonese:
陰囊 /阴囊
(jam1 nong4)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Chinese:
陰囊 /阴囊
(im-lông)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Chinese:
𡳞脬
(zh-min-nan)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Chinese:
𡳞胞
(lān-pha)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Chinese:
胞囊
(phau-lông)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Chinese Mandarin:
陰囊 /阴囊
(yīnnáng)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Czech:
šourek
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Danish:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Danish:
pung
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Danish:
bollerne
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Dutch:
scrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Dutch:
balzak
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Esperanto:
skroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Esperanto:
testikujo
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Estonian:
munandikott
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Estonian:
munn
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Faroese:
skólpur
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Faroese:
pungur
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Finnish:
kivespussi
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
French:
scrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Friulian:
scrot
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Galician:
escroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
German:
Skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
German:
Hodensack
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Greek:
όσχεο
(óscheo)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Ancient Greek:
ὄσχη
(óskhē)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Gujarati:
કોથળી
(kothaḷī)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Hebrew:
כיס האשכים
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Hebrew:
שַׂק הָאֲשָׁכִים
(sak ha-ashakhim)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Hindi:
अंडकोष
(aṇḍkoṣ)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Hungarian:
herezacskó
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Icelandic:
pungur
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Ido:
skroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Indonesian:
kantong pelir
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Indonesian:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Ingrian:
kellit
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Irish:
bosán
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Irish:
cadairne
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Irish:
cochall
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Italian:
scroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Japanese:
陰嚢
(innō)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Javanese:
ꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦛꦺꦴꦭ꧀
(konthol)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Kannada:
ಅಂಡಾಶಯ
(aṇḍāśaya)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Kazakh:
ұма
(ūma)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Khmer:
ក្រសោមស្វាស
(krɑsaom svaah)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Khmer:
ប្លោក
(plaok)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Korean:
불
(bul)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Korean:
음낭
(eumnang)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Central Kurdish:
گوندێن
(gundên)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Northern Kurdish:
tûrikê gun
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Latin:
scrōtum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Latin:
culleus
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Latvian:
sēklinieku maisiņš
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Lithuanian:
kapšelis
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Lithuanian:
sėklidžių kapšelis
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Low German:
Klötensack
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Low German:
Skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Macedonian:
скротум
(skrotum)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Malay:
kantung buah zakar
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Malay:
kerandut buah pelir
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Malay:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Malay:
kerandut buah zakar
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Malayalam:
വൃഷണസഞ്ചി
(vr̥ṣaṇasañci)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Manchu:
ᡠᡥᠠᠯᠠ
(uhala)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Māori:
pūkoro raho
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Marathi:
वृषण
(vŕṣaṇ)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Nandi:
lato
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Nandi:
kâp-lat
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Navajo:
achoʼ
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Navajo:
achoʼ bizis
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Navajo:
achoʼ ayęęzhii bizis
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Navajo:
ayęęzhii bizis
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Norwegian Bokmål:
pung
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Norwegian Bokmål:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pung
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Norwegian Nynorsk:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Omaha-Ponca:
shondé
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Persian:
پوست بیضه
(pust-e beyze)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Persian:
کیسه بیضه
(kise-ye beyze)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Persian:
کیسه خایه
(kise-ye xâye)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Plautdietsch:
Hoodensak
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Polish:
moszna
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Polish:
worek mosznowy
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Portuguese:
escroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Romanian:
scrot
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Russian:
мошо́нка
(mošónka)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Saaroa:
'aricuru
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Inari-Sami:
kuolâpursâ
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Northern Sami:
buđˈđá
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Northern Sami:
bálˈloseahkka
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Skolt-Sami:
kuõllsiâkk
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Sanskrit:
अण्डकोष
(aṇḍakoṣa)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Satawalese:
kiniyse
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Savosavo:
bogho
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Serbo-Croatian:
mòšnja
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Serbo-Croatian:
mȍšnice
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Serbo-Croatian:
mȍšnička
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Sicilian:
scrotu
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Slovak:
miešok
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Slovak:
skrótum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Slovak:
gule
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Slovak:
vajcia
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Slovene:
modnik
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Slovene:
mošnja
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Slovene:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Lower Sorbian:
měch
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Spanish:
escroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Sundanese:
ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪
(kanjut)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Swahili:
korodani
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Swedish:
pung
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Swedish:
scrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Swedish:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Tagalog:
balat-bayag
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Tagalog:
eskroto
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Tagalog:
kasuputan
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Tamil:
விதைப்பை
(vitaippai)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Tamil:
விரைப்பை
(viraippai)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Telugu:
వృషణం
(vr̥ṣaṇaṁ)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Telugu:
అండకోశము
(aṇḍakōśamu)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Telugu:
బీజావయవము
(bījāvayavamu)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Thai:
ถุงอัณฑะ
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Tongan:
laho
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Turkish:
skrotum
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Ukrainian:
мошо́нка
(mošónka)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Ukrainian:
кали́тка
(kalýtka)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Urdu:
صفن
(sufan)
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Uzbek:
yorgʻoq
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Vietnamese:
dái
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Vietnamese:
bìu dái
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Vietnamese:
bìu
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Volapük:
skrot
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Welsh:
ceillgwd
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Welsh:
sgrotwm
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Welsh:
cwd
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Welsh:
cwdyn
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Yucatec Maya:
chiim
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
Záparo:
riaha
— sac of skin that protects the testicles
ǃXóõ:
ǂqhàn-tê
— sac of skin that protects the testicles