Colloquial Variant guide

vagina

noun · 7 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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  • /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnə
  • CMU ARPABET: V AH0 JH AY1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sex organ for copulation and birth, found in female therian mammals, consisting of a passage between the vulval vestibule and the cervix of the uterus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: internal genitalia, Müllerian duct, paramesonephric duct, urogenital sinus

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sex organ for copulation and birth, found in female therian mammals, consisting of a passage between the vulval vestibule and the cervix of the uterus.

A similar organ in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: internal genitalia, Müllerian duct, paramesonephric duct, urogenital sinus

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sheath

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The vulva, or the vulva and vaginal passage collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:vagina.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha, clam, cooch, coochie, coochy, cookie, coot, cooter, crack, cunny, cunt, fanny, foo-foo, front bottom, fur burger, fur pie, gash, gee, girl penis, hair pie, ham sandwich, honey hole, it, kebab, kitty, ladybits, minge, minnie, moocha, mooshoo, mott, muff, muffin, na-na, nonny, nooky, noonie, old hat, pee flap, pee-pee, pink, poontang, prat, pudendum muliebre, punani, pussy, quaint, quiff, quim, rat, roast beef, scut, slit, slot, snatch, treasures, tuppence, twat, twinkle, vadge, vagina, vajay, va-jay-jay, vulva, wee-wee, yoni

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A coward; a weakling; a pussy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, derogatory, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The anus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: sometimes, uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the vagina receives the penis during coitus
  • the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīnalbor. English vagina Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”).

Across languages

Translations

246 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afar: bus — anatomical sense
  • Afrikaans: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Ahtna: -tʼoseʼ — anatomical sense
  • Albanian: vaginë — anatomical sense
  • Albanian: vagjinë — anatomical sense
  • Amharic: እምስ (ʾəms) — anatomical sense
  • Guerrero Amuzgo: jne — anatomical sense
  • Antillean Creole: kouni — anatomical sense
  • Arabic: مَهْبَل (mahbal) — anatomical sense
  • Arabic: مَهْبِل (mahbil) — anatomical sense
  • Arabic: فَرْج (farj) — anatomical sense
  • Arabic: ڤاچاينا (vāžāynā) — anatomical sense
  • Aragonese: vachina — anatomical sense
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܢܘܼܬܵܐ (ḥanūtā) — anatomical sense
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܝܒܵܐ (ˁaybā) — anatomical sense
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܚܡܵܐ (raḥmā) — anatomical sense
  • Armenian: հեշտոց (heštocʻ) — anatomical sense
  • Armenian: պուց (pucʻ) — anatomical sense
  • Asturian: vaxina — anatomical sense
  • Azerbaijani: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Azerbaijani: vajina — anatomical sense
  • Azerbaijani: uşaqlıq yolu — anatomical sense
  • Azerbaijani: am — anatomical sense
  • Belarusian: по́хва (póxva) — anatomical sense
  • Belarusian: вагі́на (vahína) — anatomical sense
  • Belarusian: пізда́ (pizdá) — anatomical sense
  • Bengali: যোনি (jōni) — anatomical sense
  • Bhojpuri: बुर (bur) — anatomical sense
  • Bhojpuri: योनि (yōni) — anatomical sense
  • Breton: gouhin — anatomical sense
  • Bulgarian: ваги́на (vagína) — anatomical sense
  • Bulgarian: влага́лище (vlagálište) — anatomical sense
  • Bulgarian: пу́тка (pútka) — anatomical sense
  • Burmese: ယောနိ (yau:ni.) — anatomical sense
  • Burmese: သားအိမ်လမ်းကြောင်း (sa:imlam:kraung:) — anatomical sense
  • Catalan: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Cebuano: bilat — anatomical sense
  • Cebuano: buto — anatomical sense
  • Chamicuro: shaki — anatomical sense
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎴᏍᏓᎸᎢ (ulesdalvi) — anatomical sense
  • Chinese Cantonese: 陰道 /阴道 (jam1 dou6) — anatomical sense
  • Chinese: 陰道 /阴道 (im-tō) — anatomical sense
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰道 /阴道 (yīndào) — anatomical sense
  • Cornish: kons — anatomical sense
  • Czech: pochva — anatomical sense
  • Czech: vagína — anatomical sense
  • Danish: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Danish: skede — anatomical sense
  • Dutch: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Dutch: schede — anatomical sense
  • Egyptian: kA:t-F51 (kꜣt) — anatomical sense
  • Esperanto: vagino — anatomical sense
  • Estonian: tupp — anatomical sense
  • Estonian: vagiina — anatomical sense
  • Faroese: skeið — anatomical sense
  • Finnish: emätin — anatomical sense
  • Finnish: vagina — anatomical sense
  • French: vagin — anatomical sense
  • West-Frisian: fagina — anatomical sense
  • West-Frisian: skie — anatomical sense
  • Galician: vaxina — anatomical sense
  • Georgian: ვაგინა (vagina) — anatomical sense
  • Georgian: საშო (sašo) — anatomical sense
  • German: Scheide — anatomical sense
  • German: Vagina — anatomical sense
  • Bavarian German: fud — anatomical sense
  • Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) — anatomical sense
  • Greek: κολεός (koleós) — anatomical sense
  • Ancient Greek: μυχή (mukhḗ) — anatomical sense
  • Greenlandic: naalungiarsuup aqqutaa — anatomical sense
  • Paraguayan Guarani: rako — anatomical sense
  • Paraguayan Guarani: tako — anatomical sense
  • Gujarati: યોનિ (yoni) — anatomical sense
  • Gujarati: યોની (yonī) — anatomical sense
  • Hawaiian: kohe — anatomical sense
  • Hebrew: נַרְתִּיק (nartik) — anatomical sense
  • Hindi: योनि (yoni) — anatomical sense
  • Hindi: बुर (bur) — anatomical sense
  • Hindi: चूत (cūt) — anatomical sense
  • Hungarian: hüvely — anatomical sense
  • Hungarian: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Icelandic: leggöng — anatomical sense
  • Icelandic: skeið — anatomical sense
  • Icelandic: slíður — anatomical sense
  • Ido: vagino — anatomical sense
  • Indonesian: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Indonesian: puki — anatomical sense
  • Indonesian: farji — anatomical sense
  • Ingrian: vittu — anatomical sense
  • Ingrian: präski — anatomical sense
  • Irish: faighin — anatomical sense
  • Italian: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Japanese: 膣 (chitsu) — anatomical sense
  • Japanese: ワギナ (wagina) — anatomical sense
  • Japanese: バギナ (bagina) — anatomical sense
  • Kannada: ತುಲ್ಲು (tullu) — anatomical sense
  • Kannada: ಯೋನಿ (yōni) — anatomical sense
  • Kashmiri: گوٗد (gūd) — anatomical sense
  • Kazakh: қынап (qynap) — anatomical sense
  • Kazakh: влагалище (vlagalişe) — anatomical sense
  • Khmer: យោនី (yoonii) — anatomical sense
  • Korean: 보지 (boji) — anatomical sense
  • Korean: 질 (jil) — anatomical sense
  • Korean: 바기나 (bagina) — anatomical sense
  • Central Kurdish: قوز (quz) — anatomical sense
  • Central Kurdish: کوز (kuz) — anatomical sense
  • Northern Kurdish: quz — anatomical sense
  • Northern Kurdish: vajîna — anatomical sense
  • Northern Kurdish: zê — anatomical sense
  • Kyrgyz: влагалище (vlagalişce) — anatomical sense
  • Kyrgyz: ийин (iyin) — anatomical sense
  • Kyrgyz: жыныс коңулу (jınıs koŋulu) — anatomical sense
  • Lao: ຊ່ອງຄອດ (sǭng khǭt) — anatomical sense
  • Lao: ໂຍນີ (nyō nī) — anatomical sense
  • Latin: vās muliebre — anatomical sense
  • Latin: vāgīna — anatomical sense
  • Latvian: vagīna — anatomical sense
  • Latvian: maksts — anatomical sense
  • Lithuanian: makštis — anatomical sense
  • Macedonian: родница (rodnica) — anatomical sense
  • Macedonian: ваги́на (vagína) — anatomical sense
  • Macedonian: пичка (pička) — anatomical sense
  • Malay: faraj — anatomical sense
  • Malay: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Malay: liang peranakan — anatomical sense
  • Malayalam: യോനി (yōni) — anatomical sense
  • Maltese: vaġina — anatomical sense
  • Mandinka: bee — anatomical sense
  • Northern Mansi: но̄н (nōn) — anatomical sense
  • Manx: fine — anatomical sense
  • Marathi: योनी (yonī) — anatomical sense
  • Mongolian: эм бэлэг эрхтэн (em beleg erxten) — anatomical sense
  • Mongolian: үтрээ (ütree) — anatomical sense
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠲᠦᠷᠦᠭᠡ (ütürüge) — anatomical sense
  • Muong: chẻ — anatomical sense
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thāuh — anatomical sense
  • Navajo: ajóózh — anatomical sense
  • Nepali: पुति (puti) — anatomical sense
  • Nepali: योनीमार्ग (yonīmārga) — anatomical sense
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjede — anatomical sense
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjede — anatomical sense
  • Nǀuu: ǃʻum — anatomical sense
  • Nǀuu: ǁxʼoe — anatomical sense
  • Odia: ଯୋନି (J̄oni) — anatomical sense
  • Okinawan: 陰目 (hōmī) — anatomical sense
  • Pashto: مهبل (mahbal) — anatomical sense
  • Pashto: فرج (farǰ) — anatomical sense
  • Persian: واژن (vâžan) — anatomical sense
  • Persian: مهبل (mahbel) — anatomical sense
  • Persian: فرج (farj) — anatomical sense
  • Persian: چوز (čūz) — anatomical sense
  • Polabian: pinkă — anatomical sense
  • Polish: pochwa — anatomical sense
  • Polish: wagina — anatomical sense
  • Portuguese: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Romani: mizh — anatomical sense
  • Romanian: vagin — anatomical sense
  • Russian: влага́лище (vlagálišče) — anatomical sense
  • Russian: же́нский полово́й о́рган (žénskij polovój órgan) — anatomical sense
  • Russian: ваги́на (vagína) — anatomical sense
  • Russian: пизда́ (pizdá) — anatomical sense
  • Saho: bus — anatomical sense
  • Inari-Sami: iämádâh — anatomical sense
  • Northern Sami: cinˈná — anatomical sense
  • Northern Sami: viigá — anatomical sense
  • Skolt-Sami: njuõckkčoodd — anatomical sense
  • Sanskrit: योनिः (yoniḥ) — anatomical sense
  • Sanskrit: योनि (yoni) — anatomical sense
  • Sanskrit: स्त्रीन्द्रिय (strīndriya) — anatomical sense
  • Scottish Gaelic: faighean — anatomical sense
  • Scottish Gaelic: truiteag — anatomical sense
  • Scottish Gaelic: geobag — anatomical sense
  • Scottish Gaelic: duillef — anatomical sense
  • Serbo-Croatian: ваги́на — anatomical sense
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̏дница — anatomical sense
  • Serbo-Croatian: vagína — anatomical sense
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȍdnica — anatomical sense
  • Sicilian: vajina — anatomical sense
  • Sicilian: vaggina — anatomical sense
  • Sikkimese: ཇ་ལི (ja li) — anatomical sense
  • Sikkimese: མཇང (mjang) — anatomical sense
  • Sinhalese: යෝනි (yōni) — anatomical sense
  • Slovak: pošva — anatomical sense
  • Slovak: vagína — anatomical sense
  • Slovene: vagína — anatomical sense
  • Slovene: nóžnica — anatomical sense
  • Spanish: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Swahili: kuma — anatomical sense
  • Swedish: slida — anatomical sense
  • Swedish: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Tagalog: puki — anatomical sense
  • Tagalog: kiki — anatomical sense
  • Tagalog: pekpek — anatomical sense
  • Tagalog: daang-bata — anatomical sense
  • Tajik: маҳбал (mahbal) — anatomical sense
  • Tajik: фарҷ (farj) — anatomical sense
  • Tamil: யோனி (yōṉi) — anatomical sense
  • Tamil: பெண்குறி (peṇkuṟi) — anatomical sense
  • Tamil: புண்டை (puṇṭai) — anatomical sense
  • Tatar: дымлык (dımlıq) — anatomical sense
  • Telugu: యోని (yōni) — anatomical sense
  • Thai: ช่องคลอด (chɔ̂ng-klɔ̂ɔt) — anatomical sense
  • Thai: โยนี (yoo-nii) — anatomical sense
  • Tibetan: སྟུ (stu) — anatomical sense
  • Tibetan: མོ་མཚན (mo mtshan) — anatomical sense
  • Tibetan: གསོལ་སྟུ (gsol stu) — anatomical sense
  • Tigrinya: ጉሕጓሕ (guḥgwaḥ) — anatomical sense
  • Tocharian B: strīndri — anatomical sense
  • Tooro: emana class 9 — anatomical sense
  • Turkish: vajina — anatomical sense
  • Turkish: am — anatomical sense
  • Ottoman Turkish: مهبل (mehbil) — anatomical sense
  • Turkmen: wlagalişe — anatomical sense
  • Turkmen: am — anatomical sense
  • Udi: кӏутӏ (ḳuṭ) — anatomical sense
  • Ukrainian: пі́хва (píxva) — anatomical sense
  • Ukrainian: вагі́на (vahína) — anatomical sense
  • Ukrainian: пизда́ (pyzdá) — anatomical sense
  • Urdu: چوت (cūt) — anatomical sense
  • Urdu: پھدی (phuddi) — anatomical sense
  • Urdu: فرج (farj) — anatomical sense
  • Urdu: وجائنا (vajā'inā) — anatomical sense
  • Uyghur: جىنسىي يول (jinsiy yol) — anatomical sense
  • Uzbek: qin — anatomical sense
  • Uzbek: diloq — anatomical sense
  • Uzbek: vagina — anatomical sense
  • Vietnamese: âm đạo — anatomical sense
  • Vietnamese: lồn — anatomical sense
  • Volapük: vagin — anatomical sense
  • Welsh: gwain — anatomical sense
  • Wiradjuri: binij — anatomical sense
  • Wolaytta: baacciraa — anatomical sense
  • Wolaytta: xoriya — anatomical sense
  • Yao (Africa): likuma class 5 — anatomical sense
  • Yiddish: שייד (sheyd) — anatomical sense
  • Yiddish: וואַגינע (vagine) — anatomical sense
  • Yiddish: מוטערשייד (mutersheyd) — anatomical sense
  • Zazaki: kis — anatomical sense
  • Catalan: vagina — zootomical sense
  • Czech: vagina — zootomical sense
  • Estonian: tupp — botanical sense
  • Finnish: tuppi — botanical sense
  • Italian: guaina — botanical sense
  • Sicilian: vajina — botanical sense