adj
Meaning 1
Being or resembling a virgin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
virginal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Uncontaminated or pure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Parthenogenic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 4
A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adjective
Meaning 5
characteristic of a virgin or virginity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- virginal white dresses
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
in a state of sexual virginity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pure and vestal modesty
- a spinster or virgin lady
- men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
untouched or undefiled- L.P.Smith
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage
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noun
Meaning 8
a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pair of virginals
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: harpsichord, cembalo
History
Etymology
From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: i virgjër — being or resembling virgin
- Azerbaijani: bakir — being or resembling virgin
- Azerbaijani: məsum — being or resembling virgin
- Bulgarian: де́вствен (dévstven) — being or resembling virgin
- Chinese Mandarin: 處女的 /处女的 (chǔnǚ de) — being or resembling virgin
- Danish: jomfruelig — being or resembling virgin
- Esperanto: virga — being or resembling virgin
- Finnish: neitseellinen — being or resembling virgin
- French: virginal — being or resembling virgin
- Galician: virxinal — being or resembling virgin
- Georgian: ქალწულისებური (kalc̣uliseburi) — being or resembling virgin
- Georgian: ქალწული (kalc̣uli) — being or resembling virgin
- German: jungfräulich — being or resembling virgin
- Irish: maighdeanúil — being or resembling virgin
- Irish: ógh — being or resembling virgin
- Norwegian Bokmål: jomfruelig — being or resembling virgin
- Russian: де́вственный (dévstvennyj) — being or resembling virgin
- Spanish: virginal — being or resembling virgin
- Spanish: virgíneo — being or resembling virgin
- Catalan: virginal — musical instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 古鍵琴 /古键琴 (gǔjiànqín) — musical instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 維吉那琴 /维吉那琴 (wéijínàqín) — musical instrument
- Dutch: virginaal — musical instrument
- Finnish: virginaali — musical instrument
- French: virginal — musical instrument
- German: Virginal — musical instrument
- Portuguese: virginal — musical instrument