virginity

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• /və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/
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From Middle English virginite, from Old French virginite, from Latin virginitas. Equivalent to virgin + -ity. Displaced native Old English mæġeþhād (compare modern English maidhood), originally meaning “girlhood.”

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: maagdelikheid — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Albanian: virgjëri — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Arabic: بَكَارَة (bakāra) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Arabic: بَتُولِيَّة (batūliyya) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Armenian: կուսություն (kusutʻyun) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Aromanian: virghireatsã — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Asturian: virxinidá — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Azerbaijani: bakirəlik — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Azerbaijani: bəkarət — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Azerbaijani: qızlıq — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Belarusian: дзяво́цкасць (dzjavóckascʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Belarusian: цно́та (cnóta) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Belarusian: цнатлі́васць (cnatlívascʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Bulgarian: де́вственост (dévstvenost) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Carpathian Rusyn: дївство (djivstvo) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Carpathian Rusyn: нерушаность (nerušanostʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Carpathian Rusyn: невинность (nevynnostʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Catalan: virginitat — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Chinese Mandarin: 處女性 /处女性 (chùnǚxìng) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Chinese Mandarin: 童貞 /童贞 (tóngzhēn) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Czech: panenství — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Dutch: maagdelijkheid — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Estonian: neitsilikkus — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Finnish: neitsyys — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• French: virginité — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Galician: virxinidade — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Georgian: სიმწვანე (simc̣vane) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Georgian: ქალწულება (kalc̣uleba) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Georgian: ქალიშვილობა (kališviloba) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Georgian: ვაჟიშვილობა (važišviloba) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• German: Jungfräulichkeit — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• German: Virginität — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• German: Unschuld — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹 (magaþei) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Greek: παρθενία (parthenía) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Ancient Greek: παρθενία (parthenía) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Hebrew: בְּתוּלִים (b'tulím) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Interlingua: virginitate — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Irish: maighdeanas — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Irish: ócht — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Italian: verginità — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Italian: pulcellaggio — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Japanese: 処女 (shojo) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Japanese: 処女性 (shojosei) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Japanese: 童貞 (dōtei) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Khmer: ព្រហ្មចារីភាព (prumcaarəy phiep) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Latin: virginitās — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Latvian: jaunavība — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Lithuanian: nekaltýbė — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Macedonian: невиност (nevinost) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Malay: dara — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Malay: keperawanan — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Manx: moidynys — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Māori: puhinga — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Māori: wāhinatanga — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Middle English: maydenhede — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Middle English: virginite — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Old Occitan: virginitad — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Old English: mæġeþhād — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Persian: باکرگی (bâkeregi) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Persian: بکارت (bakârat) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Polish: panieństwo — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Polish: dziewictwo — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Portuguese: virgindade — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Romanian: virginitate — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Romanian: feciorie — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Russian: де́вственность (dévstvennostʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Russian: неви́нность (nevínnostʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Russian: непоро́чность (neporóčnostʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Scottish Gaelic: maighdeannas — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Scottish Gaelic: òigheachd — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏вӣно̄ст — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅvīnōst — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Slovak: panenstvo — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Slovene: devištvo — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Spanish: virginidad — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Spanish: doncellez — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Swahili: ubikira — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Swedish: oskuld — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Swedish: jungfrudom — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Swedish: mödom — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Swedish: svendom — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Telugu: కన్నెరికం (kannerikaṁ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Thai: พรหมจรรย์ (prom-má-jan) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Turkish: bakirlik — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Turkish: bakirelik — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Turkish: bekâret — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Turkish: kızlık — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Ottoman Turkish: بكارت (bekâret) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Ottoman Turkish: بكر (bikr, bikir) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Ukrainian: цно́та (cnóta) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Ukrainian: неза́йманість (nezájmanistʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Ukrainian: цнотли́вість (cnotlývistʹ) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Vietnamese: trinh tiết — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Yakut: кыыһынан сылдьыы (kïïhïnan sïljïï) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Yakut: уолунан сылдьыы (uolunan sïljïï) — state or characteristic of being a virgin
• Zazaki: ezebiye (diq) — state or characteristic of being a virgin