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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब॑ (úlba) and उल्व॑ (úlva, “womb”) or English valve, valva and other descendants of the Latin term (evolve, involve, revolve).

228 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akkadian: 𒊩𒆷 (biṣṣūrum) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Albanian: vulvë — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Amharic: እምስ (äms) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Arabic: فَرْج (farj) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Arabic: حِرّ (ḥirr) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Arabic: فَالْفَا (fālfā) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Aragonese: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Armenian: բունոց (bunocʻ) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Armenian: ամոթույք (amotʻuykʻ) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Assamese: যোনিদ্বাৰ (züniddar) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Aukan: umanpeesi — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Aymara: chupila — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Azerbaijani: am — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Baluchi: کس (kos) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Baluchi: چچ (cocc) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Basque: alu — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Belarusian: ву́льва (vúlʹva) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Bengali: ভালভা (bhalbha) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Bengali: যোনি (jōni) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Central Bikol: buray — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Bulgarian: ву́лва (vúlva) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Burmese: ယောနိ (yau:ni.) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Caribbean Hindustani: boer, jonie — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Catalan: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Cebuano: puki — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chamorro: bebe' — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chinese: 陰門 /阴门 (im-mn̂g) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chinese: 外陰 /外阴 (gōe-im) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chinese Mandarin: 外陰 /外阴 (wàiyīn) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰門 /阴门 (yīnmén) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chinese Mandarin: 女陰 /女阴 (nǚyīn) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰戶 /阴户 (yīnhù) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Chinese Pidgin Russian: 毴史大 — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Czech: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Danish: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Danish: tissekone — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Dhivehi: ފަރުޖު (faruju) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Dinka: mur — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Dutch: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Esperanto: vulvo — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Estonian: häbe — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Estonian: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ewe: ɖonu — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Finnish: häpy — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Finnish: ulkosynnyttimet — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Finnish: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Franco-Provençal: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• French: vulve — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Friulian: vulve — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Galician: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Galician: cona — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Galician: crica — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Galician: natura — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Georgian: ვულვა (vulva) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• German: Vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• German: Scham — collectively the external female sexual organs
• German: Vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Bavarian German: Vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Greek: αιδοίο (aidoío) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ancient Greek: αἰδοῖον (aidoîon) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ancient Greek: δορίαλλος (doríallos) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ancient Greek: σάραβος (sárabos) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Greenlandic: utsuit — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Greenlandic: utsuut — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Gujarati: યોનિ (yoni) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Hebrew: פות — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Hebrew: פֹּת (pot) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Hindi: भग (bhag) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Hungarian: szeméremtest — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Icelandic: píka — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Icelandic: kvensköp — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Icelandic: sköp — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ido: vulvo — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ingrian: vittu — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ingrian: präski — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Inupiaq: utchuk — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Irish: pit — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Italian: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Japanese: 陰門 (inmon) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kamba: kinu — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kannada: ಯೋನಿ (yōni) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kari'na: mone — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kari'na: tùwi — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kazakh: сарпай (sarpai) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kazakh: ам (am) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Khmer: យោនី (younii) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kikuyu: kino — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kikuyu: kitu — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Korean: 보지 (boji) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Korean: 씹 (ssip) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Korean: 외음부 (oeeumbu) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Korean: 음문 (eummun) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Central Kurdish: کوز (kuz) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Northern Kurdish: quz — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Kyrgyz: ам (am) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Lao: ໂຍນີ (nyō nī) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Lao: ຫີ (hī) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Latin: muliebria — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Latin: pudenda — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Latin: vāgīna — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Latin: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Latin: cunnus — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Latvian: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Lithuanian: putė — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Lombard: trifola — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Macedonian: сра́мница (srámnica) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Macedonian: ву́лва (vúlva) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Malagasy: fala — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Malay: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Malayalam: യോനി (yōni) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Maltese: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Manchu: ᡶᡝᡶᡝ (fefe) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Māori: teke — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Māori: puapua — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Māori: toke — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: उल्वा (ulvā) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: बाह्य जननेंद्रिय (bāhya jannendriy) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: अपत्यपथ (apatyapath) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: जन्मपथ (janmapath) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: गभ (gabh) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: कन्दर्पकूप (kandarpakūp) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: जघन (jaghan) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marathi: योनी (yonī) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marshallese: bōļbōļ — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Marshallese: bōlōk — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Middle English: quoniam — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Nahuatl: tepilli — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Nahuatl: nenetl — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Classical Nahuatl: tepilli — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Classical Nahuatl: cocoxqui — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Classical Nahuatl: nenetl — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Navajo: atsxil — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Neapolitan: vùlv — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Nepali: योनी (yonī) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Norwegian Bokmål: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Norwegian Bokmål: kuse — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kuse — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ojibwe: nikidin — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Old English: mæġeþblæd — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Old Norse: gás — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Palauan: but — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Palauan: oldaol — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Palauan: uuk — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Pashto: پنډ — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Persian: فرج (farj) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Persian: کس (kos) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Piedmontese: ciòrgna — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Polish: srom — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Portuguese: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Punjabi: ਯੋਨੀ (yonī) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Punjabi: ਭਗ (bhag) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Quechua: rak'a — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Romanian: vulvă — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Russian: ву́льва (vúlʹva) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Russian: нару́жные же́нские половы́е о́рганы (narúžnyje žénskije polovýje órgany) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Northern Sami: heahpu — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sanskrit: योनि (yoni) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sanskrit: भग (bhaga) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Saramaccan: kú — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Scottish Gaelic: pit — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Serbo-Croatian: сти̑дница — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Serbo-Croatian: stȋdnica — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Serbo-Croatian: vȕlva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sherpa: རྐུབ། (rkub) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Shona: sikarudzi — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sicilian: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sinhalese: යෝනි (yōni) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Slovak: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Slovene: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sotho: botshehadi — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Spanish: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Spanish: cashpeta — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Spanish: pishura — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Spanish: crica — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sranan Tongo: umapresi — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sumerian: 𒊩𒆷 (gala) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Sundanese: ᮠᮩᮔ᮪ᮎᮩᮒ᮪ (heunceut) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Swahili: uke — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Swahili: kuma — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Swedish: blygd — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Swedish: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tagalog: bulba — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tagalog: pekpek — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tagalog: kiki — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tagalog: puwerta — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tajik: фарҷ (farj) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tamil: யோனி (yōṉi) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tamil: கருவாய் (karuvāy) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Taos: kə́na — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tarifit: iyenšišen — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Telugu: యోని (yōni) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tetum: hu'in — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Thai: โยนี (yoo-nii) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Thai: ช่องคลอด (chɔ̂ng-klɔ̂ɔt) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Thai: หี (hǐi) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tibetan: སྟུ། (stu) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tok Pisin: rot bilong karim pikinini — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Tswana: bosadi — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Turkish: am — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Turkish: vulva — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ottoman Turkish: آم (am) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ottoman Turkish: فرج (ferc) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Turkmen: am — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Udmurt: кызян (kyźan) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Ukrainian: ву́льва (vúlʹva) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Uzbek: am — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Venetan: potìfa — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Venetan: pòta — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Venetan: móna — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Venetan: marùgola — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Venetan: frìtola — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Venetan: fìga — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Vietnamese: âm hộ — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Vietnamese: lồn — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Vietnamese: bướm — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Vietnamese: nữ căn — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Vilamovian: pić — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Volapük: kunud — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Welsh: fwlfa — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Woiwurrung: bu(u)t — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Wolaytta: damppuwa — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Wolof: bajo — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Yámana: wahar — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Yiddish: וווּלווע (vulve) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Yiddish: שפּיל (shpil) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Zazaki: kıs (diq) — collectively the external female sexual organs
• Zulu: inhlunu — collectively the external female sexual organs