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vulva

  • /ˈvʌlvə/

Rhymes with -ʌlvə

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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).

noun vulvas · vulvae · vulvæ

  1. The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening. The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.
  2. A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

Similar: 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

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noun collectively the external female sexual organs

Españolvulva, cashpeta, pishura, crica
한국어보지 boji, 씹 ssip, 외음부 oeeumbu, 음문 eummun
日本語陰門 inmon
中文外陰 /外阴 wàiyīn, 陰門 /阴门 yīnmén, 女陰 /女阴 nǚyīn, 陰戶 /阴户 yīnhù
हिन्दीभग bhag
Kiswahiliuke, kuma
Portuguêsvulva
Françaisvulve
DeutschVulva, Scham
Italianovulva
Ελληνικάαιδοίο aidoío
Românăvulvă
Русскийву́льва vúlʹva, нару́жные же́нские половы́е о́рганы narúžnyje žénskije polovýje órgany
Tiếng Việtâm hộ, lồn, bướm, nữ căn
العربيةفَرْج farj, حِرّ ḥirr, فَالْفَا fālfā
עבריתפות, פֹּת pot

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@misc{vulva_2026,
  title = {vulva},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vulva},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}