How do you pronounce genital?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/.

Where does genital come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

genital

/ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: gen-i-tal
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to biological reproduction.

adj

Of or relating to the genitalia.

adj

Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

noun

A genital organ.

Example Sentences

"In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure."
"( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")"
"David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be."
"[…] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine."

Etymology

From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *ǵenh₁-, genital, genitalis

Inflected Forms

genitals (plural) genitalia (plural)

Derived Forms

abdominogenital adiposogenital adrenogenital agenital androgenital anogenital bigenital circumgenital crurogenital extragenital faciodigitogenital faciogenital

Phrases

female genital mutilation genital cord genital cutting genital herpes genital mutilation genital organ genital tubercle genital wart

Synonyms

genitals genitalia venereal

Rhymes With

congenital