smegma
See also: Smegma
English
Etymology
From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: smĕgʹmə, IPA(key): /ˈsmɛɡmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
smegma (countable and uncountable, plural smegmas)
- A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.
- 1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 30:
- I saw Mrs St Cloud wander happily through the flower-filled streets, her belly smeared with smegma, breasts bruised by the hands of boys.
Synonyms
- cheese (slang), cock cheese (vulgar slang), dick cheese (vulgar slang), knob cheese (vulgar slang)
Derived terms
Translations
sebaceous secretion
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “smegma”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsmɛɡma]
Declension
Danish
Declension
Synonyms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin smēgma, from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmɛx.maː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: smeg‧ma
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English smegma), ultimately from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmeɡmɑ/, [ˈs̠me̞ɡmɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eɡmɑ
- Syllabification(key): smeg‧ma
Declension
| Inflection of smegma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | smegma | smegmat | ||
| genitive | smegman | smegmojen | ||
| partitive | smegmaa | smegmoja | ||
| illative | smegmaan | smegmoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | smegma | smegmat | ||
| accusative | nom. | smegma | smegmat | |
| gen. | smegman | |||
| genitive | smegman | smegmojen smegmainrare | ||
| partitive | smegmaa | smegmoja | ||
| inessive | smegmassa | smegmoissa | ||
| elative | smegmasta | smegmoista | ||
| illative | smegmaan | smegmoihin | ||
| adessive | smegmalla | smegmoilla | ||
| ablative | smegmalta | smegmoilta | ||
| allative | smegmalle | smegmoille | ||
| essive | smegmana | smegmoina | ||
| translative | smegmaksi | smegmoiksi | ||
| abessive | smegmatta | smegmoitta | ||
| instructive | — | smegmoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- esinahkatali
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smɛɡ.ma/
Derived terms
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative spelling of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsmeːɡ.ma/, [ˈs̠meːɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsmeɡ.ma/, [ˈzmɛɡmä]
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | smēgma | smēgmata |
| Genitive | smēgmatis | smēgmatum |
| Dative | smēgmatī | smēgmatibus |
| Accusative | smēgma | smēgmata |
| Ablative | smēgmate | smēgmatibus |
| Vocative | smēgma | smēgmata |
References
- “smegma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- smegma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Lithuanian
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).
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