clitoris

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals.
2. A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.

Έννοιες

κλειτορίδα

κλειτορίς

Συνώνυμα

clit

button

vagina

sweet spot

clitty

labia minora

chicken

🐔

Μεταφράσεις

clitoris

Kitzler

Klitoris

clitoride

clítoris

clítoris

clitoris

kittelaar

بظر

klitoris

clitóris

crista

clitoris

landīca

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈklɪtəɹɪs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Kitzler

In summary

From post-classical Latin clītoris (16th century), or its source, Koine Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís), probably from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, “I sheathe, shut”), in reference to it being covered by the labia minora.
The related noun form κλείς (kleís) has a second meaning of "a key, a latch or hook (to close a door)." Wooden pegs were the original keys; a connection also revealed in Latin clavis (“nail”) and claudere (“to shut”) (see close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb κλειτοριάζω (kleitoriázō, “touch or titillate lasciviously, tickle”) literally "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (compare German Kitzler (“clitoris”, literally “tickler”), related to Greek κλειτύς (kleitús, “shut, closed”), a variant of κλιτύς (klitús, “hillside”), related to κλίνω (klínō, “I slope”), from the same root as κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder”). But many sources take κλειτορίς (kleitorís) literally as Ancient Greek "little hill".