Feminine
Dose
Meaning
- (feminine) box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood)
- (feminine) tin, can (air-tight container for food)
- (diminutive, feminine, informal, often) vagina, vulva
Concepts
Synonyms
Steckkontakt
weibliche Scham
Anschlussbuchse
Weinschlauch
Scheidenvorhof
Anschlussdose
äußere weibliche Geschlechtsteile
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdoːzə/
Etymology
Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dōse and Middle Dutch dose. Probably from Latin dosis (“dose”), with semantic shift "a small amount (dose) of medicine" > "a container of such a dose of medicine" > "containers in general".
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