venereal

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.
2. (not-comparable) Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.
3. (not-comparable, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.
4. (not-comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

Opposite of

nonvenereal

Synonyms

genital

sexually transmitted

gonorrhea

sexual

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voluptuous

syphilis

lymphogranuloma

aphrodisiac

cytherean

coital

Translations

vénérien

venéreo

αφροδίσιος

venerisch

venereo

venéreo

venerisch

αφροδισιακός

geslachts-

génital

aphrodisiaque

sexuell übertragbar

sexuellement transmissible

veneri

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: venereal

In summary

From Middle English venereal, venerealle (“of or relating to sexual intercourse”), from Latin venereus, venerius (“of or relating to sexual love”), from Venus (“Roman goddess of love”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).