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Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|κλει�ο�ί� kleitoris, a diminutive of uncertain origin, probably from polytonic|κλείειν kleiein �to sheathe, shut�, in reference to its being covered by the labia minora.
The related noun form κλειÏ� kleis 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#Verb|close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb κλειÏ�οÏ�ιάζειν kleitoriazein "to touch or titillate lasciviously, to tickle," lit. "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (cf. German slang â��der Kitzlerâ�� "clitoris," lit. "the tickler"), related to Greek κλειÏ�Ï�Ï� kleitys, a variant of κλιÏ�Ï�Ï� klitys "hillside," related to κλίνειν klinein "to slope," from the same root as κλίμαξ climax. But many sources take κλειÏ�οÏ�ίÏ� literally as Greek "little hill." The Italian anatomist w:Mateo Renaldo Colombo|Mateo Renaldo Colombo (1516–1559), professor at Padua, claimed to have discovered it (De re anatomica, 1559, p. 243). He called it amor Veneris, vel dulcedo "the love or sweetness of Venus." Slang abbreviation clit first attested 1960s.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�klɪt�rɪs/
Noun
en-noun|es | pl2=clitorides
- anatomy A small sensitive elongated erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female mammals, homologous with the penis.
Synonyms
clit
button
Translations
trans-top|elongated erectile organ
Arabic: ARchar|بظر (bazer)
Armenian: Õ®Õ¬Õ«Õ¯ (tslik)
Dhivehi: Þ�ÞªÞ�Þ¦Þ�Þ�Þ¨Þ�Þ¨
Dutch: clitoris m, kittelaar m
Finnish: häpykieli, klitoris
French: #French|clitoris m
Gaelic: brillean
German: Klitoris f, Kitzler m
Greek:
Hebrew: ����� (dagdegan)
Hindi: à¤à¤�नासा (bhagnasa, formal) f
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Icelandic: snÃpur m
Italian: clitoride m|f
Japanese: ã�¯ã�ªã��ã�ªã�¹ (kuritorisu), é�°æ ¸ (inkaku)
Malay: kelentit
Norwegian: klitoris m
Persian: FAchar|������ (chuchuleh)
Polish: �echtaczka f
Punjabi: chola
Romanian: clitoris n (neologism), lindic (archaic, recently slang)
Russian: клиÑ�оÑ� (klÃtor) m
Serbian: dražica f
Spanish: clÃtoris m
Urdu: (anar-dana, bazzar, choot-ka-dana, kuss-ka-pista)
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Derived terms
clit
clitoral
clitoral hood
clitorectomy
clitoridectomy
clitoridotomy
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
French
Etymology
From Greek κλει���ί�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/klit��is/
Noun
fr-noun|m|plural=clitoris
- #English|clitoris
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