"orifice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒɹɪfɪs/ [UK], /ˈɔɹəfɪs/ [US] Audio: en-us-orifice.ogg Forms: orifices [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“to make”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{uder|en|LL.|ōrificium||an opening, literally the making of a mouth}} Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} orifice (plural orifices)
  1. A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening. Translations (mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe): բացվածք (bacʻvackʻ) (Armenian), անցք (ancʻkʻ) (Armenian), ծակ (cak) (Armenian), отвор (otvor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), отверстие (otverstie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), устие (ustie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), проход (prohod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дюза (djuza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), жигльор (žigljor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), щуцер (štucer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), orifici [masculine] (Catalan), (kǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), (kǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), (dòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 開口 (Chinese Mandarin), 开口 (kāi kǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), åbning [common-gender] (Danish), op [neuter] (Faroese), opilsi (Faroese), aukko (Finnish), reikä (Finnish), orifice [masculine] (French), Öffnung [feminine] (German), op (english: opening) [neuter] (Icelandic), munnur (english: mouth) [masculine] (Icelandic), mulut (Indonesian), poll [masculine] (Irish), oscailt [feminine] (Irish), béal [masculine] (Irish), orifizio [masculine] (Italian), orificio [masculine] (Italian), (kuchi) (alt: くち) (Japanese), 開口部 (kaikōbu) (alt: かいこうぶ) (Japanese), (ana) (alt: あな) (Japanese), Ëffnung [feminine] (Luxembourgish), о́твор (ótvor) [masculine] (Macedonian), mulut (Malay), രന്ധ്രം (randhraṁ) (Malayalam), wenewene (note: of a wound) (Maori), pūaha (Maori), mānawanawa (Maori), åpning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), åp [dialectal, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), opning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), op [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), orifício [masculine] (Portuguese), отве́рстие (otvérstije) [neuter] (Russian), beul [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fosgladh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), orificio [masculine] (Spanish), öppning [common-gender] (Swedish), mynning [common-gender] (Swedish), bukasan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-orifice-en-noun-t-C-yqhR Disambiguation of 'mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe': 99 1
  2. (slang, derogatory) A stupid or objectionable person. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-orifice-en-noun-6f~EcX9z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: external urethral orifice

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Diana T. Meyers, Being Yourself: Essays on Identity, Action, and Social Life, page 86:",
          "text": "For example, cultures that scorn open orifices of all kinds despise uninfibulated female genitals too[…]",
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      "word": "poll"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oscailt"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "béal"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "orifizio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "くち",
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      "word": "口"
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      "word": "開口部"
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      "word": "孔"
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      "word": "mulut"
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      "sense": "mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe",
      "word": "രന്ധ്രം"
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      "note": "of a wound",
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      "word": "wenewene"
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      "word": "pūaha"
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      "word": "mānawanawa"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe",
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      "word": "åpning"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "orifício"
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      "sense": "mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "beul"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "öppning"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe",
      "word": "bukasan"
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