"perineum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈniː.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɛɹ.ɪˈni.əm/ [General-American], /ˌpɛɹ.əˈniː.əm/ (note: weak vowel merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perineum.wav [UK] Forms: perineums [plural], perinea [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion, “space between the anus and scrotum”), from Ancient Greek περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier Ancient Greek περίς (perís, “penis”) through influence from Ancient Greek πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|perinaeum}} Late Latin perinaeum, {{der|en|grc|περίναιον||space between the anus and scrotum}} Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion, “space between the anus and scrotum”), {{der|en|grc|περίνεος, περίνεοι||male genitals}} Ancient Greek περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), {{der|en|grc|περίς||penis}} Ancient Greek περίς (perís, “penis”), {{der|en|grc|πηρίς||scrotum}} Ancient Greek πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|perinea}} perineum (plural perineums or perinea)
  1. (anatomy) The region between the human genitalia, especially the scrotum, and anus. The male perineum is between the scrotum and anus. The female perineum is between the vagina and anus. Categories (topical): Anatomy Hyponyms: barse Derived forms: perineal Related terms: anus, scrotum, penis Coordinate_terms: episio- Translations (Translations): perineum (Afrikaans), perineum [masculine] (Albanian), nënvete [feminine] (Albanian), περίνεος (períneos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), عِجَان (ʕijān) [masculine] (Arabic), շեք (šekʻ) (Armenian), perinéu (Asturian), aralıq (Azerbaijani), পেরিনিয়াম (periniẏam) (Bengali), perine (Breton), perineum (Breton), перинеум (perineum) (Bulgarian), perineu [masculine] (Catalan), 會陰 (Chinese Cantonese), 会阴 (wui⁶ jam¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 會陰 (Chinese Mandarin), 会阴 (huìyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), hráz [feminine] (Czech), mellemkød [neuter] (Danish), perineum [neuter] (Dutch), perineo (Esperanto), lahkliha (Estonian), väliliha (Finnish), périnée [masculine] (French), períneo [masculine] (Galician), Perineum [neuter] (German), Damm [masculine] (German), Griggele [Alemannic-German, feminine] (German), περίνεο (períneo) [neuter] (Greek), חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים (kheyts ha-nekavayim) [masculine] (Hebrew), मूलाधार (mūlādhār) [masculine] (Hindi), gát (Hungarian), perineum (Hungarian), spöng (Icelandic), perineo (Ido), gibidinic (Irish), perineo [masculine] (Italian), 会陰 (ein) (alt: えいん) (Japanese), 회음부 (hoeeumbu) (alt: 會陰部) (Korean), 회음 (hoeeum) (alt: 會陰) (Korean), perineum [neuter] (Latin), starpene [feminine] (Latvian), tarpvietė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Damm (Low German), Perineum (Low German), меѓичка (meǵička) [feminine] (Macedonian), huinga (Maori), cahcaoažži (Northern Sami), perineum (Norwegian), mellomkjøtt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), میاندوراه (miyândorâh) (Persian), عجان ('ejân) (Persian), پرینه (perine) (Persian), krocze [neuter] (Polish), períneo [masculine] (Portuguese), perineu [neuter] (Romanian), проме́жность (proméžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мѐђица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mèđica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hrádza (Slovak), presrédek [masculine] (Slovene), periné [masculine] (Spanish), perineo [masculine] (Spanish), msamba (Swahili), mellangård [common-gender] (Swedish), perineum (Swedish), bäckenbotten [common-gender] (Swedish), kulampang (Tagalog), perine (Turkish), apış arası (Turkish), проме́жина (proméžyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hội âm (alt: 會陰) (Vietnamese), perinewm (Welsh), perinëwm [masculine] (Welsh), gwerddyr [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "roman": "kheyts ha-nekavayim",
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "mūlādhār",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "perineo"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "gibidinic"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "perineo"
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          "alt": "會陰部",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "회음부"
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          "word": "проме́жность"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "mèđica"
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      "code": "af",
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      "word": "perineum"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nënvete"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕijān",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عِجَان"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šekʻ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "շեք"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perinéu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "aralıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "periniẏam",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "পেরিনিয়াম"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perine"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "perineum",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "перинеум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perineu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "會陰"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "wui⁶ jam¹",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "会阴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "會陰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huìyīn",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "会阴"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hráz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mellemkød"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perineo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "lahkliha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "väliliha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "périnée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "períneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Damm"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Griggele"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "períneo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "περίνεο"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "περίνεος"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kheyts ha-nekavayim",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mūlādhār",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मूलाधार"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "gát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "spöng"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perineo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "gibidinic"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perineo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ein",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "会陰"
    },
    {
      "alt": "會陰部",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hoeeumbu",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "회음부"
    },
    {
      "alt": "會陰",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hoeeum",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "회음"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "starpene"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tarpvietė"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Damm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "meǵička",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "меѓичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "huinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "cahcaoažži"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mellomkjøtt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "miyândorâh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "میاندوراه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'ejân",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "عجان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "perine",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "پرینه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krocze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "períneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perineu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proméžnostʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проме́жность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мѐђица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mèđica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hrádza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presrédek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "periné"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perineo"
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    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "msamba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mellangård"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perineum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bäckenbotten"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kulampang"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perine"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "apış arası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proméžyna",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проме́жина"
    },
    {
      "alt": "會陰",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hội âm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perinewm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perinëwm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwerddyr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perineum"
}

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