"virginal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəl/ Forms: more virginal [comparative], most virginal [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|virginal}} Middle English virginal, {{der|en|frm|virginal}} Middle French virginal, {{der|en|la|virginālis}} Latin virginālis Head templates: {{en-adj}} virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)
  1. Being or resembling a virgin. Translations (being or resembling virgin): i virgjër (Albanian), bakir (Azerbaijani), məsum (Azerbaijani), де́вствен (dévstven) (Bulgarian), 處女的 (Chinese Mandarin), 处女的 (chǔnǚ de) (Chinese Mandarin), jomfruelig (Danish), virga (Esperanto), neitseellinen (Finnish), virginal (French), virxinal (Galician), ქალწულისებური (kalc̣uliseburi) (Georgian), ქალწული (kalc̣uli) (Georgian), jungfräulich (German), maighdeanúil (Irish), ógh (Irish), jomfruelig (Norwegian Bokmål), де́вственный (dévstvennyj) (Russian), virginal (Spanish), virgíneo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-virginal-en-adj-Psi7CryL Disambiguation of 'being or resembling virgin': 77 9 14
  2. Uncontaminated or pure.
    Sense id: en-virginal-en-adj-MGbnjbpe
  3. (zoology) Parthenogenic. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-virginal-en-adj-yAXsqwoF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 51 45 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 3 2 58 37 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chaste, cherry, undeflowered, unfucked, unsullied, vestal, virgin, virginal Hypernyms: temperate Derived forms: virginal membrane Related terms: callow, innocent, pristine, pure, untouched, pubescent

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəl/ Forms: virginal [plural], virginals [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|virginal}} Middle English virginal, {{der|en|frm|virginal}} Middle French virginal, {{der|en|la|virginālis}} Latin virginālis Head templates: {{en-noun|virginal|s}} virginal (plural virginal or virginals)
  1. (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family. Categories (topical): Musical instruments Synonyms: pair of virginals Translations (musical instrument): virginal [masculine] (Catalan), 古鍵琴 (Chinese Mandarin), 古键琴 (gǔjiànqín) (Chinese Mandarin), 維吉那琴 (Chinese Mandarin), 维吉那琴 (wéijínàqín) (Chinese Mandarin), virginaal [neuter] (Dutch), virginaali (Finnish), virginal [masculine] (French), Virginal [neuter] (German), virginal [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-virginal-en-noun-MZxzO07h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 51 45 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virginal",
      "word": "virginal"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "i virgjër"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "bakir"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "məsum"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dévstven",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "де́вствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "處女的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǔnǚ de",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "处女的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "jomfruelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "virga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "neitseellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "virginal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "virxinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kalc̣uliseburi",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "ქალწულისებური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kalc̣uli",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "ქალწული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "jungfräulich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "maighdeanúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "ógh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "jomfruelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévstvennyj",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "де́вственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "virginal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being or resembling virgin",
      "word": "virgíneo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Virginals"
  ],
  "word": "virginal"
}

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        "3": "virginal"
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "virginal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "virginals",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, in Friday's Business",
          "text": "His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.",
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        "(music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
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        "music"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəl/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "pair of virginals"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virginal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "古鍵琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔjiànqín",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "古键琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "維吉那琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéijínàqín",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "维吉那琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "virginaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "virginaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virginal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Virginal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virginal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "virginal"
}
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  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: wikipedia {1: 'Virginals', 2: 'Virginals'}",
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    "wikipedia"
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "virginal",
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}

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