different between pudenda vs pudendum

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pyo?od?n?d?, pyo?od?n?d?, IPA^(key): /pj??d?nd?/, /pju??d?nd?/

Noun

pudenda

1. plural of pudendum

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?d?n.da/
• Hyphenation: pu?dèn?da

Noun

pudenda f pl (plural only)

1. the intimate parts of the human body

References

• pudenda in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Participle

pudenda

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of pudendus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of pudendus

Participle

pudend?

1. ablative feminine singular of pudendus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?denda/, [pu?ð??n?.d?a]

Adjective

pudenda

1. feminine singular of pudendo

English

Etymology

From Latin pudenda (“that whereof one ought to feel shame”), substantive use of the neuter plural gerundive of pudet (“it shames”); in Latin the usage in the plural form (to mean external genitalia), was far more common than the singular form, as is also the case in English.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pyo?od?n?d?m, pyo?od?n?d?m, IPA^(key): /pj??d?nd?m/, /pju??d?nd?m/

Noun

pudendum (plural pudenda)

1. (usually in the plural) An external genital organ in a human; especially a woman’s vulva.
2. (in the plural) A person’s genital organ, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively.
3. (figuratively) A shameful part of something.

Usage notes

• This term appears far more frequently in the plural — as pudenda — than in the singular, analogously with genitalia, which is rarely encountered in its obscure singular form genitale, and with genitals, a plurale tantum whose supposed singular form genital is an adjective in English.

Derived terms

References

• “pudendum” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]
• “pudendum, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Dec. 2008]

Anagrams

• undumped

Latin

Etymology

From pudet (“it shames”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pu?den.dum/, [p??d??n?d????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu?den.dum/, [pu?d??n?d?um]

Gerund

pudendum (accusative, gerundive pudendus)

1. shaming

Declension

Second declension, defective.

There is no nominative form. The present active infinitive of the parent verb is used in situations that require a nominative form.
The accusative may also be substituted by the infinitive in this way.

Participle

pudendum

1. nominative neuter singular of pudendus
2. accusative masculine singular of pudendus
3. accusative neuter singular of pudendus
4. vocative neuter singular of pudendus

Related terms

• pudenda