different between whitish vs smegma

English

Etymology

From Middle English whitisch, whytyssh, equivalent to white +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?t??/
• (without the wine–whine merger) enPR: ?hw?t?sh, IPA^(key): /??a?t??/

Adjective

whitish (comparative more whitish, superlative most whitish)

1. Somewhat white, pale or almost white.
   • 1910, The Year Book of Dermatology (page 124)

     The skin was somewhat pigmented, especially in certain regions, while over the whole there appeared whitish, rounded or oval mottlings or dapplings, most obvious where the surrounding cuticle was most deeply colored.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (smêgma), alternative form of ????? (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from ???? (smá?, “I wipe, clean”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sm?g?m?, IPA^(key): /?sm??m?/

Noun

smegma (countable and uncountable, plural smegmas)

1. A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.

Synonyms

• cheese (slang), cock cheese (vulgar slang), dick cheese (vulgar slang), knob cheese (vulgar slang)

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “smegma”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sm??ma]

Noun

smegma n

1. smegma

Declension

Further reading

• smegma in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• smegma in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

smegma n (singular definite smegmaet, not used in plural form)

1. smegma

Declension

Synonyms

• nakkeost

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sm?gma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (smêgma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sm?x.ma?/
• Hyphenation: smeg?ma

Noun

smegma n (uncountable)

1. smegma

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sme?m?/, [?s?me??m?]
• Rhymes: -e?m?
• Syllabification: smeg?ma

Noun

smegma

1. smegma

Declension

Synonyms

• esinahkatali

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sm??.ma/

Noun

smegma m (plural smegmas)

1. smegma

Derived terms

• smectique

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Anagrams

• gammes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (smêgma), alternative spelling of ????? (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from ???? (smá?, “I wipe, clean”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sme??.ma/, [?s?me??mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sme?.ma/, [?zm??m?]

Noun

sm?gma n (genitive sm?gmatis); third declension

1. ointment

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

• smegma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• smegma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Lithuanian

Noun

smegma f

1. smegma

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (smêgma), alternative form of ????? (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from ???? (smá?, “I wipe, clean”).

Noun

smegma c

1. smegma

Declension