condom
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral.
- Any of various forms of flexible sleeve or barrier, variously shaped for either penetrative or receptive body parts, made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn (by anyone with) during sexual activity to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs.
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒn.dɒm/
/ˈkɒn.dəm/
/ˈkɑn.dəm/
/ˈkʌn.dəm/
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Word forms
condom
condoms
condum
Etymology
Unknown. Many speculations exist. Possibly derived from Italian guantone, from guanto (“a glove”).
Synonyms
Related words
Translations
Afar: kondom
Afrikaans: kondoom
Albanian: prezervativ
Arabic: عَازِل ذَكَرِيّ
Arabic: وَاقٍ ذَكَرِيّ
Arabic: كُونْدُوم
Arabic: كَانْدُوم
Arabic: عَازِل طِبِّيّ
Arabic: كوندوم
Arabic: كاندوم
Arabic: كونْدُم
Arabic: جلدة
Arabic: واقي
Armenian: պահպանակ
Armenian: գանդոն
Asturian: condón
Asturian: preservativu
Azerbaijani: prezervativ
Azerbaijani: kondom
Basque: kondoi
Basque: preserbatibo
Belarusian: прэзерваты́ў
Belarusian: кандо́м
Belarusian: начэ́пнік
Bengali: কন্ডম
Breton: stevell
Breton: tog
Bulgarian: кондо́м
Bulgarian: презервати́в
Burmese: ကွန်ဒုံး
Catalan: preservatiu
Catalan: condó
Catalan: condom
Cebuano: kondom
Chinese Cantonese: 避孕套
Chinese Cantonese: 安全套
Chinese Cantonese: 如意套
Chinese Cantonese: 套
Chinese: 保險套 /保险套
Chinese: sak-khù
Chinese: sak-khuh
Chinese Mandarin: 避孕套
Chinese Mandarin: 安全套
Chinese Mandarin: 保險套 /保险套
Chinese Mandarin: 衛生套 /卫生套
Chinese Mandarin: 陰莖套 /阴茎套
Chinese Mandarin: 如意套
Chinese Mandarin: 套兒 /套儿
Chinese Mandarin: 套套
Cornish: kondom
Czech: kondom
Czech: prezervativ
Danish: kondom
Danish: præservativ
Dutch: condoom
Dutch: capotje
Dutch: regenjasje
Elfdalian: tjytågummi
Esperanto: kondomo
Esperanto: preventilo
Esperanto: penisingo
Estonian: kondoom
Estonian: preservatiiv
Estonian: kumm
Estonian: kantoss
Faroese: hít
Finnish: kondomi
Finnish: kortsu
Finnish: kumi
Finnish: spärdäri
French: préservatif
French: capote anglaise
French: capote
French: condom
Galician: preservativo
Galician: condón
Galician: profiláctico
Georgian: პრეზერვატივი
Georgian: განდონი
German: Präservativ
German: Kondom
German: Präser
German: Pariser
German: Gummi
German: Fuffzicher
German: Verhüterli
German: Ficktüte
German: Nahkampfsocke
German: Überzieher
Greek: προφυλακτικό
Greenlandic: kondomi
Greenlandic: usuup-puua
Gujarati: નિરોધ
Hebrew: קוֹנְדּוֹם
Hebrew: כּוֹבָעוֹן
Hindi: निरोध
Hindi: कंडोम
Hungarian: óvszer
Hungarian: kondom
Hungarian: koton
Hungarian: gumi
Icelandic: smokkur
Indonesian: kondom
Interlingua: preservativo
Interlingua: condom
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