genitalia

Other forms of genitalia

plural

genitalias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about genitalia

What does genitalia mean?

genitalia means "external sex organ".

How many syllables are in genitalia?

genitalia has 4 syllables: ge-ni-ta-lia. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /dʒɛnəˈtɑljə/.

What is another word for genitalia?

Close synonyms include genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates, crotch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genitalia a common word?

genitalia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.