scrotum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinscrōtum.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈskɹəʊ.təm/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈskɹoʊ.təm/
• Rhymes:-əʊtəm

Noun

scrotum(pluralscrotumsorscrota)

2. (anatomy)Thesacofskinandmusclethatcontainsthetesticlesin mostplacental(boreoeutherian)mammals.

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:scrotum

   The female labia majora are homologous to the malescrotum.

Hypernyms

• external genitalia
• labioscrotal swellings- embryological precursor

Derived terms

• scro
• scrote
• scrotumed
• scrotum frog

Related terms

• scrotal

Translations

the bag of the skin and muscle that contains the testicles

• Albanian:qese e herdhevef
• Arabic:صَفَنm(ṣafan),كِيس اَلصَّفَنm(kīs aṣ-ṣafan),كِيس(ar)m(kīs)

  Egyptian Arabic:صفنm(ṣafan)

• Aragonese:escrotom
• Armenian:ամորձապարկ(amorjapark),փոշտ(hy)(pʻošt),(slang,vulgar)պլոր(hy)(plor)
• Asturian:escrotu(ast)m
• Azerbaijani:xayalıq,xaya torbası
• Bashkir:тоҡсай(toqsay)
• Belarusian:машо́нкаf(mašónka)
• Bengali:অন্ডকোষ(bn)(onḍokōś),অণ্ডকোষ(bn)(onḍokōś)
• Bulgarian:скротумm(skrotum)
• Catalan:escrot(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Xuân túi(ceon¹doi⁶),Tinh hoàn／Tinh hoàn(jam¹nong⁴)

  Hokkien:Tinh hoàn／Tinh hoàn(im-lông),𡳞 phao(zh-min-nan),𡳞 bào(lān-pha),Bào túi(phau-lông)

  Mandarin:Tinh hoàn／Tinh hoàn(zh)(yīnnáng)

• Czech:šourek(cs)m
• Danish:skrotum(clinic),pung(da)c,bollernecpl(slang)
• Dutch:scrotum(nl)n,balzak(nl)m
• Esperanto:skroto,testikujo
• Estonian:munandikott,(vulgar)munn(et)
• Faroese:skólpurm,pungurm
• Finnish:kivespussi(fi)
• French:scrotum(fr)m
• Friulian:scrotm
• Galician:escroto(gl)m
• German:Skrotum(de)n,Hodensack(de)m
• Greek:όσχεο(el)(óscheo)

  Ancient:ὄσχηf(óskhē)

• Gujarati:કોથળી(kothaḷī)
• Hebrew:כיס האשכים,שַׂק הָאֲשָׁכִיםm(sak ha-ashakhim)
• Hindi:अंडकोष(hi)m(aṇḍkoṣ)
• Hungarian:herezacskó(hu)
• Icelandic:pungur(is)m
• Ido:skroto(io)
• Indonesian:kantong pelir,skrotum(id)
• Ingrian:kellit
• Irish:bosánm,cadairnem,cochallm(of animal)
• Italian:scroto(it)m
• Japanese:Âm túi(ja)(いん の う, innō)
• Javanese:ꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦛꦺꦴꦭ꧀(konthol)
• Kannada:ಅಂಡಾಶಯ(kn)(aṇḍāśaya)
• Kazakh:ұма(ūma)
• Khmer:ក្រសោមស្វាស(krɑsaom svaah),ប្លោក(km)(plaok)
• Korean:불(ko)(bul),음낭( tinh hoàn )(ko)(eumnang)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:گوندێن(gundên)

  Northern Kurdish:tûrikê gunm

• Latin:scrōtumn,(vulgar)culleusm
• Latvian:sēklinieku maisiņšm
• Lithuanian:kapšelism,sėklidžių kapšelism
• Low German:Klötensack,Skrotum
• Macedonian:скротум(skrotum)
• Malay:kantung buah zakar,kerandut buah pelir,skrotum,kerandut buah zakar
• Malayalam:വൃഷണസഞ്ചി(vr̥ṣaṇasañci)
• Manchu:ᡠᡥᠠᠯᠠ(uhala)
• Maori:pūkoro raho
• Marathi:वृषण(vŕṣaṇ)
• Nandi:lato,kâp-lat(when castrated)
• Navajo:achoʼ,achoʼ bizis,achoʼayęęzhii bizis,ayęęzhii bizis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:pungm,skrotum

  Nynorsk:pungm,skrotum

• Omaha-Ponca:shoⁿdé
• Persian:پوست بیضه(pust-e beyze),کیسه بیضه(kise-ye beyze),کیسه خایه(kise-ye xâye)
• Plautdietsch:Hoodensakm
• Polish:moszna(pl)f,worek mosznowym
• Portuguese:escroto(pt)m
• Romanian:scrot(ro)n
• Russian:мошо́нка(ru)f(mošónka)
• Saaroa:'aricuru
• Sami:

  Inari:kuolâpursâ

  Northern:buđˈđá,bálˈloseahkka

  Skolt:kuõllsiâkk

• Sanskrit:अण्डकोष(sa)(aṇḍakoṣa)
• Serbo-Croatian:mòšnja(sh)f,mȍšnice(sh)fpl,mȍšničkaf
• Sicilian:scrotum
• Slovak:miešok(sk)m,skrótumn,(slang, vulgar)gulefpl,(slang, vulgar)vajcianpl
• Slovene:modnikm,mošnjaf,skrotumm
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:měchm

• Spanish:escroto(es)m
• Sundanese:ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪(kanjut)
• Swahili:korodani
• Swedish:pung(sv)c,scrotum(sv),skrotum(sv)
• Tagalog:balat-bayag,eskroto,kasuputan
• Tamil:விதைப்பை(ta)(vitaippai)
• Telugu:వృషణం(te)(vr̥ṣaṇaṁ),అండకోశము(te)(aṇḍakōśamu),బీజావయవము(bījāvayavamu)
• Thai:ถุงอัณฑะ
• Tongan:laho
• Turkish:skrotum(tr)
• Ukrainian:мошо́нкаf(mošónka),кали́ткаf(kalýtka)
• Urdu:صفن(sufan)
• Uyghur:please add this translation if you can
• Uzbek:yorgʻoq(uz)
• Vietnamese:dái(vi),bìu dái(vi),bìu(vi)
• Volapük:skrot
• Welsh:ceillgwdm,sgrotwmm,cwdyn(cy)m(colloquial),cwdm(colloquial)
• Yucatec Maya:chiim
• Záparo:riaha
• ǃXóõ:ǂqhàn-tê

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinscrōtum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈskroː.tʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:scro‧tum
• Rhymes:-oːtʏm

Noun

scrotumn(pluralscrotaorscrotums)

1. (anatomy,medicine)scrotum

   Synonym:balzak

French

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinscrōtum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/skʁɔ.tɔm/,/skʁo.tɔm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

scrotumm(pluralscrotums)

1. scrotum

   Le scrotum est un sac de peau et de tissu fibromusculaire situé à la racine du pénis qui soutient les testicules et les maintient à une température stable.

   The scrotum is a sack of skin and fibromuscular tissue at the base of the penis that supports the testicles and keeps them at a stable temperature.

Derived terms

• scrotal

Further reading

• “scrotum”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Latin

Etymology

FromProto-Indo-European*(s)ker-(“to cut”).See alsoLatinscortum,scrautum,corium,Proto-Germanic*skeraną(whenceEnglishshear),Ancient Greekκείρω(keírō,“I cut off”),Albanianharr(“to cut, to mow”),Lithuanianskìrti(“separate”),Welshysgar(“separate”),Old Armenianքերեմ(kʻerem,“to scrape, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈskroː.tum/,[ˈs̠kroːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈskro.tum/,[ˈskrɔːt̪um]

Noun

scrōtumn(genitivescrōtī);second declension(Late Latin,Medieval Latin,New Latin)

1. (anatomy)scrotum

   Scrōtumest membrum gignendī hominis et animālis in fōrmam saccī, quod testēs continet et prōtegit.

   Thescrotumis a human and animal body part for procreation in the form of a sack, which contains and protects the testes.

Declension

Second-declensionnoun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	scrōtum	scrōta
genitive	scrōtī	scrōtōrum
dative	scrōtō	scrōtīs
accusative	scrōtum	scrōta
ablative	scrōtō	scrōtīs
vocative	scrōtum	scrōta

Descendants

• →Albanian:skrotum
• →Aragonese:escroto
• →Asturian:escrotu
• →Catalan:escrot
• →Galician:escroto
• →Danish:skrotum
• →Dutch:scrotum
• →English:scrotum
• →French:scrotum
• →German:Skrotum
• →Italian:scroto
• →Macedonian:скротум(skrotum)
• →Norwegian:skrotum
• →Portuguese:escroto
• →Romanian:scrot
• →Sicilian:scrotu
• →Spanish:escroto
  • →Tagalog:eskroto
• →Slovak:skrótum
• →Slovene:skrotum
• →Swedish:scrotum,skrotum
• →Turkish:skrotum
• →Welsh:sgrotwm

References

• “scrotum”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scrotuminGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette, page1407.
• scrotuminGeorges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918)Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch,8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column2547