condom

See also: Condom

English

A rolled-up condom

Etymology

Unknown. Many theories exist. Possibly derived from Italian guantone, from guanto (“a glove”)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.dɒm/, /ˈkɒn.dəm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.dəm/, /ˈkʌn.dəm/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

condom (plural condoms)

A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs.

Synonyms

dinger (Australian slang)
franger (Australian slang)
French letter (UK)
johnny (UK slang)

rubber (US slang)
raincoat (slang)
protection (euphemism)
jimmy hat (slang)

See also Thesaurus:condom

Derived terms

Translations

flexible sleeve worn on the penis

Afrikaans: kondoom (af)
Albanian: prezervativ m
Arabic: عَازِل ذَكَرِيّ‎ m (ʿāzil ḏakariyy), وَاقٍ ذَكَرِيّ‎ m (wāqin ḏakariyy), كُونْدُوم‎ m (kūndūm), كَانْدُوم‎ m (kāndūm) (colloquial, dialectal), عَازِل طِبِّي‎ m (ʕāzil ṭibbī)
Egyptian Arabic: كوندوم‎ m (kondom), كاندوم‎ m (kandom)

Moroccan Arabic: جلْدة‎ f (jəlda)
Armenian: պահպանակ (hy) (pahpanak), գանդոն (gandon) (vulgar)
Asturian: condón m, preservativu m
Azerbaijani: prezervativ
Basque: kondoi, preserbatibo
Belarusian: прэзерваты́ў m (prezjervatýŭ)
Bengali: কন্ডম (kônḍôm)
Breton: stevell f, tog (br) m
Bulgarian: кондо́м m (kondóm), презервати́в (bg) m (prezervatív)
Burmese: ကွန်ဒုံး (kwandum:)
Catalan: preservatiu m, condó m, condom m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 避孕套 (bei⁶ jan⁶ tou³), 安全套 (on¹ cyun⁴ tou³), 如意套 (jyu⁴ ji³ tou³) (Singapore, Malaysia), 套 (tou³) (colloquial)

Mandarin: 避孕套 (zh) (bìyùntào), 安全套 (zh) (ānquántào), 保險套 (zh), 保险套 (zh) (bǎoxiǎntào), 衛生套 (zh), 卫生套 (zh) (wèishēngtào), 陰莖套 (zh), 阴茎套 (zh) (yīnjīngtào), 如意套 (rúyìtào) (Singapore & Malaysia), 套兒 (zh), 套儿 (zh) (tàor) (colloquial), 套套 (zh) (tàotao) (colloquial)

Min Nan: 保險套, 保险套 (pó-hiám-thò), sak-khù, sak-khuh
Cornish: kondom m
Czech: kondom (cs) m, prezervativ m
Danish: kondom (da), præservativ
Dutch: condoom (nl) m, capotje n, regenjasje (nl) n (jocular)
Elfdalian: tjytågummi n
Esperanto: kondomo, preventilo, penisingo
Estonian: kondoom (et), preservatiiv, kumm (slang), kandoss (slang)
Faroese: hít f
Finnish: kondomi (fi), kortsu (fi) (colloquial), kumi (fi) (colloquial)
French: préservatif (fr) m, capote anglaise (fr) f, (informal) capote (fr) f, (Quebec) condom (fr) m
Galician: preservativo (gl) m, condón (gl) m (colloquial), profiláctico m
Georgian: პრეზერვატივი (ṗrezervaṭivi)
German: Präservativ (de) n, Kondom (de) n, Präser (de), Pariser (de), Gummi (de) n (colloquial), Fuffz´cher (East German, colloquial); Puderdose (Austria, colloquial) f; Verhüterli (Switzerland, colloquial), Ficktüte f (vulgar), Nahkampfsocke f (slang)
Greek: προφυλακτικό (el) n (profylaktikó)
Greenlandic: kondomi, usuup-puua
Gujarati: નિરોધ (nirodh)
Hebrew: קוֹנְדּוֹם‎ (he) m (kondóm)
Hindi: निरोध (hi) (nirodh), कंडोम (hi) (kaṇḍom)
Hungarian: óvszer (hu), kondom (hu), koton (colloquial), gumi (hu) (colloquial)
Icelandic: smokkur (is)
Indonesian: kondom (id)
Interlingua: preservativo, condom
Italian: preservativo (it) m, profilattico (it) m, condom (it) m
Japanese: コンドーム (ja) (kondōmu)
Kalmyk: белгвч (belgvç)
Kannada: ಕಾಂಡಮ್ (kāṇḍam)
Kashmiri: कंडोम (kaṇḍōm)
Kashubian: prezerwatiwa f
Kazakh: үрпекқап (ürpekqap), презерватив (prezervatïv), мүшеқап (müşeqap)
Khmer: ស្រោមក្ត (sraom kdɑɑ), អាវភ្លៀង (aav pliəng)
Korean: 콘돔 (ko) (kondom)
Kyrgyz: презерватив (prezervativ)

Lao: ຖົງຢາງ (thong yāng)
Latvian: prezervatīvs m
Lithuanian: prezervatyvas m
Macedonian: кондо́м m (kondóm), презервати́в m (prezervatív), курто́н m (kurtón) (vulgar), накурник m (nakurnik)
Malay: kondom
Malayalam: ഉറ (ml) (uṟa)
Maltese: kondo
Maori: pūkoro ure
Marathi: निरोध (nirōdh), कॉन्डोम (kŏnḍom)
Mongolian: бэлгэвч (mn) (belgevč)
Navajo: akááʼ ałtsoozígíí
Norman: capote f
Northern Sami: kondoma, gumme
Norwegian: kondom m or n, gummi m or n (slang)
Occitan: preservatiu m, condòm m
Persian: کاپوت‎ (fa) (kâput), کاندوم‎ (fa) (kândom)
Polish: prezerwatywa (pl) f, kondom (pl) m (outdated)
Portuguese: preservativo (pt) m, camisa-de-vênus (pt) f, camisinha (pt) f
Punjabi: ਨਿਰੋਧ m (nirodh)
Romanian: prezervativ (ro) n
Romansch: condom m, preservativ m
Russian: презервати́в (ru) m (prezervatív), кондо́м (ru) m (kondóm) (rare), гондо́н (ru) m (gondón) (vulgar)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кондом m, презерватив m

Roman: kondom (sh) m, prezervativ (sh) m
Sicilian: prisirvativu m
Slovak: prezervatív m, kondóm m
Slovene: kondom (sl) m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: kondom m, prezerwatiw m
Spanish: preservativo (es) m, condón (es) m, profiláctico (es) f, goma (es) f
Swahili: kondomu (sw)
Swedish: kondom (sv) c
Tagalog: kondon
Tajik: презерватив (prezervativ)
Telugu: కండోం (kaṇḍōṃ), తొడుగు (te) (toḍugu), నిరోధ్ (nirōdh)
Thai: ถุงยางอนามัย (th) (tǔng-yaang-à-naa-mai), ถุงยาง (th) (tǔng-yaang)
Turkish: prezervatif (tr), kondom (tr)
Turkmen: prezerwatiw
Ukrainian: презервати́в m (prezervatýv)
Urdu: کنڈوم‎ (kaṇḍom)
Uzbek: prezervativ
Venetian: goldon
Vietnamese: bao cao su, bao dương vật, túi cao su, áo mưa (vi)
Volapük: tagrodaslivil
Walloon: capote inglesse (wa) f, capote (wa) f, cabounete f
Welsh: condom (cy) m, sach ddyrnu f
Yiddish: קאַנדאַם‎ m (kandam)
Zhuang: ancienzdauq
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

References

“Condom” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.

Anagrams

McOndo, mod con

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃dɔ̃/

Noun

condom m (plural condoms)

(Quebec) condom

Italian

Noun

condom m (invariable)

condom

Synonyms

preservativo, profilattico

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