missionary position

English

Etymology

Supposed to have been originated by natives of the Trobriand Islands (who considered it improper)

Noun

missionary position (plural missionary positions)

A position for sexual intercourse in which the man and woman face each other, with the man on top.
- 1971 The Sensuous Man
- 1979 Marital Therapy page 3
  ten minutes of foreplay followed by the missionary position
- 1983 Sex Tips For Girls page 127
- 1991 Pornography in a Free Society page 174
  it is the traditional missionary attitude rather than the missionary position that is the problem
- 1992 Breaking the Bonds page 97
  the "missionary" position, where the man is on top of the woman

Translations

position for sexual intercourse

Bulgarian: мисионерска поза f (misionerska poza)
Catalan: posició del missioner
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳教士體位, 传教士体位 (chuánjiàoshì tǐwèi), 龍翻, 龙翻 (lóngfān) (literary), 男上位 (nánshàngwèi)
Czech: misionářská poloha f, misionářská pozice f
Danish: missionærstilling c
Dutch: missionarishouding
Esperanto: misiista pozicio
Finnish: lähetyssaarnaaja-asento
French: position du missionnaire (fr) f
Galician: posición do misioneiro
German: Missionarsstellung (de) f
Greek: ιεραποστολικό (el) n (ierapostolikó)
Hungarian: misszionárius póz
Icelandic: trúboðastelling f

Irish: suíomh misinéireachta
Italian: posizione del missionario f
Japanese: 正常位 (せいじょうい, seijōi)
Korean: 정상위 (jeongsang-wi) (正常位)
Kurdish: pozîsyona mîsyoneran (ku)
Macedonian: мисионерска поза f (misionerska poza)
Norwegian: misjonærstilling c
Polish: pozycja misjonarska (pl) f
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: миссионерская позиция (ru) f (missionerskaja pozicija)
Sinhalese: මිෂනරි පිහිටුව (miṣanari pihiṭuva)
Spanish: postura del misionero f
Swedish: missionärsställning c, missionären (sv) c
Turkish: misyoner pozisyonu
Ukrainian: місіонерська позиція f (misionersʹka pozycija)

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