orgasmo
See also: orgasmò
Basque
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós), probably through Spanish orgasmo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /orɡas̺mo/ [or.ɣ̞az̺.mo]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -as̺mo, -o
- Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo
Noun
orgasmo inan
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo
Noun
orgasmo
Esperanto
Etymology
From Italian orgasmo, French orgasme, German Orgasmus, English orgasm, Yiddish אָרגאַזם (orgazm), Polish orgazm, Russian орга́зм (orgázm), all ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /orˈɡasmo/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -asmo
- Syllabification: or‧gas‧mo
Noun
orgasmo (accusative singular orgasmon, plural orgasmoj, accusative plural orgasmojn)
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -asmo
- Hyphenation: or‧gas‧mo
Noun
orgasmo m (plural orgasmos)
Derived terms
- orgástico
- multiorgasmo
- multiorgástico
Further reading
- “orgasmo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /orˈɡaz.mo/
- Rhymes: -azmo
- Hyphenation: or‧gà‧smo
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).
Noun
orgasmo m (plural orgasmi)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
orgasmo
- first-person singular present indicative of orgasmare
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁˈɡaz.mu/ [oɦˈɡaz.mu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oɾˈɡaz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʁˈɡaʒ.mu/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /oɻˈɡaz.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁˈɡaz.mo/ [oɦˈɡaz.mo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾˈɡaʒ.mu/ [ɔɾˈɣaʒ.mu]
Noun
orgasmo m (plural orgasmos)
Derived terms
- orgásmico
- orgástico
- multiorgasmo
- multiorgástico
- multiorgásmico
Further reading
- “orgasmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “orgasmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾˈɡasmo/ [oɾˈɣ̞az.mo]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -asmo
- Syllabification: or‧gas‧mo
Noun
orgasmo m (plural orgasmos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “orgasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025