condom

See also: Condom

English

A rolled-up condom.

Alternative forms

condum

Etymology

Unknown. Many speculations 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 sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom

buy a pack of condoms

flavoured condom

ribbed condoms
- 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:
  I remember that one time I went to the kiosk next door to buy condoms, it was raining, she appeared.

Synonyms

condie (slang)
dinger (Australian slang)
franger (Australian slang)
French letter (UK)
jimmy hat (slang)
johnny (UK slang)
protection (euphemism)
raincoat (slang)
rubber (US slang)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Afar: kondom
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→ Cebuano: kondom
→ Czech: kondom
→? Danish: kondom
- → Greenlandic: kondomi
→ Dutch: condoom
- Indonesian: kondom
→ Finnish: kondomi
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ German: Kondom
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Japanese: コンドーム (kondōmu)
→ Korean: 콘돔 (kondom)
→ Malay: kondom
→ Norwegian Bokmål: kondom
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kondom
→ Polish: kondom
→ Serbo-Croatian: kondom
→ Swahili: kondomu
→ Tagalog: kondom
→ Tok Pisin: kondom
→? Turkish: kondom

Translations

flexible sleeve worn on the penis

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

Hijazi Arabic: كونْدُم‎ m (kōndum)

Moroccan Arabic: جلدة‎ f (jalda), واقي‎ m (wāqi)
Armenian: պահպանակ (hy) (pahpanak), գանդոն (gandon) (vulgar)
Asturian: condón m, preservativu m
Azerbaijani: prezervativ, kondom
Basque: kondoi, preserbatibo
Belarusian: прэзерваты́ў m (prezjervatýŭ), кандо́м m (kandóm), начэ́пнік m (načépnik)
Bengali: কন্ডম (bn) (konḍom)
Breton: stevell f, tog (br) m
Bulgarian: кондо́м (bg) m (kondóm), презервати́в (bg) m (prezervatív)
Burmese: ကွန်ဒုံး (kwandum:)
Catalan: preservatiu (ca) m, condó (ca) m, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Cebuano: kondom
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／保险套 (zh) (bǎoxiǎntào), 衛生套／卫生套 (zh) (wèishēngtào), 陰莖套／阴茎套 (zh) (yīnjīngtào), 如意套 (rúyìtào) (Singapore & Malaysia), 套兒／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), spärdäri (fi) (slang)
French: préservatif (fr) m, capote anglaise (fr) f, capote (fr) f (informal), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Quebec)
Galician: preservativo (gl) m, condón (gl) m (colloquial), profiláctico m
Georgian: პრეზერვატივი (ṗrezervaṭivi), განდონი (gandoni) (vulgar)
German: Präservativ (de) n, Kondom (de) n, Präser (de) m, Pariser (de) m, Gummi (de) n (colloquial), Fuffzicher m (East German, colloquial); Verhüterli n (Switzerland, colloquial), Ficktüte f (vulgar), Nahkampfsocke f (slang), Überzieher (de) m
Greek: προφυλακτικό (el) n (profylaktikó)
Greenlandic: kondomi, usuup-puua
Gujarati: નિરોધ m (nirodh)
Hebrew: קוֹנְדּוֹם‎ (he) m (kondóm)
Hindi: निरोध (hi) m (nirodh), कंडोम (hi) ? (kaṇḍom)
Hungarian: óvszer (hu), kondom (hu), koton (hu) (colloquial), gumi (hu) (colloquial)
Icelandic: smokkur (is) m
Indonesian: kondom (id)
Interlingua: preservativo, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Irish: coiscín m
Italian: preservativo (it) m, profilattico (it) m, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Japanese: コンドーム (ja) (kondōmu)
Kalmyk: белгвч (belgvç)
Kannada: ಕಾಂಡಮ್ (kāṇḍam)
Kashmiri: कंडोम (kaṃḍōm)
Kashubian: prezerwatiwa f
Kazakh: үрпекқап (ürpekqap), мүшеқап (müşeqap)
Khmer: ស្រោមក្ត (sraom kdɑɑ), អាវភ្លៀង (aav pliəng)
Korean: 콘돔 (ko) (kondom), 고무주머니 (gomujumeoni) (North Korea)
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 (ms)
Malayalam: ഉറ (ml) (uṟa), ഗർഭനിരോധന ഉറ (gaṟbhanirōdhana uṟa)
Maltese: kondo
Maori: pūkoro ure
Marathi: निरोध (nirodh), कॉन्डोम (kŏnḍom)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: 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 (oc) m, condòm m
Ojibwe: biindaʼoojigan
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, capa (pt) f (colloquial), jeito (pt) m
Punjabi: ਨਿਰੋਧ m (nirodh)
Romanian: prezervativ (ro) n
Romansch: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), preservativ m
Russian: презервати́в (ru) m (prezervatív), кондо́м (ru) m (kondóm) (rare), гондо́н (ru) m (gondón) (vulgar), резинка (ru) f (rezinka) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀ндо̄м m, презерва̀тӣв m, го̀лдӯн m (colloquial)

Roman: kòndōm (sh) m, prezervàtīv (sh) m, gòldūn m (colloquial)
Sicilian: prisirvativu m
Slovak: prezervatív m, kondóm m
Slovene: kondọ̑m (sl) m, prezervativ m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: kondom m, prezerwatiw m
Spanish: preservativo (es) m, condón (es) m, profiláctico (es) f, goma (es) f, forro (es) (Argentina)
Swahili: kondomu (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: kondom (sv) c
Tagalog: kondom
Tajik: презерватив (prezervativ)
Tamil: ஆணுறை (ta) (āṇuṟai)
Telugu: కండోం (kaṇḍōṁ), తొడుగు (te) (toḍugu), నిరోధ్ (nirōdh)
Thai: ถุงยางอนามัย (th) (tǔng-yaang-à-naa-mai), ถุงยาง (th) (tǔng-yaang)
Tibetan: སྲུང་ཤུབས (srung shubs)
Turkish: prezervatif (tr), kondom (tr)
Turkmen: prezerwatiw
Ukrainian: презервати́в m (prezervatýv), кондо́м m (kondóm)
Urdu: کنڈوم‎ ? (kaṇḍom)
Uzbek: prezervativ
Venetian: goldon (vec) m
Vietnamese: bao cao su (vi), bao dương vật, túi cao su, áo mưa (vi)
Volapük: tagrodaslivil
Walloon: capote inglesse (wa) f, capote (wa) f, cabounete f
Welsh: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), sach ddyrnu f
Yiddish: קאַנדאַם‎ m (kandam)
Zhuang: dauqancienz, biyindau
Zulu: ikhondomu class 5/6

Anagrams

McOndo, mod con

Chinese

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kon¹ dam⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kon¹ dam⁴
  - Yale: kōn dàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kon¹ dam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kon¹ dem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːn⁵⁵ tɐm²¹/

Noun

condom (Hong Kong Cantonese)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
(neologism, originally Internet slang, figuratively) someone or something easily disposed, due to their worthlessness after use

Synonyms

(condom):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Related terms

dom

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ̃/

Noun

condom m (plural condoms)

(Quebec) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Italian

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.dom/
Rhymes: -ɔndom
Hyphenation: còn‧dom

Noun

condom m (invariable)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Synonyms: preservativo, profilattico

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condom

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French

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