condom

See also: Condom

English

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 polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom

buy a pack of condoms

flavoured condom

ribbed condoms
- 2009, Albert Altchek, Liane Deligdisch, Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Gynecology:
  However, substantial proportions of participants preferred the nonlatex condom or reported that they would recommend its use to others.
- 2015, Beth Burgoon, About That Night, Don Mills, O.N.: Harlequin Superromance, →ISBN, page 123:
  We're in the small percentage of cases in which condoms are ineffective. Looks as if you have some sort of supersperm. You must be very proud.
- 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.
(loosely) Any flexible sleeve or barrier made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn during sexual activity to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs; for example, an internal condom.

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
→ Cantonese: condom, dom
→ Cebuano: kondom
→ Czech: kondom
→? Danish: kondom
- → Greenlandic: kondomi
→ Dutch: condoom
- Indonesian: kondom
→ Finnish: kondomi
→ French: condom
→ German: Kondom
→ Italian: condom
→ Japanese: コンドーム (kondōmu)
→ Korean: 콘돔 (kondom)
→ Macedonian: кондо́м (kondóm)
→ Malay: kondom
→ Norwegian Bokmål: kondom
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kondom
→ Polish: kondom
→ Russian: кондо́м (kondóm), гондо́н (gondón)
→ 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, condom (ca) m
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)

Hokkien: 保險套 / 保险套 (pó-hiám-thò), sak-khù, sak-khuh

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)
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), kantoss (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), condom (fr) m (Quebec, Louisiana, Missouri, New England)
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), כּוֹבָעוֹן m (kovaˈʔon)
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, condom
Irish: coiscín m
Italian: preservativo (it) m, profilattico (it) m, condom (it) m, goldone m (slang)
Japanese: コンドーム (ja) (kondōmu)
Kalmyk: белгвч (belgvç)
Kannada: ಕಾಂಡಮ್ (kāṇḍam)
Kashmiri: कंडोम (kaṃḍōm), کونڈَم (kōnḍam)
Kashubian: prezerwatiwa f
Kazakh: үрпекқап (ürpekqap), мүшеқап (müşeqap)
Khmer: ស្រោមក្ត (sraom kdɑɑ), អាវភ្លៀង (aav pliəng), ស្រោមអនាម័យ (sraom ʼaʼnaamay)
Korean: 콘돔 (ko) (kondom), 고무주머니 (gomujumeoni) (slang)
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
Portuguese: preservativo (pt) m, camisa de vênus f, camisinha (pt) f, capa (pt) f (colloquial), jeito (pt) m
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), 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) m, goma (es) f (colloquial), forro (es) (vulgar)
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
Venetan: 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: condom (cy) m, sach ddyrnu f
Yiddish: קאַנדאַם m (kandam)
Zhuang: dauqancienz, biyindau
Zulu: ikhondomu class 5/6

Anagrams

McOndo, mod con

Chinese

Etymology

From English condom.

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)

condom (Classifier: 個／个 c)
(neologism, originally Internet slang, figuratively) someone or something easily disposed, due to their worthlessness after use

Synonyms

(condom):

Dialectal synonyms of 避孕套 (“condom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避孕套, 安全套, 保險套, 陰莖套
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	避孕套兒, 套兒
	Taiwan	保險套, 衛生套, 套, 套套, 小雨傘 euphemistic, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic
	Harbin	保險套兒
	Malaysia	如意套
	Singapore	如意套, 安全套
Cantonese	Hong Kong	避孕套, 安全套, 套, condom, dom, dom dom, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic, 如意袋 euphemistic
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保險套, 保險落
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	保險落
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	保險套
Southern Min	Taipei	sak-khuh GT, 保險套 GT
Southern Min	Shantou (Chaoyang)	避孕袋, 避孕套
Wu	Shanghai	套子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Related terms

dom

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ̃/
IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɔm/
Audio: (file)

Noun

condom m (plural condoms)

(North America) condom

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English condom.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

condom m (invariable)

condom
Synonyms: preservativo, profilattico

English

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Chinese

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French

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Italian

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