Virgin

Virgin

n.

See Virgo.

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vir·gin  (vûrjn)

n.

1. A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.

2. A chaste or unmarried woman; a maiden.

3. An unmarried woman who has taken religious vows of chastity.

4. Virgin The Virgin Mary.

5. Zoology A female insect or other arthropod that produces fertile eggs without copulating.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being a virgin; chaste.

2. Being in a pure or natural state; unsullied: virgin snow.

3. Unused, uncultivated, or unexplored: virgin territory.

4. Existing in native or raw form; not processed or refined.

5. Happening for the first time; initial.

6. Obtained directly from the first pressing: virgin olive oil.

7. Zoology Producing fertile eggs without copulating.

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[Middle English, from Old French virgine, from Latin virg, virgin-.]

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virgin [ˈvɜːdʒɪn]

n

1. a person, esp a woman, who has never had sexual intercourse

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) an unmarried woman who has taken a religious vow of chastity in order to dedicate herself totally to God

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any female animal that has never mated

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a female insect that produces offspring by parthenogenesis

5. a person who is new to or inexperienced in a specified field a political virgin

adj (usually prenominal)

1. of, relating to, resembling, suitable for, or characteristic of a virgin or virgins; chaste

2. pure and natural, uncorrupted, unsullied, or untouched virgin purity

3. not yet cultivated, explored, exploited, etc., by man virgin territories

4. being the first or happening for the first time

5. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (of vegetable oils) obtained directly by the first pressing of fruits, leaves, or seeds of plants without applying heat

6. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (of a metal) made from an ore rather than from scrap

7. occurring naturally in a pure and uncombined form virgin silver

8. (Physics / Atomic Physics) Physics (of a neutron) not having experienced a collision

[from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō virgin]

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Virgin¹

n

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the. See Virgin Mary

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary

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Virgin²

n

(Astronomy) the. the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac

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vir•gin (ˈvɜr dʒɪn)

n.

1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse.

2. an unmarried girl or woman.

3. the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Jesus.

4. Informal. any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like.

5. an animal, esp. a female, that has not copulated.

6.

a. a female insect that lays viable eggs without male fertilization.

b. the female resulting from such an egg.

7. (cap.) Virgo.

adj.

8. being a virgin.

9. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virgin.

10. pure; unsullied.

11. first: the senator's virgin speech.

12. without alloy or modification: virgin gold.

13. not previously exploited or used: virgin timberlands.

14. Zool. not fertilized.

15. (esp. of olive oil) obtained by the first light pressing and without the application of heat.

[1150–1200; Middle English virgine < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin virgin-, s. of virgō]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	virgin - a person who has never had sex       inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil
	2.	Virgin - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo Virgo individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" astrology, star divination - a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
	3.	Virgin - the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22 Virgo the Virgin, Virgo
Adj.	1.	virgin - being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool" new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
	2.	virgin - in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" vestal, virtuous, virginal, pure chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"

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virgin

noun

maiden, maid (archaic), damsel (archaic), girl (archaic), celibate, vestal, virgo intacta I was a virgin until I was twenty-four years old.

adjective

1. untouched, immaculate, fresh, new, pure, unused, pristine, flawless, unblemished, unadulterated, unsullied Within 40 years there will be no virgin forest left.
untouched spoiled, used, dirty, contaminated, polluted, impure

2. pure, maidenly, chaste, immaculate, virginal, unsullied, vestal, uncorrupted, undefiled a society in which men still prize virgin brides
pure corrupted, defiled, impure

Translations

virgin [ˈvɜːdʒɪn]

A. N (lit) → virgen mf
to be a virgin → ser virgen
the Blessed Virgin → la Santísima Virgen

B. ADJ (fig) [forest, soil etc] → virgen

C. CPD virgin birth N → partenogénesis f inv
the Virgin Isles NPL → las Islas Vírgenes
virgin oil N → aceite m virgen

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virgin [ˈvɜː^rdʒɪn]

n

(sexually) → vierge f
to be a virgin → être vierge
She is a virgin → Elle est vierge.
the Blessed Virgin → la Sainte Vierge

(= inexperienced person) → novice mf

adj [snow, forest] → vierge
virgin territory (fig) → terrain m inconnu, territoire m inconnu
to enter virgin territory → entrer en terrain inconnu, entrer en territoire inconnu
Virgin Islands npl
the Virgin Islands → les îles fpl Vierges

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virgin

n → Jungfrau f; the (Blessed) Virgin (Rel) → die (Heilige) Jungfrau Maria; the Virgin Mary → die Jungfrau Maria; the Black Virgin → die Schwarze Madonna; he’s still a virgin → er ist noch unschuldig; she’s a political virgin → sie ist in der Politik noch unbeleckt

adj girl, woman → jungfräulich, unberührt; (fig) forest, land → unberührt; freshness → rein; snow → jungfräulich, unberührt; virgin olive oil → natives Olivenöl; the Virgin Queen Königin Elisabeth I.; to be virgin territory (for somebody) → Neuland nt → (für jdn) sein

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virgin [ˈvɜːdʒɪn]

1. n → vergine f
she/he is a virgin → lei/lui è vergine
the Virgin (Mary) → la Beata Vergine

2. adj (fig) (forest, soil) → vergine
virgin snow → neve fresca

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virgin (ˈvəːdʒin) noun

a person, especially a woman, who has had no sexual intercourse. She was still a virgin when she married. maagd عَذْراء девица virgem panna die Jungfrau jomfru παρθένα virgen neitsi باکره neitsyt vierge בָּתוּל, בְּתוּלָה कुंवारी djevica szűz perawan jómfrú; hrein mey; hreinn sveinn vergine 処女 처녀 mergelė jaunava dara maagd jomfru dziewica بي بي مريم: پيغله، نه وهل شوى ( باكره )، هغه ښځه چې لاس پرې نه وي لګيدلى virgem vir­gină, fecio­ară девственница panna devica devica jungfru, oskuld หญิงพรหมจารี bakire 處女 дівчина, незаймана باکرہ، دوشيزہ trong trắng, trinh nữ 处女

ˈvirginal adjective

of a virgin. Her face had a virginal look. onskuldig عُذْري момински virginal panenský jungfräulich jomfruelig παρθενικός virginal neitsilik وابسته به باکره ها؛ عفیف neitseellinen virginal בְּתוּלִי अक्षत, पवित्र djevičanski szűzi seperti perawan eins og á hreinni mey, óspilltur, óspjallaður verginale 処女の 처녀의 mergiškas, mergaitės jaunavīgs masih dara maagdelijk jomfruelig dziewiczy دموسيقې يوه اّله چې په شپاړسمه او اوولسمه پيړۍ كښې استعماليده virginal virginal, feciorelnic девственный panenský deviški devičanski jungfrulig ไม่มีราคี bakireye ait 處女(般)的 невинний, непорочний دوشيزہ کي طرح trong trắng 处女（般）的

virˈginity noun

the state of being a virgin. maagdelikheid عُذْرِيَّه девственост virgindade panenství die Jungfrau jomfrudom παρθενιά virginidad neitsilikkus بکارت neitsyys virginité בְּתוּלִים कुंआरापन djevičanstvo szüz(i)esség keperawanan mey-/sveindómur verginità 処女性 처녀성 mergystė jaunavība keperawanan maagdelijkheid jomfrudom dziewictwo بكارت، پيغلتوب virgindade vir­ginitate девственность panenstvo devištvo devičanstvo jungfrudom, mödom, oskuld ความบริสุทธิ์ bekâret, kızlık 童貞，貞潔 незайманість, невинність دوشيزگي، بکارت sự trong trắng 童贞，贞节

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Virgin → فتاة عذراء panic jomfru Jungfrau παρθένος virgen, vírgen neitsyt vierge djevica vergine 処女 처녀 maagd jomfru dziewica virgem девственник oskuld หญิงพรหมจารี bakire trinh nữ 处女

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vir·gin

n.  virgen.

1.   sustancia sin contaminación;

2.   persona que no ha realizado el acto sexual.