virgin

Virgin

n.

See Virgo.

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vir·gin

 (vûr′jĭn)

n.

1.

a. A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.

b. A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts.

2. Virgin The Virgin Mary.

3. Zoology An animal that has not mated or has not been fertilized.

4. A person who is inexperienced in a given activity or field: "all these [factors] kept me a gun virgin well into midlife" (Michael DiLeo).

adj.

1.

a. Never having experienced sexual intercourse; chaste.

b. Zoology Relating to or being a virgin.

2. Inexperienced or about to gain first experience in a given activity or field: a virgin skydiver.

3. Unaltered or barely altered by human action, especially:

a. Not traveled upon: virgin snow.

b. Never having had trees removed or cut down: a virgin forest.

c. Never having been cultivated: virgin land.

d. Not processed or refined: virgin ore; virgin wood pulp.

4. Happening for the first time; initial: a ship's virgin voyage.

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

6. Made with the ingredients of a cocktail but without alcohol.

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

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virgin

(ˈvɜːdʒɪn)

n

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

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

3. (Zoology) any female animal that has never mated

4. (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)

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

7. pure and natural; uncorrupted, unsullied, or untouched: virgin purity.

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

9. being the first or happening for the first time

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

11. (Metallurgy) (of a metal) made from an ore rather than from scrap

12. occurring naturally in a pure and uncombined form: virgin silver.

13. (Atomic Physics) physics (of a neutron) not having experienced a collision

[C13: from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō virgin]

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Virgin

(ˈvɜːdʒɪn)

n

1. (Bible) the Virgin See Virgin Mary

2. (Art Terms) a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary

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Virgin

(ˈvɜːdʒɪn)

n

(Astronomy) the Virgin 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]

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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

1. 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

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virgin

noun

A pure, uncorrupted person:

angel, innocent, lamb.

adjective

Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct:

chaste, decent, modest, nice, pure, virginal, virtuous.

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Translations

عَذْراءعَذْرَاء

panicpanna

jomfru

Jungfrau

παρθένος

virgenvírgen

neitsytneitseellinen

viergepucelle

djevica

szûz

jómfrú; hrein mey; hreinn sveinn

Vergineintattola Verginenuovo di fabbrica

処女

처녀

virgo

mergelėmergiškasmergystė

jaunava

maagdmaagdelijk

jomfru

dziewicadziewiczy

virgem

девственницадевственныйцелкаДевадевственник

panna

oskuld

หญิงพรหมจารี

bakire

trinh nữ

处女

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 inconnuVirgin 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 παρθέναvirgen neitsi باکره neitsyt viergeבתול, בתולה कुंवारी djevica szűz perawan jómfrú; hrein mey; hreinn sveinn vergine 処女 처녀 mergelė jaunava dara maagdjomfrudziewica 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 maagdelijkjomfruelig 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 παρθενιάvirginidad neitsilikkus بکارت neitsyys virginitéבתולים कुंआरापन djevičanstvo szüz(i)esség keperawanan mey-/sveindómur verginità 処女性 처녀성 mergystė jaunavība keperawanan maagdelijkheidjomfrudomdziewictwo 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

→ عَذْرَاء 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.

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virgin

n virgen mf

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