Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈfɔːskɪn/
- (GA) IPA: /ˈfɔɹskɪn/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ˈfo(ː)ɹskɪn/
- (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ˈfoəskɪn/
foreskin (plural foreskins)
- The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other animals.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 17:14 ↗:
- And the vncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskinne is not circumcised, that soule shall be cut off from his people: hee hath broken my couenant.
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- The female clitoral hood is homologous with the foreskin.
- prepuce
- See also Thesaurus:foreskin
- French: prépuce
- German: Präputium, Vorhaut
- Italian: prepuzio
- Portuguese: prepúcio
- Russian: кра́йняя плоть
- Spanish: prepucio
foreskin (foreskins, present participle foreskinning; past and past participle foreskinned)
- To remove the foreskin
- To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin.
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