Condom

Definition: Condom

Condom

Noun

1. Contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse.

Date "condom" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Condom n. 1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk -- and can even fatally frustrate insertion. 2. The protective cladding on a light pipe. 3. `keyboard condom': A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against dust and programming fluid without impeding typing. 4. `elephant condom': the plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit. 5. n. obs. A dummy directory `/usr/tmp/sh', created to foil the Great Worm by exploiting a portability bug in one of its parts. So named in the title of a comp.risks article by Gene Spafford during the Worm crisis, and again in the text of "The Internet Worm Program: An Analysis", Purdue Technical Report CSD-TR-823. Source: Jargon File.
Multilingual Slang	Italian (goldone, guanto), Portuguese (camisinha), Russian (gandon), Spanish (angel custodio , angel de la guardia , el sin mangas, impermeable, manga, sombrero de Panama, tacuche de filiberto), Swiss German (gummi , pariser). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Condom

Synonyms: prophylactic (n), rubber (n), safe (n), safety (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Condom

English words defined with "condom": contraception, contraceptive method. (references)

Specialty definitions using "condom": Bag-It ♦ French tickler. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Condom" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (condom, rubber), German (sheath), Italian (condom), Spanish (condom, rubber).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Why do they make the condom packets so hard to open? (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) I got red, I got green, I got yellow I'm out of purple, but I do have one Gold Circle coin left the condom of champions the one and only nothin' is gettin' through this sucker. (Pretty Woman; writing credit: J.F. Lawton) Emma is the product of a bottle of Merlot and a five year old condom. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) And if you have sex, wear a condom. (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime Garc�a Estrada) Don't you just feel like the last condom at Club Med? (High Society; writing credit: Lisa Albert; Pat Dougherty)
Clever	Isn't it funny how the mood can be ruined so quickly by just one busted condom. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Rebel Without a Condom (1997) The Last Condom (1988) Gal condom asobi (1984)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	69 + 1 Ways to Use a Condom (reference) Condom Nation: Blind Faith, Bad Science (reference) Getting It On: A Condom Reader (reference) History Through Objects the Condom (reference) How to Persuade Your Lover to Use a Condom...and Why You Should (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	History of the Condom (reference) Mr. Condom (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Condom Black [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Sign promoting condom use, Helsinki, Finland. Credit: CDC.		Avoid Unwanted Pregnancy USE A CONDOM : Take control of life before life controls you. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	National Condom Week : Keep a rubber on hand. / Poster Design/Concept: David Smith Graphics. Photo: Fred Lyon. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		During sex, use a latex condom and a lubricant with nonoxynol-9 / [Mike] Wilson. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Life is habit-forming. Wear a condom. Everytime:. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		If your boyfriend insists on Sex without a Condom... Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Jump with your condom. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		If Mr.Right refuses to wear a condom, he's wrong Health and Welfare Canada . Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Dress for the occasion use a condom / design Cubola Productions. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Correctly and consistently use a male condom. (references)
		Avoid anal intercourse, but if practiced, use a male condom. (references)
		Lifting constraints on condom availability (e.g., in correctional facilities). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Condom" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.75% of the time. "Condom" is used about 240 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.75%	237	19,467
Noun (proper)	0.83%	2	245,945
Noun (common)	0.42%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	240	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "condom": condom-dispensing, condom-like, condom-thin, condom-use.
	Ending with "condom": post-condom.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "condom"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		prezervativ (rubber). (various references)

Arabic		‏كوندو مغطاءة, ‏الواقي (conservator, glove, preservative). (various references)

Bulgarian		презерватив (rubber, sheath). (various references)

Czech		prezervativ (Durex, sheath), ochrana (Buckler, escort, guardianship, hedge, patronage, protection, shield, umbrella, ward), kondom (Durex, sheath). (various references)

Danish		kondom (rubber). (various references)

Dutch		kapotje (rubber), condoom (rubber). (various references)

Esperanto		kondomo (rubber). (various references)

Finnish		kondomi (rubber). (various references)

French		préservatif (male condom), condom (male condom). (various references)

German		kondom (contraceptive sheath), präservativ (contraceptive, sheath). (various references)

Greek		καπότα (French baudruche, French letter, male condom), προφυλακτικό (contraception, prophylactic). (various references)

Hebrew		קובעון, קו� �"ום, כובעון (preservative, sheath). (various references)

Hungarian		óvszer (contraceptive, contraceptive sheath, durex, preservative, rubber, skin). (various references)

Icelandic		smokkur (rubber). (various references)

Indonesian		kondom. (various references)

Italian		condom (French baudruche, French letter, male condom). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		コントロール理論 (a party, a social, chondriosome, combat, combat team, combine, company, compartment, compatible machine, compiler, condominium, condor, control theory, conversion, conversion lens, convert, converter, converter lens, convertible, Kondratieff cycle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		コンドー� . (various references)

Manx		fine Frangagh (French letter). (various references)

Norwegian		kondom (rubber). (various references)

Papiamen		kondon (rubber), kòndòn (rubber). (various references)

Pig Latin		ondomcay

Portuguese		preservativo (conservative, preservative). (various references)

Russian		презерватив. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kondom (rubber). (various references)

Spanish		preservativo (contraceptive, preservative, rubber, sheath), condom (rubber), condón (French baudruche, French letter, male condom). (various references)

Swedish		kondom (french letter, Johnny, rubber, safe, sheath). (various references)

Turkish		prezervatif (french letter, preservative, rubber, sheath), kaput (bonnet, coat, cowling, sheath). (various references)

Ukrainian		презерватив. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "condom": condominium, condominiums, condoms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Condom" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cadnam, Cndo, codom, codon, comod, comum, concom, condem, condemm, conden, condi, condol, condome, condomi, Condomme, condond, Condron, condu, conomy, conon, Conron, Conton, Ochdamh. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "condom" (pronounced kÄ"ndum)
4	-n d u m	corundum, memorandum, random, referendum, tandem.
3	-d u m	addendum, boredom, chiefdom, dukedom, earldom, fiefdom, freedom, kingdom, macadam, madam, Madame, martyrdom, modem, officialdom, Sedum, seldom, sheikdom, Sodom, stardom, subkingdom, wisdom.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-m-n-o-o"
	-1 letter: codon, condo, mondo.
	-2 letters: coon, doom, mono, mood, moon.
	-3 letters: cod, con, coo, doc, dom, don, moc, mod, mon, moo, nod, nom, noo.
	-4 letters: do, mo, no, od, om, on.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-m-n-o-o"
	+1 letter: condoms, monodic.
	+2 letters: comedown, commando, compound, downcome, monoacid, monocled.
	+3 letters: cacodemon, comedones, comedowns, commandos, compounds, condemnor, condyloma, conformed, doronicum, downcomes, incommode, monadnock, monoacids, monochord, monodical, monorchid, moonfaced.
	+4 letters: cacodemons, chironomid, codominant, coenamored, commandoes, compounded, compounder, condemnors, condylomas, coromandel, decompound, diseconomy, doronicums, economised, economized, incommoded, incommodes, mastodonic, monadnocks, monoacidic, monochords, monohydric, monorchids.
	+5 letters: cacodemonic, chironomids, codominants, coembodying, companioned, compendious, compounders, compounding, condominium, condylomata, coromandels, decomposing, endomitotic, endomorphic, femtosecond, gonadectomy, honeycombed, incommoding, incommodity, komondorock, microsecond, monodically, motorcading, noncompound, nondogmatic, nondomestic, trichomonad.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
condom	4,972	magnum condom	64
free condom	1,285	condom online	60
trojan condom	699	best condom	55
female condom	306	condom cum	54
condom use	194	non latex condom	52
put on a condom	148	condom uk	51
condom game	136	condom vending machine	51
small condom	130	condom effectiveness	45
condom picture	129	condom world	42
free condom sample	116	buy condom	40
flavored condom	114	condom pic	37
durex condom	108	condom sense	37
condom size	89	edible condom	36
condom sex	86	latex condom	34
lifestyle condom	78	condom review	33
lifestyles condom	72	condom for woman	33
used condom	72	history of condom	33
novelty condom	70	condom fetish	33
condom revolution	66	kimono condom	30
condom to go	65	glow in the dark condom	30
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Condom

Definition: Condom

Condom

Noun

Specialty Definition: Condom

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Modern Usage: Condom

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Rhyming with "Condom"

Anagrams: Condom

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