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"VIRGINS" is a plural of: virgin. |
Date "VIRGINS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Virgins The eleven thousand virgins of Cologne, according to the legend, were born at Baoza in Spain, which contained only 12,000 families. The bones exhibited were taken from an old Roman cemetery, across which the wall of Cologne ran, and which were exposed to view after the siege in 1106. (See Ursula. ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: VIRGINS |
| English words defined with "VIRGINS": houri ♦ Vesta, Vestales. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "VIRGINS": Abdallah, Agnes, Alamoth ♦ Sieve and Shears ♦ Wilfrid, Winifred. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Virgins, put on your no entry signs. (History of the World Part 1; writing credit: Mel Brooks) The only thing you can do with virgins like that is pounce! (Cabaret; writing credit: Christopher Isherwood; John Van Druten) You know, this is just like the first Christmasexcept that none of us are virgins and instead of a baby Jesus we have a plate of cheeses! (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) We can't claim to be the town virgins and can't afford to be the town tramps. (Tony Rome; writing credit: Marvin H. Albert; Richard L. Breen) Maybe he got too gay with the vestal virgins in the temple. (The Mummy; writing credit: Nina Wilcox Putnam; Richard Schayer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Full Time Virgins (1973) Two Virgins (1968) Revenge of the Virgins (1959) Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935) 72 Virgins (2003) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Portrait of Agnes De Mille, in 3 Virgins and a Devil. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At Ecouen, by way of rank in the procession of the Holy Sacrament, they made a distinction between the virgins and the florists. |
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Children | Malawi | The belief that children are unlikely to be HIV positive and the widespread belief that sexual intercourse with virgins can cleanse an individual of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, contributes to the sexual abuse of minors. (references) |
Women | Peru | The victims also have accused judges of looking more favorably on rape victims who were virgins prior to the rape and of believing that a woman who was raped must have enticed her attacker. (references) |
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| "VIRGINS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VIRGINS" is used about 117 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 (plural) | 100% | 117 | 29,823 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "VIRGINS": non-virgins. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
little virgins.com | 138 |
shocking virgins.com | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "VIRGINS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | chloasma periorale virginum (perioral chloasma in virgins). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | chloasma virginum periorale (perioral chloasma in virgins). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Jungfrauen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irginsvay cloasma perioral em virgens (perioral chloasma in virgins). (various references) oskulder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Toutw de hsan qugatereV parqenoi tessareV profhteuousai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Huic autem erant filiae quattuor virgines prophetantes |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And to hym weren foure douytris, virgyns, that profecieden. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The same man had fower doughters virges which dyd prophesy. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the same man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 9 |
| Albanian | Por ai kishte katër bija virgjëresha, që profetizonin. |
| Cebuano | Ug kini siya may upat ka mga anak nga dalaga nga nanaghimog mga profesiya. |
| Croatian | On je imao èetiri kæeri djevice koje su prorokovale. |
| Danish | Men denne havde fire ugifte Døtre, som profeterede. |
| Dutch | Deze nu had vier dochters, nog maagden, die profeteerden. |
| Finnish | Ja hänellä oli neljä tytärtä, neitsyttä, joilla oli profetoimisen lahja. |
| French | Il avait quatre filles vierges qui prophétisaient. |
| German | Der hatte vier Töchter, die waren Jungfrauen und weissagten. |
| Haitian Creole | Li te gen kat pitit fi ki pa t' marye, yo t'ap bay mesaj yo te resevwa nan men Bondye. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Empat orang anak gadisnya sudah diberi kemampuan oleh Allah untuk memberitakan kabar dari Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun orang ini mempunyai empat anak perawan, yang bernubuat. |
| Italian | Egli aveva quattro figlie nubili, che avevano il dono della profezia. |
| Maori | Na tokowha nga tamahine a taua tangata, he wahine, he poropiti. |
| Norwegian | Han hadde fire ugifte døtre som hadde profetisk gave. |
| Portuguese | Tinha este quatro filhas virgens que profetizavam. |
| Rumanian | El avea patru fete fecioare cari prooroceau. |
| Russian | х ОЕЗП 'ЩМЙ ЮЕФЩТЕ "ПЮЕТЙ "ЕЧЙ"Щ, ТПТПЮЕУФЧХАЭЙЕ. |
| Shuar | Jiripisha kuatru nawantrin yarumkauyayi nuatnakchan. Niisha Yusa chichamen etserin ármiayi. |
| Spanish | Éste tenía cuatro hijas solteras que profetizaban. |
| Swahili | Alikuwa na binti watatu ambao walikuwa na kipaji cha unabii. |
| Uma | Ria opo' -ki ana' -na paka' toronaa, pai' paka' nabi-- batua-na to ria pakulea' -ra mpohowa' Lolita Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "VIRGINS": nonvirgins. (additional references) | |
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"VIRGINS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vargin, vergin, vergina, vigin, Virgen, Virghina, virgina, virgine, virin, virions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "VIRGINS" (pronounced ver"junz) |
| 5 | -er" j u n z | sturgeons, surgeons. |
| 4 | -j u n z | allergens, antigens, carcinogens, collegians, dungeons, engines, estrogens, hydrogens, imagines, legions, margins, neurosurgeons, pathogens, pigeons, regions, religions, theologians. |
| 3 | -u n z | abandons, abbreviations, abductions, aberrations, abortions, abrasions, abstentions, abstractions, academicians, accommodations, accordions, accreditations, accumulations, accusations, acquisitions, actions, adaptations, addictions, additions, administrations, admissions, admonitions, adoptions, affections, affiliations, affirmations, afflictions, aggressions, aliens, allegations, allocations, allusions, alterations, altercations, ambitions, ammunitions, amphibians, amplifications, amputations, animations, annotations, anticipations, antihistamines, antitoxins, apparitions, appellations, applications, apprehensions, appropriations, approximations, aprons, arbitrations, arcadians, arsons, artisans, aspens, aspersions, aspirations, assassinations, assassins, assertions, associations, assumptions, attentions, attractions, auctions, auditions, authentications, authorizations, Avions, awakens, badmintons, balbriggans, barbarians, bargains, barons, barrens, basins, bastions, battalions, beacons, beckons, bedouins, billions, blackens, bourbons, brackens, brightens, broadens, bruins, bulletins, burdens, buttons, cabins, calculations, cancellations, cannons, canons, cantons, canyons, capitalizations, captains, captions, carbons, cardigans, carnations, cartons, castrations, catamarans, catkins, cautions, caymans, celebrations, centenarians, certifications, champions, chaplains, characterizations, charlatans, chickens, chieftains, circulations, citations, citizens, civilians, civilizations, clarifications, classifications, clinicians, coalitions, collaborations, collections, collisions, combinations, comedians, commemorations, commissions, Commons, communications, companions, comparisons, compensations, competitions, compilations, completions, complexions, complications, compositions, compulsions, computations, concentrations, conceptions, concessions, conclusions, concoctions, concussions, condemnations, conditions, confections, confessions, configurations, confirmations, confrontations, confusions, congratulations, congregations, congresspersons, conjugations, conjunctions, connections, connotations, consecrations, considerations, consolations, consolidations, constellations, constitutions, constrictions, constructions, consultations, contentions, contortions, contractions, contradictions, contraptions, contrarians, contributions, contusions, conventions, conversations, conversions, convictions, convulsions, cooperations, corporations, corrections, correlations, corruptions, cottons, cousins, cravens, creations, crustaceans, curtains, cushions, custodians, dalmatians, Daltons, dandelions, deacons, decapitations, deceptions, decisions, declarations, decorations, deductions, deepens, defections, definitions, degradations, delegations, deletions, deliberations, delicatessens, delusions, demarcations, demons, demonstrations, demotions, denationalizations, denizens, denominations, denunciations, depictions, deportations, depositions, depreciations, depredations, depressions, deprivations, descriptions, desecrations, desertions, designations, destinations, detentions, determinations, determines, detonations, devaluations, deviations, Dickens, dietitians, digressions, dimensions, dioxins, directions, disciplinarians, disciplines, discolorations, discussions, dislocations, dispositions, disruptions, dissections, distinctions, distortions, distractions, distributions, diversifications, diversions, divisions, Dobsons, doctrines, dolphins, donations, dozens, dragons, dramatizations, duplications, durations, editions, educations, egyptians, elections, electricians, electrocutions, elevations, elevens, eliminations, elocutions, emanations, emigrations, emissions, emotions, endorphins, environs, envisions, eons, equations, erections, eruptions, estimations, evacuations, evaluations, evasions, evens, evictions, exacerbations, exactions, exaggerations, examinations, examines, excavations, exceptions, exclamations, exclusions, excursions, executions, exemptions, exertions, exhibitions, exhortations, expansions, expectations, expeditions, expirations, explanations, explorations, explosions, expositions, expressions, expropriations, expulsions, extensions, extractions, fabrications, factions, falcons, famines, fashions, federations, felons, fictions, firmans, flirtations, fluctuations, fluorocarbons, formations, formulations, fortifications, fortunes, foundations, fountains, fractions, frictions, frightens, frustrations, functions, galleons, gallons, Gammons, gardens, gascons, generalizations, generations, geriatricians, germans, Gibbons, givens, globulins, gluttons, gorgons, Gowans, grabens, gradations, graduations, gremlins, gryphons, guardians, gyrations, hallucinations, happens, hardens, hastens, havens, heavens, heightens, heroines, herons, hesitations, historians, hooligans, horizons, hospitalizations, humanitarians, humans, humiliations, hydrocarbons, identifications, illusions, illustrations, imaginations, imitations, immunizations, impatiens, imperfections, implications, impressions, improvisations, inaugurations, incarnations, incisions, inclinations, inclusions, incorporations, incursions, indications, indiscretions, infections, infestations, inflections, informations, infractions, infusions, inhibitions, injections, injunctions, innovations, inoculations, inscriptions, insinuations, inspections, inspirations, installations, institutions, instructions, integrations, intentions, interactions, interceptions, interconnections, interjections, intermissions, interpretations, interrogations, interruptions, intersections, interventions, intestines, intimations, introductions, intrusions, inundations, invasions, inventions, investigations, invitations, ions, irritations, jillions, Jordans, jurisdictions, justifications, juxtapositions, kindergartens, kitchens, kittens, lacerations, leavens, lemans, lemons, lengthens, lesbians, lesions, lessens, lessons, liberalizations, libertarians, librarians, lichens, likens, limitations, linens, lions, lippens, liquidations, listens, litigations, locations, loosens, lotions, lubricants, luncheons, machinations, magicians, magnifications, maidens, malformations, malfunctions, mandarins, manifestations, manipulations, mansions, Marlins, martens, martians, masons, mathematicians, matrons, mavens, medallions, medications, medicines, meditations, melons, mentions, metropolitans, mignons, migrations, millions, minions, ministrations, miscalculations, misconceptions, miscreations, misfortunes, misperceptions, misrepresentations, missions, mittens, mobilizations, modifications, Morgans, motions, motivations, mountains, muffins, mullens, munitions, musicians, mutations, mutilations, myrmidons, nationalizations, nations, negotiations, newspersons, nominations, nonwovens, notations, notifications, notions, objections, obligations, observations, obsessions, obstetricians, obstructions, occasions, occupations, oceans, omens, omissions, onions, opens, operations, opinions, oppressions, opticians, options, orations, orchestrations, organizations, organs, orientations, originations, orphans, oscillations, ovations, ovens, paeans, palpitations, pardons, parliamentarians, Parsons, participations, partisans, partitions, passions, patients, patricians, patrons, pavilions, pedestrians, pediatricians, pelicans, penguins, penicillins, pensions, peons, perceptions, perforations, permissions, permutations, persons, persuasions, perturbations, petitions, physicians, Pipkins, pistons, plantains, plantations, plebeians, poisons, politicians, pollens, polyhedrons, pontifications, populations, porcelains, portions, positions, possessions, potions, precautions, preconceptions, preconditions, predictions, predilections, predispositions, preoccupations, preparations, prescriptions, presentations, presumptions, pretensions, prisons, privations, privatizations, processions, proclamations, productions, professions, prognostications, prohibitions, projections, promotions, pronunciations, proportions, propositions, prosecutions, prostaglandins, protections, protestations, protozoans, provisions, provocations, publications, pumpkins, puritans, qualifications, questions, quickens, quotations, ramifications, rationalizations, rations, ravens, reactions, realizations, reasons, rebellions, recapitalizations, receptions, recessions, recisions, recitations, reckons, recollections, recommendations, reconciliations, reconstructions, recriminations, redemptions, reductions, reflections, regimens, registrations, regressions, regulations, rehabilitations, rejections, relations, relocations, remissions, renditions, renegotiations, renovations, reopens, reorganizations, reparations, repercussions, repetitions, repossessions, representations, repressions, reproductions, republicans, reputations, rescissions, reservations, resignations, resolutions, restorations, restrictions, reunions, revaluations, revelations, reverberations, revisions, revocations, revolutions, rhetoricians, ribbons, Robins, romans, rotations, ruins, ruminations, saddens, salmons, samaritans, sanctions, sapiens, satisfactions, scallions, scorpions, seasons, secretions, sections, selections, seminarians, sensations, separations, sermons, sessions, sevens, shamans, sharpens, shenanigans, shortens, Siemens, simulations, siphons, sirens, situations, skeletons, slackens, slogans, smoothens, snapdragons, softens, solicitations, solutions, sovereigns, sovrans, specifications, specimens, speculations, spokespersons, squadrons, stallions, stations, statisticians, sterilizations, stiffens, stipulations, straightens, strangulations, strengthens, subdivisions, subluxations, submissions, subscriptions, substitutions, suburbans, suggestions, sultans, summations, summons, superstitions, suppositions, suspensions, suspicions, sweetens, syndications, tabulations, tacticians, talons, tamarins, technicians, telecommunications, televisions, temptations, tendons, tensions, terminations, theoreticians, thickens, threatens, tightens, titans, toboggans, tokens, totalitarians, toughens, toxins, traditions, transactions, transcriptions, transformations, transfusions, transgressions, transitions, translations, transmissions, tribulations, trillions, truncheons, tuitions, turbans, unions, unisons, urchins, utopians, vacations, vaccinations, valuations, variations, vegetarians, versions, veterans, veterinarians, vibrations, villains, violations, visions, visitations, vitamins, vocations, wagons, wardens, warrens, watermelons, weakens, weapons, widens, woolens, workstations, worsens, yaupons, zillions. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-n-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: rising, riving, siring, virgin, vising. | |
-2 letters: girns, grins, iring, rings. | |
-3 letters: gins, girn, grin, iris, nisi, rigs, ring, rins, sign, sing, vigs. | |
-4 letters: gin, ins, rig, rin, sin, sir, sri, vig, vis. | |
-5 letters: in, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-n-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: drivings, revising, scriving, shriving, striving, visoring. | |
+2 letters: prevising, ravishing, scrieving, servicing, shivering, shrieving, silvering, slivering, surviving, virginals. | |
+3 letters: disproving, disserving, ingressive, inveighers, inveiglers, misdriving, nonvirgins, restriving, revisiting, shriveling, valorising, vaporising, varnishing, versifying, vertigines, vinegarish, viraginous. | |
+4 letters: advertising, beshivering, caregivings, desilvering, discovering, disfavoring, dissevering, enravishing, improvising, ingressives, invigorates, misaverring, overfishing, overissuing, privatising, pulverising, ravishingly, reinvesting, reservicing, resilvering, shivareeing, shrivelling, stravaiging, supervising, surveilling, timeserving, vainglories, vertiginous, virginalist, virginities, vulgarising. | |
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