vaginaux

Vaginaux is the masculine plural form of the French adjective vagin- al (vaginal), used to describe structures or traits relating to the vagina in anatomy and medicine. Because it is an inflected form, vaginaux appears only when the noun it modifies is masculine plural, as in canaux vaginaux (vaginal canals) or orifices vaginaux (vaginal orifices). The feminine plural equivalent is vaginales, and the singular forms are vaginal (masculine) and vaginale (feminine).

In medical and anatomical contexts, vaginaux functions as a standard descriptive term rather than as a standalone noun. It helps specify the location or type of anatomical features across humans and various animal species. For example, researchers might refer to "voies vaginaux" or "canaux vaginaux" when describing pathways or structures associated with the vagina. In everyday or non-specialist language, the term is less common; more general terms like “vaginal” or “relatif au vagin” are often preferred.

Etymology and linguistic notes: vagin- al derives from the Latin vagina, meaning sheath or scabbard, before the adoption of the French suffix -al to form the adjective. The masculine plural form follows French orthographic patterns for adjectives ending in -al, changing to -aux in the plural.

See also: vaginal, anatomy, French grammar, anatomical terminology.