penis definition

English penis definition

Etymology

From late 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”). Displaced native English pintle, tarse.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pē'nis
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːnɪs/, [ˈpʰiːnɪs]
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpinɪs/, [ˈpʰinɪs]

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• Rhymes: -iːnɪs

Noun

penis (plural penises or penes)

1. (anatomy) The male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and some other mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).

   The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.

   • Robin Williams:

     See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:

     The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.

   • 1994, Lisa Kemler, Newsweek, 1994-01-24, page 19:

     A life is more valuable than a penis.

   • 1998, Collecting Mark Twain: A History and Three New Paths, Kevin Mac Donnell, Firsts Magazine, Inc.

     By early November, the sheets of HUCK FINN were being forwarded for binding, and within a week or two it was discovered that the illustration at page 283 had been altered in the master plate to make it appear as if Uncle Silas was exposing his penis. Twain would be amused to know that this may be the first time the word "penis" has ever been used to describe the alteration to this plate; the euphemisms and delicate phrasings employed by previous bibliographers to avoid stating the obvious are impressive.

   • 2016 October 16, “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, HBO:

     Okay, hold on, because “stimulus package of your dreams” sounds like how Paul Krugman describes his penis.

Usage notes

The hyperforeign Latinate penii is occasionally used as the plural.

Synonyms

• tarse, pintle
• See also Thesaurus:penis

Hypernyms

• intromittent organ (biology)
• primordial phallus, genital tubercle
• genitals

Meronyms

• glans

Derived terms

Related terms

• penectomy
• penile

Translations

See also

• clitoris
• erection
• member
• phallic
• phallus

Anagrams

• Espin, Pines, Snipe, epsin, pines, snipe, spine

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Afrikaans penis definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

penis (plural penisse)

1. (anatomy) penis

Derived terms

• penisbeen

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Albanian penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnis]

Noun

penis m (indefinite plural penisë, definite singular penisi, definite plural penisët)

1. (anatomy) penis

   A ka rëndësi madhësia e penisit tim?

   Does the size of my penis matter?

Declension

Synonyms

• luc m (childish)
• karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar)
• kar m (vulgar)
• dërrasë f (vulgar)
• hu m (vulgar)

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Azerbaijani penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnis]
• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis (definite accusative penisi, plural penislər)

1. penis

Declension

Declension of penis
	singular	plural
nominative	penis	penislər
definite accusative	penisi	penisləri
dative	penisə	penislərə
locative	penisdə	penislərdə
ablative	penisdən	penislərdən
definite genitive	penisin	penislərin

Possessive forms of penis
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisim	penislərim
sənin (“your”)	penisin	penislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisi	penisləri
bizim (“our”)	penisimiz	penislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	penisiniz	penisləriniz
onların (“their”)	penisi or penisləri	penisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimi	penislərimi
sənin (“your”)	penisini	penislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisini	penislərini
bizim (“our”)	penisimizi	penislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	penisinizi	penislərinizi
onların (“their”)	penisini or penislərini	penislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimə	penislərimə
sənin (“your”)	penisinə	penislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisinə	penislərinə
bizim (“our”)	penisimizə	penislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	penisinizə	penislərinizə
onların (“their”)	penisinə or penislərinə	penislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimdə	penislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	penisində	penislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisində	penislərində
bizim (“our”)	penisimizdə	penislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	penisinizdə	penislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	penisində or penislərində	penislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimdən	penislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	penisindən	penislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisindən	penislərindən
bizim (“our”)	penisimizdən	penislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	penisinizdən	penislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	penisindən or penislərindən	penislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimin	penislərimin
sənin (“your”)	penisinin	penislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisinin	penislərinin
bizim (“our”)	penisimizin	penislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	penisinizin	penislərinizin
onların (“their”)	penisinin or penislərinin	penislərinin

Synonyms

• (slang) duduş
• (vulgar) sik

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Catalan penis definition

Verb

penis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of penar

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Czech penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

penis m

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

Synonyms

• pyj, šulin, čurák, péro, pinďour, pindík, pinďa, pinďourek, bimbas, lulánek, pohlavní úd

References

Further reading

• penis in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• penis in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin penis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”).

Noun

penis c (singular definite penissen, plural indefinite penisser)

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

Derived terms

• penishoved n

Synonyms

References

• “penis” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis m (plural penissen, diminutive penisje n)

1. penis

Derived terms

• penisbeen
• penisbot

Anagrams

• peins

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Esperanto penis definition

Verb

penis

1. past of peni
   • 1910, E. L. Kearney (tr.), “1. Mirinda Falego!”, in La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando‎^[1], Edinburgh: Turnbull and Spears, translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll:

     Kaj ŝi penis imagi al si la aspekton kiun kandelflamo havas post kiam oni estingis ĝin!

     And she tried to imagine the look that the flame of a candle has after it is exinguished.

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Estonian penis definition

Noun

penis

1. inessive singular of peni

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Finnish penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpenis/, [ˈpe̞nis̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːnis/, [ˈpe̞ːnis̠] (dated or jocular)
• Rhymes: -enis, -eːnis
• Syllabification: pe‧nis

Noun

penis

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonym: siitin

Declension

Inflection of penis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		penis	penikset
genitive		peniksen	penisten peniksien
partitive		penistä	peniksiä
illative		penikseen	peniksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		penis	penikset
accusative	nom.	penis	penikset
	gen.	peniksen
genitive		peniksen	penisten peniksien
partitive		penistä	peniksiä
inessive		peniksessä	peniksissä
elative		peniksestä	peniksistä
illative		penikseen	peniksiin
adessive		peniksellä	peniksillä
ablative		penikseltä	peniksiltä
allative		penikselle	peniksille
essive		peniksenä	peniksinä
translative		penikseksi	peniksiksi
instructive		—	peniksin
abessive		peniksettä	peniksittä
comitative		—	peniksineen

Possessive forms of penis (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	penikseni	peniksemme
2nd person	peniksesi	peniksenne
3rd person	peniksensä

Anagrams

• pesin, sepin

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Indonesian penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnɪs]
• Hyphenation: pè‧nis

Noun

pènis (first-person possessive penisku, second-person possessive penismu, third-person possessive penisnya)

1. (anatomy) penis

Synonyms

• (penis): anu, zakar (dated), burung (childish), titit (childish, mildly vulgar), kontol (vulgar), peler (more vulgar), pelir

Further reading

• “penis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Interlingua penis definition

Noun

penis (plural penises)

1. penis
   • 1955, Pediatrics, vol. 15, page 323.

     […] e se distingueva per absentia o hypoplasia del penis, e 6 casos de complete absentia de gonades del un o del altere sexo.

     […] and is characterised by the absence of hypoplasia of the penis, and 6 cases of complete absence of the gonads of either sex.

   • 1960, Annals of internal medicine, vol. 52, page 1112.

     Durante le phase de polycythemia le patiente disveloppava priapismo (que es un complication thrombotic rar de iste morbo). Isto requireva le amputation del penis.

     During the phase of polycythemia the patient developed priapism (which is a rare thrombotic complication of this disease). This required the amputation of the penis.

   • 2000 April 29, STAN MULAIK (Stanley Mulaik), “Le Professor e Le Lunatico”, in sci.lang, Usenet‎^[2]:

     Per le annos, le condition mental de Capitano Minor lentemente pejorava se. Su delusions nocturnal cresceva. Finalmente in un acto de desperation a causa de su practica del masturbation desde un puero, Minor usava un cultello permittite a ille pro acutiar su penciles e plumas a amputar su proprie penis, le organo offensive.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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Latin penis definition

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pesnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes-. Cognate with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Sanskrit पसस् (pásas), Old English fæsl.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.nis/, [ˈpeːnɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.nis/, [ˈpɛːnis]

Noun

pēnis m (genitive pēnis); third declension

1. (archaic) tail
2. (anatomy) the penis, male sexual organ
3. (figuratively) lust
4. genitive singular of pēnis
5. vocative singular of pēnis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pēnis	pēnēs
Genitive	pēnis	pēnium
Dative	pēnī	pēnibus
Accusative	pēnem	pēnēs pēnīs
Ablative	pēne	pēnibus
Vocative	pēnis	pēnēs

Derived terms

• pēnicillum
• pēniculāmentum
• pēniculus
• pēnilis

Descendants

References

• penis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• penis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Latvian penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis m (2 declension)

1. penis

Declension

Synonyms

• dzimumloceklis

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Norwegian Bokmål penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin penis.

Noun

penis m (definite singular penisen, indefinite plural peniser, definite plural penisene)

1. (anatomy) a penis

References

• “penis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin penis.

Noun

penis m (definite singular penisen, indefinite plural penisar, definite plural penisane)

1. (anatomy) a penis

References

• “penis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin penis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɲis/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲis
• Syllabification: pe‧nis

Noun

penis m inan

1. penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prącie

Declension

Further reading

• penis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• penis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian penis definition

Alternative forms

• пенис (Moldovan Cyrillic spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin penis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpenis]

Noun

penis n (plural penisuri)

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

Synonyms

• miel (slang)
• pulă (vulgar, slang)
• puță (slang)
• sculă (slang)

Related terms

• erecție
• prepuț
• testicul
• vagin

Further reading

• penis in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Serbo-Croatian penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin penis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pěːnis/
• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

pénis m (Cyrillic spelling пе́нис)

1. (anatomy) penis

   Tijelo penisa je građeno od dva kavernozna i spužvastog tkiva. Ove dvije vrste tkiva čine erektilno tijelo penisa. (Ijekavian)

   Telo penisa je građeno od dva kavernozna i spužvastog tkiva. Ove dve vrste tkiva čine erektilno telo penisa. (Ekavian)

   The body of the penis is formed of two cavernous and spongy tissues. These two forms of tissues form the erectile body of the penis.

Declension

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Slovak penis definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpenis]

Noun

penis m (genitive singular penisu, nominative plural penisy, genitive plural penisov, declension pattern of dub)

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

References

• penis in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /péːnis/

Noun

pẹ̑nis m inan

1. (anatomy) penis

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pénis
gen. sing.	pénisa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pénis	pénisa	pénisi
accusative	pénis	pénisa	pénise
genitive	pénisa	pénisov	pénisov
dative	pénisu	pénisoma	pénisom
locative	pénisu	pénisih	pénisih
instrumental	pénisom	pénisoma	pénisi

Further reading

• “penis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Swedish penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis c

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

Declension of penis
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	penis	penisen	penisar	penisarna
Genitive	penis	penisens	penisars	penisarnas

Derived terms

• penisben n (“baculum”)

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Turkish penis definition

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnis]
• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis (definite accusative penisi, plural penisler)

1. penis

   Onun penisinde aşağı doğru bir eğrilik var.

   His penis has a downward curvature.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	penis
Definite accusative	penisi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	penis	penisler
Definite accusative	penisi	penisleri
Dative	penise	penislere
Locative	peniste	penislerde
Ablative	penisten	penislerden
Genitive	penisin	penislerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular penisim penislerim 2nd singular penisin penislerin 3rd singular penisi penisleri 1st plural penisimiz penislerimiz 2nd plural penisiniz penisleriniz 3rd plural penisleri penisleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular penisimi penislerimi 2nd singular penisini penislerini 3rd singular penisini penislerini 1st plural penisimizi penislerimizi 2nd plural penisinizi penislerinizi 3rd plural penislerini penislerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular penisime penislerime 2nd singular penisine penislerine 3rd singular penisine penislerine 1st plural penisimize penislerimize 2nd plural penisinize penislerinize 3rd plural penislerine penislerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular penisimde penislerimde 2nd singular penisinde penislerinde 3rd singular penisinde penislerinde 1st plural penisimizde penislerimizde 2nd plural penisinizde penislerinizde 3rd plural penislerinde penislerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular penisimden penislerimden 2nd singular penisinden penislerinden 3rd singular penisinden penislerinden 1st plural penisimizden penislerimizden 2nd plural penisinizden penislerinizden 3rd plural penislerinden penislerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular penisimin penislerimin 2nd singular penisinin penislerinin 3rd singular penisinin penislerinin 1st plural penisimizin penislerimizin 2nd plural penisinizin penislerinizin 3rd plural penislerinin penislerinin

Derived terms

• penissiz

Further reading

• penis in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

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Volapük penis definition

Noun

penis

1. accusative plural of pen

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Welsh penis definition

Etymology

From English penis.

Noun

penis m

1. penis

   Synonym: pidyn

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
penis	benis	mhenis	phenis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “penis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies