penis

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UK/ˈpiː.nɪs/UK[ˈpʰiː.nɪs]US/ˈpi.nɪs/US[ˈpʰi.nɪs]

noun

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

“The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.”

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Meanings

nounpenis (plural penises or penes)

plural penises · plural penes

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

    The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.

    5 more examples

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

    The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous 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

    A life is more valuable than a penis.

    1994 January 24, Lisa Kemler, Newsweek, page 19

    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.

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

    2016 October 16, “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO
  2. biologyA similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader

nounthe male sex organ

Broader
erectile organ

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pes-ni-s
  3. Proto-Italic*peznis
  4. Latinpēni
  5. Englishpenis

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis, from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”). First attested in the late 17th century. Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.

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Translations

Afrikaans penis
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
Ancient Greek φαλλός, πόσθη
  • φαλλός (phallós)male organ for copulation and urination
  • πόσθη (pósthē)male organ for copulation and urination
  • πέος (péos)male organ for copulation and urination
Arabic قَضِيب, ذَكَر
  • قَضِيب (qaḍīb)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ذَكَر (ḏakar)male organ for copulation and urination
  • قضيب الذكرmale organ for copulation and urination
  • أَيْر (ʔayr)male organ for copulation and urination
  • زِبّ (zibb)male organ for copulation and urination
  • بتاع (betaʕ)male organ for copulation and urination
  • زبر (zubr)male organ for copulation and urination
Basque zakil
  • zakilmale organ for copulation and urination
Bavarian German Zipfe, Schwanz
  • Zipfemale organ for copulation and urination
  • Schwanzmale organ for copulation and urination
Bengali শিশ্ন, পুরুষাঙ্গ
  • শিশ্ন (śiśno)male organ for copulation and urination
  • পুরুষাঙ্গ (puruśaṅgo)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ধন (dhon)male organ for copulation and urination
  • নুনু (nunu)male organ for copulation and urination
Bulgarian пе́нис, кур
  • пе́нис (pénis)male organ for copulation and urination
  • кур (kur)male organ for copulation and urination
  • хуй (huj)male organ for copulation and urination
  • пи́шка (píška)male organ for copulation and urination
Catalan penis
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
Chinese 𡳞鳥 /𡳞鸟, 陰莖 /阴茎
  • 𡳞鳥 /𡳞鸟 (lān-tsiáu)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 陰莖 /阴茎 (im-keng)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 戛 (khiat)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 訶 /诃 (hoⁿ)male organ for copulation and urination
Chinese Cantonese 賓舟 /宾舟, 陰莖 /阴茎
  • 賓舟 /宾舟 (ban¹ zau¹)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 陰莖 /阴茎male organ for copulation and urination
  • 朘 (zeoi¹, zoe¹)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 陽具 /阳具 (joeng⁴ geoi⁶)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 撚 (lan²)male organ for copulation and urination
Chinese Mandarin 陰莖 /阴茎, 陽物 /阳物
  • 陰莖 /阴茎 (yīnjīng)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 陽物 /阳物 (yángwù)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 雞巴 /鸡巴 (jība)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 屌 (diǎo)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 鳥 /鸟 (diǎo)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 陽具 /阳具 (yángjù)male organ for copulation and urination
Czech pyj, penis
  • pyjmale organ for copulation and urination
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • údmale organ for copulation and urination
  • nádobíčkomale organ for copulation and urination
Danish penis, pik
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • pikmale organ for copulation and urination
  • tissemandmale organ for copulation and urination
  • dillermale organ for copulation and urination
  • javertmale organ for copulation and urination
  • tredje benmale organ for copulation and urination
  • lemmale organ for copulation and urination
Dutch penis, lid
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • lidmale organ for copulation and urination
  • mannelijk lidmale organ for copulation and urination
  • lulmale organ for copulation and urination
Esperanto peniso, kaco
  • penisomale organ for copulation and urination
  • kacomale organ for copulation and urination
Estonian peenis, suguti
  • peenismale organ for copulation and urination
  • sugutimale organ for copulation and urination
  • kürbmale organ for copulation and urination
  • riistmale organ for copulation and urination
Finnish siitin, penis
  • siitinmale organ for copulation and urination
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • elinmale organ for copulation and urination
  • kalumale organ for copulation and urination
  • vehjemale organ for copulation and urination
  • heppimale organ for copulation and urination
  • munamale organ for copulation and urination
  • kikkelimale organ for copulation and urination
  • kikulimale organ for copulation and urination
  • pippelimale organ for copulation and urination
  • pipulimale organ for copulation and urination
  • kyrpämale organ for copulation and urination
French pénis, bite
  • pénismale organ for copulation and urination
  • bitemale organ for copulation and urination
  • membremale organ for copulation and urination
  • membre virilmale organ for copulation and urination
  • sguèguemale organ for copulation and urination
German Penis, Glied
  • Penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • Gliedmale organ for copulation and urination
  • Schwanzmale organ for copulation and urination
  • männliches Gliedmale organ for copulation and urination
  • Gerätmale organ for copulation and urination
  • Teilmale organ for copulation and urination
  • Rutemale organ for copulation and urination
Greek πέος, εργαλείο
  • πέος (péos)male organ for copulation and urination
  • εργαλείο (ergaleío)male organ for copulation and urination
Hawaiian ule
  • ulemale organ for copulation and urination
Hebrew פִּין, זַיִן
  • פִּין (pin)male organ for copulation and urination
  • זַיִן (záyin)male organ for copulation and urination
Hindi शिश्न, लिंग
  • शिश्न (śiśna)male organ for copulation and urination
  • लिंग (liṅg)male organ for copulation and urination
  • लंड (laṇḍ)male organ for copulation and urination
  • लौड़ा (lauṛā)male organ for copulation and urination
  • नूनी (nūnī)male organ for copulation and urination
Hungarian pénisz, hímvessző
  • péniszmale organ for copulation and urination
  • hímvesszőmale organ for copulation and urination
Icelandic typpi, limur
  • typpimale organ for copulation and urination
  • limurmale organ for copulation and urination
  • getnaðarlimurmale organ for copulation and urination
Indonesian penis, titit
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • tititmale organ for copulation and urination
  • burungmale organ for copulation and urination
  • zakarmale organ for copulation and urination
Irish péineas, bod
  • péineasmale organ for copulation and urination
  • bodmale organ for copulation and urination
Italian pene, arnese
  • penemale organ for copulation and urination
  • arnesemale organ for copulation and urination
Japanese 陰茎, ペニス
  • 陰茎 (inkei)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ペニス (penisu)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 男根 (dankon)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 道具 (dōgu)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 玩具 (gangu)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ちんちん (chinchin)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 魔羅 (mara)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ちんぽ (chinpo)male organ for copulation and urination
Korean 음경, 자지
  • 음경 (eumgyeong)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 자지 (jaji)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 고추 (gochu)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 페니스 (peniseu)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 남근 (namgeun)male organ for copulation and urination
  • 좆 (jot)male organ for copulation and urination
Latin penis, veretrum
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • veretrummale organ for copulation and urination
Latvian dzimumloceklis, pipele
  • dzimumloceklismale organ for copulation and urination
  • pipelemale organ for copulation and urination
  • pimpismale organ for copulation and urination
Lithuanian varpa, bybis
  • varpamale organ for copulation and urination
  • bybismale organ for copulation and urination
Malay zakar, penis
  • zakarmale organ for copulation and urination
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • butuhmale organ for copulation and urination
  • pelirmale organ for copulation and urination
  • konekmale organ for copulation and urination
  • bodekmale organ for copulation and urination
  • burungmale organ for copulation and urination
  • cecehmale organ for copulation and urination
  • cokmale organ for copulation and urination
  • conekmale organ for copulation and urination
  • kalammale organ for copulation and urination
  • kotekmale organ for copulation and urination
Māori ure
  • uremale organ for copulation and urination
Norwegian Bokmål penis, pikk
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • pikkmale organ for copulation and urination
  • kukmale organ for copulation and urination
  • kukkmale organ for copulation and urination
Persian نری, ذکر
  • نری (nari)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ذکر (zakar)male organ for copulation and urination
  • قضیب (qazib)male organ for copulation and urination
  • آلت تناسلی مرد (âlat-e tanâsoli-ye mard)male organ for copulation and urination
Polish penis, członek
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • członekmale organ for copulation and urination
  • kutasmale organ for copulation and urination
  • prąciemale organ for copulation and urination
Portuguese pénis, pênis
  • pénismale organ for copulation and urination
  • pênismale organ for copulation and urination
  • membromale organ for copulation and urination
  • membro virilmale organ for copulation and urination
  • instrumentomale organ for copulation and urination
  • ferramentamale organ for copulation and urination
Romanian penis, pulă
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • pulămale organ for copulation and urination
  • sculămale organ for copulation and urination
Russian полово́й член, член
  • полово́й член (polovój člen)male organ for copulation and urination
  • член (člen)male organ for copulation and urination
  • пе́нис (pénis)male organ for copulation and urination
  • мужско́й полово́й о́рган (mužskój polovój órgan)male organ for copulation and urination
  • мужско́й полово́й член (mužskój polovój člen)male organ for copulation and urination
  • хуй (xuj)male organ for copulation and urination
  • хер (xer)male organ for copulation and urination
  • прибо́р (pribór)male organ for copulation and urination
  • аппара́т (apparát)male organ for copulation and urination
Scottish Gaelic bod, crom-odhar
  • bodmale organ for copulation and urination
  • crom-odharmale organ for copulation and urination
Slovak pohlavný úd, úd
  • pohlavný údmale organ for copulation and urination
  • údmale organ for copulation and urination
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
Spanish pene, carajo
  • penemale organ for copulation and urination
  • carajomale organ for copulation and urination
  • pirulamale organ for copulation and urination
  • pirulomale organ for copulation and urination
  • pitomale organ for copulation and urination
  • pollamale organ for copulation and urination
  • pijamale organ for copulation and urination
  • trancamale organ for copulation and urination
  • vergamale organ for copulation and urination
  • garchamale organ for copulation and urination
  • chotamale organ for copulation and urination
  • garompamale organ for copulation and urination
Swahili mboo, uume
  • mboomale organ for copulation and urination
  • uumemale organ for copulation and urination
Swedish penis, manslem
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • manslemmale organ for copulation and urination
  • snoppmale organ for copulation and urination
  • kukmale organ for copulation and urination
  • ballemale organ for copulation and urination
Tagalog titi, tunod
  • titimale organ for copulation and urination
  • tunodmale organ for copulation and urination
  • utenmale organ for copulation and urination
  • arimale organ for copulation and urination
  • alagamale organ for copulation and urination
  • buratmale organ for copulation and urination
  • tarugomale organ for copulation and urination
  • pitotoymale organ for copulation and urination
  • pututoymale organ for copulation and urination
Tamil ஆண் குறி, குஞ்சு
  • ஆண் குறி (āṇ kuṟi)male organ for copulation and urination
  • குஞ்சு (kuñcu)male organ for copulation and urination
Thai ลึงค์, ควย
  • ลึงค์ (lʉng)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ควย (kuai)male organ for copulation and urination
  • อวัยวะเพศชาย (à-wai-yá-wá-pêet-chaai)male organ for copulation and urination
  • องคชาต (ong-ká-châat)male organ for copulation and urination
Turkish penis, zeker
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
  • zekermale organ for copulation and urination
  • yarakmale organ for copulation and urination
  • sikmale organ for copulation and urination
  • erkeklik organımale organ for copulation and urination
  • aletmale organ for copulation and urination
Ukrainian пе́ніс, стате́вий член
  • пе́ніс (pénis)male organ for copulation and urination
  • стате́вий член (statévyj člen)male organ for copulation and urination
  • хуй (xuj)male organ for copulation and urination
Urdu لنڈ, ششن
  • لنڈ (lãṇḍ)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ششن (śiśn)male organ for copulation and urination
  • لنگ (liṅg)male organ for copulation and urination
  • ذکر (zakar)male organ for copulation and urination
Vietnamese chim, dương vật
  • chimmale organ for copulation and urination
  • dương vậtmale organ for copulation and urination
  • ngọc hànhmale organ for copulation and urination
  • nam cănmale organ for copulation and urination
Welsh pidyn, cala
  • pidynmale organ for copulation and urination
  • calamale organ for copulation and urination
  • penismale organ for copulation and urination
Yiddish פּעניס, אבֿר
  • פּעניס (penis)male organ for copulation and urination
  • אבֿר (eyver)male organ for copulation and urination
  • מענלעכער אבֿר (menlekher eyver)male organ for copulation and urination

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