penis

Etymology

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

Location of the human penis.

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).
   • 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.

   • 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.

   The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.

   • 2016 October 16, John Oliver, “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.

See also

• clitoris
• erection
• member
• phallic
• phallus

Anagrams

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis (plural penisse)

1. (anatomy) penis

Etymology

Borrowed 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?

Etymology

From Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

penis (definite accusative penisi, plural penislər)

1. penis

Verb

penis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of penar

Etymology

From Latin pēnis.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

penis m

1. (anatomy) penis

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Noun

penis c (singular definite penissen, plural indefinite penisser)

1. (anatomy) penis

References

• “penis” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis m (plural penissen, diminutive penisje n)

1. penis

Anagrams

• peins

Verb

penis

1. past of peni
   • 1910, E. L. Kearney (tr.), “1. Mirinda Falego!”, in La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando‎, 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis

1. (anatomy) penis

Anagrams

• pesin, sepin

Etymology

From Dutch penis, from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.nis/

Noun

penis

1. (anatomy) penis

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 developped 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:

     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.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pes-. Cognate with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Sanskrit पसस् (pásas).

Pronunciation

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

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

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
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be in a person's power: penes aliquem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) the decision of the question rests with you: penes te arbitrium huius rei est
    

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis m (2 declension)

1. penis

Etymology

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.

Etymology

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.

Etymology

From Latin penis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɲis̪/

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Noun

penis m inan

1. penis

Alternative forms

• пенис (Moldovan Cyrillic spelling)

Etymology

From Latin penis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpenis]

Noun

penis n (plural penisuri)

1. (anatomy) penis

Further reading

• penis in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

Etymology

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpéːnis/
• Tonal orthography: pẹ̑nis

Noun

pénis m inan (genitive pénisa, nominative plural pénisi)

1. (anatomy) penis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis c

1. (anatomy) penis

Etymology

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.

Further reading

• penis in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu