erection

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
  2. (countable) Anything erected or built.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
  4. (uncountable) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
  5. (uncountable) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
  6. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.

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