penis
Meaning
- 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).
- A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.
Synonyms
male organ
male genitalia
male sex organ
male genitals
male genital organs
urogenital region
organum intromittens
talley whacker
little bird
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiː.nɪs/
Etymology
In summary
From late 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”). Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.
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