penis

Meaning

  1. The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).
  2. A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
pe‧nis
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiː.nɪs/
Etymology

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

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