penis
Syllables: pe·nis/ˈpiː.nɪs//ˈpi.nɪs/
penis 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).
Noun
penis (plural penises or penes)
- 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.
- See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
- A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.
penis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
penis in Hindi
- male organ for copulation and urination
- शिश्न śiśna, लिंग liṅg, लंड laṇḍ, लौड़ा lauṛā, नूनी nūnī
penis in Tamil
- male organ for copulation and urination
- ஆண் குறி āṇ kuṟi, குஞ்சு kuñcu
penis in Marathi
- male organ for copulation and urination
- बुल्ला bullā, शिश्न śiśna, नुन्नी nunnī, लवडा lavḍā, लंड laṇḍa, भुजंग bhujaṅga
penis in Urdu
- male organ for copulation and urination
- لنڈ lãṇḍ, ششن śiśn, لنگ liṅg, ذکر zakar
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- penis in Bengali
- শিশ্ন śiśno, পুরুষাঙ্গ puruśaṅgo, ধন dhon, নুনু nunu
- penis in Telugu
- పురుషాంగము puruṣāṅgamu
- penis in Malayalam
- ലിംഗം liṅgaṁ
- penis in Kannada
- ತುಣ್ಣಿ tuṇṇi
- penis in Punjabi
- ਲਿੰਗ liṅg
- penis in Gujarati
- શિશ્ન śiśna, લિંગ liṅg, લોડો loḍo
- penis in Odia
- ବାଣ୍ଡ bāṇḍa, ଲିଙ୍ଗ liṅga
- penis in Sanskrit
- पसस् pasas, शिश्न śiśná, शेपस् śepas
- penis in Sinhala
- ශිෂ්නය śiṣnaya
- penis in Assamese
- শিশ্ন xisno, কেলা kela, চুচু susu, কনি koni
- penis in Nepali
- लिङ्ग liṅga, शिश्न śiśna
- penis in Pashto
- ډګه ḍëga, غيڼ ǧiṇ
- penis in Tagalog
- titi, tunod, uten, ari
- penis in Arabic
- قَضِيب qaḍīb, ذَكَر ḏakar, قضيب الذكر, أَيْر ʔayr
- penis in Malay
- zakar, penis, butuh, pelir
- penis in Indonesian
- penis, titit, burung, zakar
- penis in Persian
- نری nari, ذکر zakar, قضیب qazib, آلت تناسلی مرد âlat-e tanâsoli-ye mard
- penis in Thai
- ลึงค์ lʉng, ควย kuai, อวัยวะเพศชาย à-wai-yá-wá-pêet-chaai, องคชาต ong-ká-châat
- penis in Vietnamese
- chim, dương vật, ngọc hành, nam căn
- penis in Myanmar
- ကျင်ချောင်း kyanghkyaung:
- Dhivehi
- ފިރިހެން ހަށި firihen̊ haṣi
- Kashmiri
- کُژٕر kuċụr, لیٛاٹھ lyāṭh, مۆمُر momur
Examples of penis in a sentence
- 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...
- 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:
Synonyms of penis
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Forms of penis
| plural | penises |
|---|---|
| plural | penes |
Origin of penis
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. Doublet of pencil. Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.
Words formed from penis
- buried penis
- depenis
- hemipenis
- kung pow penis
- macropenis
- megalopenis
- megapenis
- micropenis
- Milpenis
- peenar
- peenie
- pelfie
- penectomy
- peripenial
- postpenial
- prepenial
- penial
- peniform
- penilely
- peripenile
- penile
- penis bone
- penis cage
- penis captivus
- peniscopy
- penis-cover
- penised
- penis envy
- penis fencing
- penis fish
- penis fly trap
- penis game
- penishead
- penisish
- penislessness
- penisless
- penislike
- penisocracy
- penis pump
- penis ring
- penis sheath
- penis-sheath
- penis sleeve
- penis snake
- penis worm
- penisy
- penopause
- pseudopenis
- shenis
- small penis humiliation
- small penis syndrome
- suck my penis
- superpenis
- think with one's penis
- vagenis
- wenis
Phrases with penis
- ossa penis
- penis bones
- penis cages
- penis pumps
- penis rings
- penis worms
- penis fishes
- penis snakes
- glandes penis
- penis sheaths
- penis sleeves
- penis fly traps
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Words that rhyme with penis
Questions about penis
- What does penis mean?
- Penis means 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).
- What is penis in Hindi?
- Penis in Hindi is शिश्न (śiśna), लिंग (liṅg), लंड (laṇḍ). See Penis meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use penis in a sentence?
- The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.
- What part of speech is penis?
- Penis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce penis?
- Penis is pronounced /ˈpiː.nɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of penis?
- The plural of penis is penises.
Words near penis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: penis (page history and authors); ਲਿੰਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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