phallus
/ˈfæləs/
phallus noun: a penis, especially when erect.
Noun
phallus (plural phalli or phalluses)
- A penis, especially when erect.
- The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159
- If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129
- Synonyms:
- anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad
- A representation of an erect penis, especially symbolising fertility or potency.
- The initiated member gave a gift of a coin for the goddess, for which he received in turn a phallus and some salt.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 86
- The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.
phallus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
phallus in Hindi
- the penis or its representation
- लिंग liṅg
phallus in Tamil
- விரைக்குறி
phallus in Marathi
- the penis or its representation
- शिशी śiśī
phallus in Telugu
- the penis or its representation
- లింగము liṅgamu
More languagesFewer languages
- phallus in Sanskrit
- पसस् pasas, शिश्न śiśná, शेपस् śepas
- phallus in Arabic
- فَالُوس fālūs, falus
- phallus in Indonesian
- lingga
Examples of phallus in a sentence
- I ask that because, as I stated in chapter 10, the Buddhists call the innerbrain the "phallus."
- There are probably just as many phalli in the Paleolithic as there are Venuses.
- The bars derive from the phallus and the dots – we are convinced – stand for drops of sperm.
Synonyms of phallus
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Forms of phallus
| plural | phalli |
|---|---|
| plural | phalluses |
| alternative form | phallos |
Origin of phallus
Borrowed from Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).
Words formed from phallus
- apophallation
- apophallate
- diphallia
- diphallic
- diphallism
- diphallus
- ectophallus
- endophallus
- epiphallus
- macrophallus
- megalophallus
- megaphallus
- microphallus
- monophallic
- neophallus
- phallalgia
- phallation
- phallate
- phallectomy
- aphallic
- dolichophallic
- macrophallic
- megalophallic
- nonphallic
- phallicism
- phallicist
- phallicity
- phallicization
- phallicize
- phallicness
- polyphallic
- unphallic
- phallic
- phallically
- phallical
- phalliform
- phallin
- phallitis
- phallobase
- phallobates
- phallocampsis
- phallocentrically
- phallocentric
- phallocentrism
- phallocracy
- phallocrat
- phallocratic
- phallocrypt
- phallodynia
- phallogocentrically
- phallogocentric
- phallogocentrism
- phalloidin
- phalloidine
- phallologic
- phallologically
- phallological
- phallologist
- phallologocentrically
- phallologocentric
Phrases with phallus
Words that rhyme with phallus
Questions about phallus
- What does phallus mean?
- Phallus means a penis, especially when erect.
- What is phallus in Hindi?
- Phallus in Hindi is लिंग (liṅg). See Phallus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is phallus?
- Phallus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce phallus?
- Phallus is pronounced /ˈfæləs/.
- What is the plural of phallus?
- The plural of phallus is phalli.
Words near phallus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phallus (page history and authors); phallus (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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