pénis

See also: penis, pênis, pęnis, and Penis

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin penis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.nis/

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Noun

pénis m (plural pénis)

1. penis

   Synonyms: membre, membre viril, sexe, verge

   Meronyms: corps caverneux, corps spongieux, frein, gland, prépuce; see also Thesaurus:pénis

   Holonym: body

Synonyms

• (slang) bite f
• (Louisiana) blague m

Derived terms

• micropénis
• pénial
• pénien

Further reading

• “pénis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• peins, pines

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.niʃ/

• Hyphenation: pé‧nis

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Alternative forms

• pênis (Brazilian)

Noun

pénis m (invariable) (European spelling)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of pênis.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pénis m pl (European spelling)

1. plural of péni