penis

See also: Penis, peniš, pénis, pênis, and pěníš

English

Location of the human penis.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.nɪs/, [ˈpʰiː.nɪs]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.nɪs/, [ˈpʰi.nɪs]

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• Rhymes: -iːnɪs
• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis (plural penises or penes)

2. (anatomy) 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.

   • Robin Williams:

     See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:

     The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.

   • 1994 January 24, Lisa Kemler, Newsweek, page 19:

     A life is more valuable than a penis.

   • 1998, Collecting Mark Twain: A History and Three New Paths, Kevin Mac Donnell, Firsts Magazine, Inc.

     By early November, the sheets of HUCK FINN were being forwarded for binding, and within a week or two it was discovered that the illustration at page 283 had been altered in the master plate to make it appear as if Uncle Silas was exposing his penis. Twain would be amused to know that this may be the first time the word "penis" has ever been used to describe the alteration to this plate; the euphemisms and delicate phrasings employed by previous bibliographers to avoid stating the obvious are impressive.

   • 2016 October 16, “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

     Okay, hold on, because “stimulus package of your dreams” sounds like how Paul Krugman describes his penis.

3. (zoology) A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

Usage notes

• The hyperforeign Latinate penii is occasionally used as the plural.

Synonyms

• tarse, pintle
• See also Thesaurus:penis

Hypernyms

• intromittent organ (biology)
• genital tubercle (glans penis and most of penile shaft), urogenital sinus (penile urethra), urogenital folds (underside of penis) - embryological precursors
• external genitalia

Meronyms

• glans

Derived terms

• corona glandis penis
• corpus cavernosum penis
• glans penis
• hemipenis
• hirsuties papillaris penis
• jugum penis
• kung pow penis
• macropenis
• megalopenis
• micropenis
• os penis
• papillomatosis coronae penis
• penis bone
• penis cage
• penis captivus
• penis-cover
• penised
• penis envy
• penis fencing
• penis fish
• penis fly trap
• penis game
• penisish
• penisless
• penis pump
• penis ring
• penis sheath
• penis-sheath
• penis sleeve
• penis snake
• penis worm
• penisy
• praeputium penis
• pseudopenis
• small penis humiliation
• small penis syndrome
• suck my penis
• think with one's penis

Related terms

• penectomy
• penile

Translations

male organ for copulation and urination — see also wee-wee

• Afrikaans: penis (af)
• Ainu: チイェヘ (ciyehe), チイェネ (ciyene)
• Akkadian: 𒍑 (, išaru, GÌŠ)
• Albanian: kar m
• Amharic: ቁላ (ḳula), ሙርጥ (murṭ) (slang), ልምቡጥ (ləmbuṭ) and ልንቡጥ (lənbuṭ) (both uncircumcised)
• Arabic: قَضِيب m (qaḍīb), ذَكَر (ar) m (ḏakar), قضيب الذكر m, أَيْر m (ʔayr)

  Egyptian Arabic: زِبّ (ar) (zibb), بتاع m (betaʕ), زبر m (zubr)

• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: առնանդամ (aṙnandam), (vulgar) կլիր (klir)

  Old Armenian: ագի (agi)

• Aromanian: penis, nanciu n, noadã f
• Assamese: শিশ্ন (xisno), কেলা (kela) (vulgar), চুচু (susu) (childish slang), কনি (koni), বাৰী (bari) (slang), নুনু (nunu) (childish slang)
• Asturian: pene (ast) m
• Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬑𐬴 (frauuāxṣ̌)
• Aymara: allu (ay)
• Azerbaijani: penis (az), kişi cinsi orqanı, sik (vulgar), xuy (vulgar, colloquial, Russianism), duduş (colloquial, childish), totuş (colloquial, childish), tötəş (colloquial, childish), mıx (az) (vulgar, colloquial), şey (az) (euphemism)
• Balinese: please add this translation if you can
• Banjarese: palir (bjn), butuh (bjn), pelér
• Bashkir: ир енес ағзаһы (ir yenes ağzahı); (vulgar, slang) ҡутаҡ (qutaq), (mild, for boys) бөстөр (böstör)
• Basque: zakil (eu)
• Bau Bidayuh: turuoi
• Bavarian: Zipfe, Schwanz
• Belarusian: пе́ніс m (pjénis), палавы́ член m (palavý čljen), хуй m (xuj) (vulgar)
• Bengali: শিশ্ন (bn) (śiśno), পুরুষাঙ্গ (bn) (puruśaṅgo), ধন (bn) (dhon) (colloquial), নুনু (bn) (nunu)
• Bikol Central: buto (bcl)
• Breton: kalc'h (br) m, kalc'hioù pl, pich (br) m, pichoù (br) pl
• Bulgarian: пе́нис (bg) m (pénis), кур (bg) m (kur) (vulgar), хуй (bg) m (huj) (vulgar), пи́шка (bg) f (píška) (childish)
• Burmese: ကျင်ချောင်း (my) (kyanghkyaung:)
• Canela: jixôt, hy
• Catalan: penis (ca) m
• Cebuano: utin
• Central Melanau: butok
• Chagatai: ذکر
• Chamicuro: topi
• Chechen: тӏен (tʼen)
• Cherokee: ᎤᏩᏙᎵ (uwadoli)
• Chichewa: mbolo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 賓舟 / 宾舟 (ban¹ zau¹), 陰莖 / 阴茎 (jam¹ king³), 朘 (zeoi¹, zoe¹), 陽具 / 阳具 (joeng⁴ geoi⁶), 撚 (lan²)

  Hokkien: 𡳞鳥 / 𡳞鸟 (zh-min-nan) (lān-tsiáu), 陰莖 / 阴茎 (zh) (im-keng), 戛 (khiat), 訶 / 诃 (hoⁿ)

  Mandarin: 陰莖 / 阴茎 (zh) (yīnjīng), 陽物 / 阳物 (zh) (yángwù), (vulgar) 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (zh) (jība), (vulgar) 屌 (zh) (diǎo), (euphemistic) 鳥 / 鸟 (zh) (diǎo), 陽具 / 阳具 (zh) (yángjù)

• Classical Nahuatl: tepolli
• Crimean Tatar: sik, qotaq, çümüy
• Czech: pyj (cs) m, penis (cs) m, úd (cs) m, nádobíčko (cs) n
• Dalmatian: pula f
• Danish: penis (da) c (clinical), pik (da) c (slang, pejorative), tissemand (da) c, diller c, javert c (slang), tredje ben (slang), lem (da) c (slang)
• Dhivehi: ފިރިހެން ހަށި (firihen̊ haṣi)
• Dutch: penis (nl) m, lid (nl) n, mannelijk lid n, lul (nl) m (vulgar)
• Egyptian: (ḥnn), (bꜣḥ)
• Esperanto: peniso, kaco (eo) (slang, vulgar)
• Estonian: peenis (et), suguti (et), kürb, riist
• Faroese: kynslimur m, skapningur m, murtur m, boppa f, snillur m, lívvølur m
• Finnish: siitin (fi) (formal), penis (fi), elin (fi) (informal), kalu (fi) (informal), vehje (fi) (informal), heppi (fi) (informal), muna (fi) (informal), kikkeli (fi) (childish), kikuli (childish), pippeli (fi) (childish), pipuli (childish), kyrpä (fi) (vulgar), kulli (fi) (vulgar), mulkku (fi) (vulgar), lerssi (fi) (slang), slerba (slang), sladdi (slang), slaikka (slang), slaikkari (slang), parru (fi) (informal), molo (fi) (informal), kolmas jalka (informal), veitikka (fi) (informal), etuveitikka (informal), veijari (fi) (informal), nahkahuilu (slang), pensseli (fi) (slang), meisseli (fi) (slang), jorma (fi) (slang), jortikka (fi) (slang), tatti (fi) (slang), mela (fi) (informal), pikkuveli (fi) (informal), taikavarpu (fi) (slang), lihatiirikka (slang), lihatikkari (slang), köli (fi) (slang), jörbä (slang), patukka (fi) (informal), mahtitatti (slang)
• French: pénis (fr) m, bite (fr) f, membre (fr) m, membre viril (fr) m
• Galician: pene (gl) m, verga (gl) f, carallo (gl) m, pirola f
• Georgian: პენისი (ka) (ṗenisi), ყლე (q̇le), ასო (ka) (aso)
• German: Penis (de) m, Glied (de) n, Schwanz (de) m (slang), männliches Glied n, Gerät (de) n, Teil (de) n
• Greek: πέος (el) n (péos), εργαλείο (el) n (ergaleío)

  Ancient: φαλλός m (phallós), πόσθη f (pósthē), (vulgar) πέος n (péos)

• Greenlandic: usuk
• Guaraní: tembo
• Gujarati: શિશ્ન m (śiśna), લિંગ n (liṅg), લોડો m (loḍo) (slang)
• Haitian Creole: aparèy (man), ti pijon, ti gigit (little boy)
• Hawaiian: ule
• Hebrew: פִּין (he) m (pin), זַיִן (he) m (záyin) (slang)
• Hindi: शिश्न (hi) m (śiśna), लिंग (hi) m (liṅg), लंड (hi) (laṇḍ) (vulgar), लौड़ा (hi) (lauṛā) (vulgar), नूनी (hi) (nūnī) (of a prepubescent or else euphemistic)
• Hungarian: pénisz (hu), hímvessző (hu)
• Icelandic: typpi (is) n, limur (is) m, getnaðarlimur (is) m
• Ilocano: buto
• Indonesian: penis (id), titit (id), burung (id) (slang, childish), zakar (id) (dated)
• Ingrian: tyrä, kyrpä, mulkku, huja (vulgar), soora (of animals)
• Ingush: тӏен (tʼen)
• Inuktitut: ᐅᓱᒃ (iu) (osok)
• Inupiaq: usuk
• Irish: péineas m, bod (ga) m
• Italian: pene (it) m, arnese (it) m
• Japanese: 陰茎 (ja) (inkei), ペニス (ja) (penisu), 男根 (ja) (dankon), 道具 (ja) (dōgu), 玩具 (ja) (gangu), ちんちん (ja) (chinchin), 魔羅 (ja) (mara), ちんぽ (ja) (chinpo)
• Kalasha: pinḍór
• Kannada: ತುಣ್ಣಿ (tuṇṇi)
• Karakhanid: يِغَجْ (yïɣač)
• Karok: síish, pishtáaxva, ihyásur (euphemism)
• Kashmiri: کُژٕر (kuċụr) (Formal), لیٛاٹھ (lyāṭh) (Vulgar), مۆمُر (momur) (Vulgar)
• Kazakh: жыныстық қатынас мүшесі (jynystyq qatynas müşesı)
• Khiamniungan Naga: lûi
• Khmer: លិង្គ (km) (lɨng)
• Khowar: پُچ (puč)
• Kikai: 魔羅 (mara)
• Konkani: [script needed] (minni)
• Korean: 음경(陰莖) (ko) (eumgyeong), 자지 (ko) (jaji), (slang) 고추 (ko) (gochu), 페니스 (peniseu), 남근(男根) (ko) (namgeun), 좆 (ko) (jot)
• Kunigami: 魔羅 (marā)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کێر (kêr)

  Northern Kurdish: penîs (ku), batî (ku), doqişk (ku), xiyar (ku), pido (ku), pidok (ku), belik (ku), cûcik (ku), kîr (ku) m, xirr (ku) m, terrik (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: пенис (penis)
• Laboya: lahu, kodaka, wuttu
• Lao: ໂຄ້ຍ (khōi), ແບ້ນ (bǣn), ລິງຄະ (ling kha), ອົງຄະຊາດ (ʼong kha sāt), ກະດໍ (ka dǭ)
• Latgalian: pipss
• Latin: penis (la) m, veretrum n
• Latvian: dzimumloceklis, pipele, pimpis
• Ligurian: belìn m
• Lithuanian: varpa (lt), bybis (vulgar)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Penis (nds) m, Pint m (popular)

• Luhya: msondo
• Macedonian: пенис m (penis), кур m (kur) (vulgar)
• Maguindanao: butu
• Malay: zakar (ms) (formal), penis (formal), butuh (ms) (informal, native), pelir (ms) (informal, native), konek (ms) (informal), bodek (vulgar), burung (ms) (vulgar), ceceh (vulgar), cok (ms) (vulgar), conek (vulgar), kalam (ms) (vulgar), kotek (ms) (vulgar), palak (ms) (vulgar), palat (ms) (vulgar), pipit (ms) (vulgar)
• Malayalam: ലിംഗം (ml) (liṅgaṁ)
• Maltese: żobb, pene m
• Manchu: ᠴᠣᠴᠣ (coco)
• Mandinka: fotoo
• Manx: bwoid m
• Maori: ure
• Maranao: otin, boras
• Marathi: बुल्ला m (bullā), शिश्न m (śiśna), नुन्नी m (nunnī) (jocular reference while talking to a child), लवडा m (lavḍā) (vulgar slang), लंड m (laṇḍa), भुजंग m (bhujaṅga) (in lavani dance song), पोपट m (popaṭ), बाबुराव m (bāburāv) (latest addition to lavani song), लिंग (liṅga)
• Middle English: pyntel, ters
• Middle Persian: [script needed] (kēr)
• Miyako: 魔羅 (mara)
• Mongolian: эр бэлгэ эрхтэн (er belge erxten), шодой (mn) (šodoj), эр хүний бэлэг эрхтэн (er xünii beleg erxten), чив (mn) (čiv) (of animals)
• Nahuatl: tepōlli (nah)
• Nandi: pirit (circumcised), monyis (uncircumcised)
• Nauruan: iny (na)
• Navajo: aziz
• Nepali: लिङ्ग (ne) (liṅga), शिश्न (ne) (śiśna)
• Norman: vèrgue f (Jersey), pinaette f (Guernsey)
• Northern Amami Ōshima: 魔羅 (mara)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: penis (no) m, pikk (no) m, kuk (no) m, kukk (no) m

  Nynorsk: penis m, pikk m, kuk m, kukk m

• Occitan: penís (oc), (vulgar) verga (oc)
• Odia: ବାନ୍ଡ (banda)
• Ojibwe: (my penis) niinag
• Okinawan: 魔羅 (mara)
• Old English: teors m, pintel m
• Old High German: zers, zumpho
• Old Prussian: please add this translation if you can
• Omaha-Ponca: zhe
• Ottoman Turkish: چاو (çav), ذكر (zeker), كیر (kir), قامش (kamış) (informal), ابره (ibre) (informal)
• Pashto: ډګه f (ḍëga), (vulgar) غيڼ (ps) m (ǧiṇ)
• Persian: نری (fa) (nari), ذکر (fa) (zakar), قضیب (fa) (qazib), آلت تناسلی مرد (fa) (âlat-e tanâsoli-ye mard),
• Pipil: -tepūl
• Plautdietsch: Pischat m, Pessat m, Maunsjlett n
• Polabian: klikă
• Polish: penis (pl) m, członek (pl) m, (vulgar) kutas (pl) m, prącie (pl) n (archaic)
• Portuguese: pénis (pt) m (Portugal), pênis (pt) m (Brazil), membro (pt) m, membro viril (pt) m, instrumento (pt) m, ferramenta (pt) f
• Quechua: ullu (qu), pisqu, pichunku, rani, lani
• Romani: kar m
• Romanian: penis (ro) n, pulă (ro) f (slang), sculă (ro) f
• Romansch: penis m
• Russian: полово́й член (ru) m (polovój člen), член (ru) m (člen), пе́нис (ru) m (pénis), мужско́й полово́й о́рган (ru) m (mužskój polovój órgan), мужско́й полово́й член (ru) m (mužskój polovój člen), хуй (ru) (xuj) (vulgar), хер (ru) (xer) (vulgar), прибо́р (ru) m (pribór), аппара́т (ru) m (apparát)
• S'gaw Karen: ထ့ၣ် (hṭaỳ)
• Sami:

  Inari: nävli

  Northern: guoccat, cihppa

  Skolt: cuʹss

• Samogitian: varpa f
• Sanskrit: पसस् (sa) n (pasas), शिश्न (sa) n (śiśná), शेपस् (sa) n (śepas)
• Scottish Gaelic: bod m, crom-odhar m
• Sebop: utin
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пе́нис m

  Roman: pénis (sh) m

• Shona: mboro
• Sicilian: minchia (scn) f
• Sinhalese: ශිෂ්නය (śiṣnaya)
• Slovak: pohlavný úd m, úd m, penis (sk) m
• Slovene: penis (sl) m
• Somali: qoodh
• Spanish: pene (es) m, carajo (es) m, pirula f, pirulo (es), pito (es) m, polla (es) f (Spain), pija (es) f (Colombia, Argentina), tranca (es) f (Bolivia), verga (es) f (Argentina), garcha f (Argentina), chota (es) f, garompa (es) f, pipe (es) m, poste (es) m, poronga (es) f, papirola f, miembro (es) m, pingo m, pindonga f (Argentina), pinchila f (Argentina), pitulín m (Argentina), pishilín m (Argentina)
• Swahili: mboo, uume (sw)
• Swedish: penis (sv) c, manslem (sv) c; snopp (sv) c (childish), kuk (sv) c (vulgar), balle (sv) c (colloquial)
• Sylheti: ꠛꠐꠂ (boṭoi), ꠛꠍꠂ (bosoi)
• Tagalog: titi (tl), tunod (tl), uten, ari (tl), alaga (tl), burat, tarugo, pitotoy, pututoy
• Tajik: закар (tg) (zakar)
• Tamil: ஆண் குறி (āṇ kuṟi), குஞ்சு (ta) (kuñcu)
• Taos: wána
• Tarifit: abrur m, abellaw m, aqellaw m
• Tausug: utin
• Telugu: పురుషాంగము (te) (puruṣāṅgamu)
• Tetum: lasan, uti
• Thai: ลึงค์ (th) (lʉng), ควย (th) (kuai) (informal), อวัยวะเพศชาย (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-pêet-chaai) (formal)
• Tibetan: རླིག་པ (rlig pa), ཕོ་མཚན (pho mtshan), མཇེ (mje)
• Tigrinya: መሸኒ (mäšäni)
• Tocharian B: tso
• Tooro: emboro class 9
• Turkish: penis (tr), zeker (tr), (vulgar, slang) yarak (tr), (vulgar, slang) sik (tr), erkeklik organı (tr), alet (tr)
• Turkmen: erkeklik organy, çük
• Udmurt: чич (ćić), член (ćľen), пе́нис (péńis)
• Ukrainian: пе́ніс (uk) m (pénis), стате́вий член m (statévyj člen), хуй (uk) m (xuj) (vulgar)
• Urdu: لنڈ m (lãṇḍ) (vulgar), ششن m (śiśn), لنگ m (liṅg), ذکر m (zakar)
• Uyghur: زەكەر (zeker)
• Uzbek: penis, zakar
• Vietnamese: chim (vi), dương vật (vi) (陽物), ngọc hành (vi) (玉莖), nam căn (男根)
• Võro: titt, tilk, peenis
• Walloon: pixha (wa)
• Waray-Waray: sili, butò, lisik, pusoy, otin, titi
• Welsh: pidyn (cy) m, cala (cy) f, penis (cy) m
• West Flemish: ^{(please verify)} penis
• West Frisian: (informal) pyst
• Yaeyama: 魔羅 (mara)
• Yiddish: פּעניס m (penis), אבֿר m (eyver), מענלעכער אבֿר m (menlekher eyver)
• Yonaguni: 魔羅 (mara)
• Yoron: 魔羅 (mara)
• Yucatec Maya: toon, keep
• Yurok: peryerm
• Zhuang: viz
• ǃXóõ: ǂʻàn

penis — see member

penis of an animal — see pizzle

See also

• erection
• member
• phallic
• phallus

Anagrams

• Snipe, spine, Ipsen, peins, epsin, snipe, pines, Pines, Espin

Afrikaans

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

penis (plural penisse)

1. (anatomy) penis

Derived terms

• penisbeen

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnis]

Noun

penis m (plural penisë, definite penisi, definite plural penisët)

1. (anatomy) penis

   A ka rëndësi madhësia e penisit tim?

   Does the size of my penis matter?

Declension

Declension of penis

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	penis	penisi	penisë	penisët
accusative		penisin
dative	penisi	penisit	penisëve	penisëve
ablative			penisësh

Synonyms

• luc m (childish)
• karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar)
• kar m (vulgar)
• dërrasë f (vulgar)
• hu m (vulgar)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpenis]
• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis (definite accusative penisi, plural penislər)

1. penis

Declension

Declension of penis

	singular	plural
nominative	penis	penislər
definite accusative	penisi	penisləri
dative	penisə	penislərə
locative	penisdə	penislərdə
ablative	penisdən	penislərdən
definite genitive	penisin	penislərin

Possessive forms of penis

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisim	penislərim
sənin (“your”)	penisin	penislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisi	penisləri
bizim (“our”)	penisimiz	penislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	penisiniz	penisləriniz
onların (“their”)	penisi or penisləri	penisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimi	penislərimi
sənin (“your”)	penisini	penislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisini	penislərini
bizim (“our”)	penisimizi	penislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	penisinizi	penislərinizi
onların (“their”)	penisini or penislərini	penislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimə	penislərimə
sənin (“your”)	penisinə	penislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisinə	penislərinə
bizim (“our”)	penisimizə	penislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	penisinizə	penislərinizə
onların (“their”)	penisinə or penislərinə	penislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimdə	penislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	penisində	penislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisində	penislərində
bizim (“our”)	penisimizdə	penislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	penisinizdə	penislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	penisində or penislərində	penislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimdən	penislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	penisindən	penislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisindən	penislərindən
bizim (“our”)	penisimizdən	penislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	penisinizdən	penislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	penisindən or penislərindən	penislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	penisimin	penislərimin
sənin (“your”)	penisinin	penislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	penisinin	penislərinin
bizim (“our”)	penisimizin	penislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	penisinizin	penislərinizin
onların (“their”)	penisinin or penislərinin	penislərinin

Synonyms

• (slang) duduş
• (vulgar) sik

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛ.nis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.nis]

Verb

penis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnɪs]
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

penis m inan

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonyms: pyj, šulin, čurák, péro, pinďour, pindík, pinďa, pinďourek, bimbas, lulánek, pohlavní úd

Declension

Declension of penis (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	penis	penisy
genitive	penisu	penisů
dative	penisu	penisům
accusative	penis	penisy
vocative	penise	penisy
locative	penisu	penisech
instrumental	penisem	penisy

Further reading

• “penis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “penis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “penis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”).

Noun

penis c (singular definite penissen, plural indefinite penisser)

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

Declension of penis

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	penis	penissen	penisser	penisserne
genitive	penis'	penissens	penissers	penissernes

Synonyms

• diller (slang)
• javert (slang)
• kødfløjte (slang)
• penis (clinical)
• pik (vulgar)
• pjovert (slang)
• sjover (slang)
• tissemand (childish)
• tisser (slang)
• tredje ben (slang)

Derived terms

• penishoved n

References

• “penis” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.nɪs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis m (plural penissen, diminutive penisje n)

1. penis

   Synonyms: lid, pik, piemel, genotsknots, lul, leuter, fluit, tampeloeres, snikkel, knuppel, plasser, tamp, pieterman, piel

Derived terms

• penisbeen
• penisbot
• penisbreuk
• peniskoker
• penisnijd
• penisplant

Anagrams

• peins

Esperanto

Verb

penis

1. past of peni
   • 1910, E. L. Kearney (tr.), “1. Mirinda Falego!”, in La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando‎^[1], Edinburgh: Turnbull and Spears, translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll:

     Kaj ŝi penis imagi al si la aspekton kiun kandelflamo havas post kiam oni estingis ĝin!

     And she tried to imagine the look that the flame of a candle has after it is exinguished.

Estonian

Noun

penis

1. inessive singular of peni

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpenis/, [ˈpe̞nis̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːnis/, [ˈpe̞ːnis̠] (dated or jocular)
• Rhymes: -enis, -eːnis
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧nis
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧nis

Noun

penis

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonym: siitin

Declension

Inflection of penis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		penis	penikset
genitive		peniksen	penisten peniksien
partitive		penistä	peniksiä
illative		penikseen	peniksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		penis	penikset
accusative	nom.	penis	penikset
	gen.	peniksen
genitive		peniksen	penisten peniksien
partitive		penistä	peniksiä
inessive		peniksessä	peniksissä
elative		peniksestä	peniksistä
illative		penikseen	peniksiin
adessive		peniksellä	peniksillä
ablative		penikseltä	peniksiltä
allative		penikselle	peniksille
essive		peniksenä	peniksinä
translative		penikseksi	peniksiksi
abessive		peniksettä	peniksittä
instructive		—	peniksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of penis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative penikseni penikseni accusative nom. penikseni penikseni gen. penikseni genitive penikseni penisteni peniksieni partitive penistäni peniksiäni inessive peniksessäni peniksissäni elative peniksestäni peniksistäni illative penikseeni peniksiini adessive penikselläni peniksilläni ablative penikseltäni peniksiltäni allative penikselleni peniksilleni essive peniksenäni peniksinäni translative peniksekseni peniksikseni abessive peniksettäni peniksittäni instructive — — comitative — peniksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative peniksesi peniksesi accusative nom. peniksesi peniksesi gen. peniksesi genitive peniksesi penistesi peniksiesi partitive penistäsi peniksiäsi inessive peniksessäsi peniksissäsi elative peniksestäsi peniksistäsi illative penikseesi peniksiisi adessive penikselläsi peniksilläsi ablative penikseltäsi peniksiltäsi allative peniksellesi peniksillesi essive peniksenäsi peniksinäsi translative penikseksesi peniksiksesi abessive peniksettäsi peniksittäsi instructive — — comitative — peniksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative peniksemme peniksemme accusative nom. peniksemme peniksemme gen. peniksemme genitive peniksemme penistemme peniksiemme partitive penistämme peniksiämme inessive peniksessämme peniksissämme elative peniksestämme peniksistämme illative penikseemme peniksiimme adessive peniksellämme peniksillämme ablative penikseltämme peniksiltämme allative peniksellemme peniksillemme essive peniksenämme peniksinämme translative penikseksemme peniksiksemme abessive peniksettämme peniksittämme instructive — — comitative — peniksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative peniksenne peniksenne accusative nom. peniksenne peniksenne gen. peniksenne genitive peniksenne penistenne peniksienne partitive penistänne peniksiänne inessive peniksessänne peniksissänne elative peniksestänne peniksistänne illative penikseenne peniksiinne adessive peniksellänne peniksillänne ablative penikseltänne peniksiltänne allative peniksellenne peniksillenne essive peniksenänne peniksinänne translative penikseksenne peniksiksenne abessive peniksettänne peniksittänne instructive — — comitative — peniksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative peniksensä peniksensä accusative nom. peniksensä peniksensä gen. peniksensä genitive peniksensä penistensä peniksiensä partitive penistään penistänsä peniksiään peniksiänsä inessive peniksessään peniksessänsä peniksissään peniksissänsä elative peniksestään peniksestänsä peniksistään peniksistänsä illative penikseensä peniksiinsä adessive peniksellään peniksellänsä peniksillään peniksillänsä ablative penikseltään penikseltänsä peniksiltään peniksiltänsä allative penikselleen peniksellensä peniksilleen peniksillensä essive peniksenään peniksenänsä peniksinään peniksinänsä translative peniksekseen penikseksensä peniksikseen peniksiksensä abessive peniksettään peniksettänsä peniksittään peniksittänsä instructive — — comitative — peniksineen peniksinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• peniskateus
• peniskuva
• penispumppu
• penisrengas
• penissyöpä

Further reading

• “penis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• pesin, sepin

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnɪs]
• Hyphenation: pè‧nis

Noun

pènis (plural penis-penis)

1. (anatomy) penis

Synonyms

• (penis): anu, zakar (dated), burung (childish), titit (childish, mildly vulgar), kontol (vulgar), peler (more vulgar), pelir

Further reading

• “penis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

penis (plural penises)

1. penis
   • 1955, Pediatrics, volume 15, page 323:

     […] e se distingueva per absentia o hypoplasia del penis, e 6 casos de complete absentia de gonades del un o del altere sexo.

     […] and is characterised by the absence of hypoplasia of the penis, and 6 cases of complete absence of the gonads of either sex.

   • 1960, Annals of internal medicine, volume 52, page 1112:

     Durante le phase de polycythemia le patiente disveloppava priapismo (que es un complication thrombotic rar de iste morbo). Isto requireva le amputation del penis.

     During the phase of polycythemia the patient developed priapism (which is a rare thrombotic complication of this disease). This required the amputation of the penis.

   • 2000 April 29, STAN MULAIK (Stanley Mulaik), “Le Professor e Le Lunatico”, in sci.lang‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Per le annos, le condition mental de Capitano Minor lentemente pejorava se. Su delusions nocturnal cresceva. Finalmente in un acto de desperation a causa de su practica del masturbation desde un puero, Minor usava un cultello permittite a ille pro acutiar su penciles e plumas a amputar su proprie penis, le organo offensive.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally compared with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Sanskrit पसस् (pásas), Old English fæsl (“offspring”) and derived from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”).

De Vaan is skeptical of this in view of the attested chronology of the word's semantics, where “tail” is older than “penis”, which also aligns with the expected semantic development of such a word (compare e.g. Old Armenian ձետ (jet, “tail”) > Middle Armenian ձետ (jet, “penis”)); the reverse development is less likely. Instead, he reconstructs a Proto-Italic form *petsnis (“tail”) and connects the word to penna (“wing, feather”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpeː.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.nis]

Noun

pēnis m (genitive pēnis); third declension

1. (archaic) tail

   Synonym: cauda

2. (anatomy) penis (male sexual organ)

   Synonyms: (euphemistic) membrum virile, (vulgar) mentula, (vulgar) mūtō

   Hyponym: (vulgar) verpa

3. (figuratively) lust

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	pēnis	pēnēs
genitive	pēnis	pēnium
dative	pēnī	pēnibus
accusative	pēnem	pēnēs pēnīs
ablative	pēne	pēnibus
vocative	pēnis	pēnēs

Derived terms

• pēnicillum
• pēniculāmentum
• pēniculus
• pēnilis

Descendants

• → Albanian: penis
• → Catalan: penis
• → English: penis
• → French: pénis
• → German: Penis
• → Interlingua: pene, penis
• → Italian: pene (learned)
• → Korean: 페니스 (peniseu)
• → Japanese: ペニス (penisu)
• → Portuguese: pénis, pênis (Brazil) (learned)
• → Romanian: penis
• → Russian: пе́нис (pénis)
• → Spanish: pene (learned)
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pēnellus
  • Italian: penello, pennello

Further reading

• penis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• penis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis m (2 declension)

1. penis

Declension

Declension of penis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	penis	peņi
genitive	peņa	peņu
dative	penim	peņiem
accusative	peni	peņus
instrumental	peni	peņiem
locative	penī	peņos
vocative	peni	peņi

Synonyms

• dzimumloceklis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis m (definite singular penisen, indefinite plural peniser, definite plural penisene)

1. (anatomy) a penis

References

• “penis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis m (definite singular penisen, indefinite plural penisar, definite plural penisane)

1. (anatomy) a penis

References

• “penis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɲis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɲis
• Syllabification: pe‧nis

Noun

penis m inan

1. penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prącie

Declension

Declension of penis

	singular	plural
nominative	penis	penisy
genitive	penisa	penisów
dative	penisowi	penisom
accusative	penis/penisa	penisy
instrumental	penisem	penisami
locative	penisie	penisach
vocative	penisie	penisy

Further reading

• penis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• penis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Alternative forms

• пенис (penis) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpenis]

Noun

penis n (plural penisuri)

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonyms: (slang) miel; (slang) puță; (slang) sculă

Declension

Declension of penis

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	penis	penisul		penisuri	penisurile
genitive-dative	penis	penisului		penisuri	penisurilor
vocative	penisule			penisurilor

Synonyms

• pulă (vulgar, slang)

Related terms

• erecție
• prepuț
• testicul
• vagin

Further reading

• “penis”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pěːnis/
• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

pénis m (Cyrillic spelling пе́нис)

1. (anatomy) penis

   Tijelo penisa je građeno od dva kavernozna i spužvastog tkiva. Ove dvije vrste tkiva čine erektilno tijelo penisa. (Ijekavian)

   Telo penisa je građeno od dva kavernozna i spužvastog tkiva. Ove dve vrste tkiva čine erektilno telo penisa. (Ekavian)

   The body of the penis is formed of two cavernous and spongy tissues. These two forms of tissues form the erectile body of the penis.

Declension

Declension of penis

	singular	plural
nominative	penis	penisi
genitive	penisa	penisa
dative	penisu	penisima
accusative	penis	penise
vocative	penisu	penisi
locative	penisu	penisima
instrumental	penisom	penisima

Slovak

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpenis]

Noun

penis m inan

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

Declension of penis
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	penis	penisy
genitive	penisu	penisov
dative	penisu	penisom
accusative	penis	penisy
locative	penise	penisoch
instrumental	penisom	penismi

Further reading

• “penis”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /péːnis/

Noun

pẹ̑nis m inan

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pénis
gen. sing.	pénisa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pénis	pénisa	pénisi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pénisa	pénisov	pénisov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pénisu	pénisoma	pénisom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pénis	pénisa	pénise
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pénisu	pénisih	pénisih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pénisom	pénisoma	pénisi

Further reading

• “penis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis c

1. (anatomy) penis

Usage notes

Anatomical terms for body parts are sometimes uninflected in the definite in medical jargon (and language riffing on medical jargon), being treated similar to proper nouns. See the declension table.

Declension

Declension of penis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	penis	penis
	definite	penisen, penis	penisens, penis
plural	indefinite	penisar	penisars
	definite	penisarna	penisarnas

Derived terms

• jättepenis
• mikropenis
• neopenis
• penisattrapp
• penisavund (“penis envy”)
• penisben n (“baculum”)
• penisfraktur
• penislös
• penispump
• penisring
• penisrot c (“root of the penis”)

See also

• kuk (has synonyms ordered by register)
• boll
• erektion
• fallos
• könshår (“pubic hair”)
• ollon (“glans”)
• pung (“scrotum”)
• skaft (“shaft”)
• svällkropp (“corpus cavernosum”)
• testikel (“testicle”)
• urinrör (“urethra”)
• vagina

References

• penis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• penis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• penis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• Fula Ordboken

Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpenis]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pe‧nis

Noun

penis (definite accusative penisi, plural penisler)

1. penis

   Onun penisinde aşağı doğru bir eğrilik var.

   His penis has a downward curvature.

Declension

Declension of penis

singular plural nominative penis penisler definite accusative penisi penisleri dative penise penislere locative peniste penislerde ablative penisten penislerden genitive penisin penislerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular penisim penislerim 2nd singular penisin penislerin 3rd singular penisi penisleri 1st plural penisimiz penislerimiz 2nd plural penisiniz penisleriniz 3rd plural penisleri penisleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular penisimi penislerimi 2nd singular penisini penislerini 3rd singular penisini penislerini 1st plural penisimizi penislerimizi 2nd plural penisinizi penislerinizi 3rd plural penislerini penislerini dative singular plural 1st singular penisime penislerime 2nd singular penisine penislerine 3rd singular penisine penislerine 1st plural penisimize penislerimize 2nd plural penisinize penislerinize 3rd plural penislerine penislerine locative singular plural 1st singular penisimde penislerimde 2nd singular penisinde penislerinde 3rd singular penisinde penislerinde 1st plural penisimizde penislerimizde 2nd plural penisinizde penislerinizde 3rd plural penislerinde penislerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular penisimden penislerimden 2nd singular penisinden penislerinden 3rd singular penisinden penislerinden 1st plural penisimizden penislerimizden 2nd plural penisinizden penislerinizden 3rd plural penislerinden penislerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular penisimin penislerimin 2nd singular penisinin penislerinin 3rd singular penisinin penislerinin 1st plural penisimizin penislerimizin 2nd plural penisinizin penislerinizin 3rd plural penislerinin penislerinin

Derived terms

• penissiz

Further reading

• “penis”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Volapük

Noun

penis

1. accusative plural of pen

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English penis, from Latin pēnis.

Noun

penis m

1. penis

   Synonym: pidyn

Mutation

Mutated forms of penis

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
penis	benis	mhenis	phenis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “penis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies