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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpiːnɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpinɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pē′nis)

Inflections of 'penis' (n):

penises: npl

penes: npl (Rare)

pe•nis /ˈpinɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -nis•es, -nes /-niz/.USA pronunciation

Anatomy, Zoology, Zoology, Anatomythe male sex organ, and, in mammals, the organ through which urine is released from the body.

pe•nile /ˈpinəl, ˈpinaɪl/USA pronunciation adj.

pe•nis (pē′nis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nis•es, -nes (-nēz).USA pronunciation [Anat., Zool.]

Anatomy, Zoology, Zoology, Anatomythe male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.

Latin pēnis tail, penis
1685–95;

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

penis /ˈpiːnɪs/ n ( pl -nises, -nes /-niːz/)

the male organ of copulation in higher vertebrates, also used for urine excretion in many mammals

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin

'penis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

beetle - chopper - clitoris - cock - coitus interruptus - condom - detumescence - dick - dildo - dong - erect - erectile - erection - fellatio - genitals - glans - hard - horn - jockstrap - John Thomas - knob - member - organ - pecker - pencil - penetrate - penile - peter - phallus - phimosis - pillock - pintle - pizzle - prepuce - priapism - Priapus - prick - rod - sexual intercourse - tool - Viagra - weapon - willy - bulbourethral - chordee - codpiece - crocodile - doodle - dork - erectile dysfunction

Collocations: has a [large, thick, thin, small, huge] penis, penis [size, enhancement, enlargement, pills, tissue], has penis envy, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "penis" in the title:

a withering penis
didn’t need a penis to
dingle (the penis)
EME [Early Modern English 1450-1700] for 'penis'
engorged penis
Euphemism for penis [child]
every single person there with the/a penis
guy's penis does not get hard
his horizon <begins> at the end of his penis
I had an object forced down/up my penis without any pain relief
It's not like you made me say "penis"!
Jeremy Clarkson: to have one by one's short penis hairs
penis, vagina (childish/infantile)
Plural: penis
Put/insert penis into the vagina
Special words for penis and vagina to refer to little boys' and girls'?
the sort of anxiety of his penis to come to its little evacuating crisis seemed farcical.
Wee-wee : merely kids' term for penis or does it mean a tiny penis?
Which colloquial term would a child use for "penis"?
Yoy-yoy as a term to refer to a small boy's penis

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