Dictionary

phallus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfæləs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).

Meanings

1. 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:
2. 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:
3. The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

Forms

Coordinates

yoni

Deriveds

phalloidine · primordial phallus · phallused · phallologic · phallologically · monophallic · apophallate · phalloidin · phallophobia · epiphallus · phallocracy · endophallus · phallotoxin · phallocratic · phallobates · macrophallic · phallogocentric · phallation · phallicity · phallologist · phallicism · phallophobic · ectophallus · phallusy · phallodynia · phallologocentrism · phallicist · phallicize · phallophorus · nonphallic · phallological · phallophoria · phallocentrically · unphallic · megaphallus · polyphallic · phallophilia · phallophiliac · phallostethid · diphallia · phallicness · microphallus · apophallation · phallometric · diphallism · phallate · phallobase · phallogocentrically · phallotomy · phallometry · phallometer · megalophallus · phallic · phallocentric · phallalgia · phallin · neophallus · phallophobe · phallical · phallocentrism · phallomania · phallogocentrism · diphallus · phallometrically · phallectomy · phallologocentrically · phallitis · phallolysin · phallophile · phalluslike · dolichophallic · phalliform · phallicization · aphallic · megalophallic · macrophallus · phallocrypt · phallology · diphallic · phalloplasty · phallically · phallocampsis · phallocrat · phallologocentric

Relateds

ithyphallic · lingam · ithyphallophobia · ithyphallus

Synonyms

member · gherkin · peter · pipe · todger · root · eel · magnum · disco stick · love truncheon · winkle · weenie · manhood · tool · meat puppet · membrum virile · colloquial · old chap · schmuck · plonker · fire hose · boonga · stem · thingy · organ · truncheon · anaconda · knob · weapon · jamoke · hoo-hoo · baloney pony · pike · willy · virile member · thing · yard · tongue · dinkle · dork · pink cigar · dick · pizzle · meat stick · cigar · banana · pud · bird · down · meat scepter · unit · Donkey Kong · third leg · shlong · crank · phallus · peener · machine · peen · chode · hose · whang · Master John Goodfellow · short arm · pintle · pisser · hammer · hagfish · corey · whale · rape tool · shmekl (q · sucker · purple-headed yogurt slinger · piece · Percy · diddle · old fellow · it · rod · trouser snake · sausage · male member · winky · salami · love stick · penis · dingle · tic tac · Yiddish) · birdie · wingwang · hairy canary · dog bone · tallywhacker · nob · lad · chopper · dipstick · dink · verge · dirk · wee-wee · tube steak · toy · meat · love muscle · wang · dock · pistol · widgie · python · wiener · fuckpole · sex tool · cucumber · jimmy · widdler · stretcher · Jonathan · johnson · fucker · hot dog · spitstick · snausage · pee-pee · snake · dinger · wick · lingam · pickle · rutter · donger · skin flute · hot rod · gun · D · pee-wee · hog · ding-a-ling · jade stalk · pink oboe · doodle · dong · willie · joint · joystick · nature's scythe · ying-yang · putz · pingas · love sausage · tarse · shaft · pego · ramrod · weeny · meat rod · man-meat · langer · love wand · John Thomas · tagger · choda · p-word · cock · dingy · cack · trouser monkey · hooter · dingaling · pillicock · dicklet · meatstick · package · tail · bobby · tadger · piston · Excalibur · fish · kielbasa · choad · pecker · eggplant · one-eyed trouser snake · ding-dong · dingus · swipe · jigger · piece of pork · custard launcher · jock · schlong · job · prick · bald-headed hermit · diddly · pork sword

Translations (47)

cs falus (the penis or its representation) · ar فَالُوس (the penis or its representation) · cmn 菲勒斯 (the penis or its representation) · eo faluso (the penis or its representation) · oc fallus (the penis or its representation) · hu hímvessző (the penis or its representation) · ru фа́ллос (the penis or its representation) · el φαλλός (the penis or its representation) · pt falo (the penis or its representation) · tr fallos (the penis or its representation) · sa शेपस् (the penis or its representation) · fi fallos (the penis or its representation) · ast falu (the penis or its representation) · it fallo (the penis or its representation) · la phallus (the penis or its representation) · sa पसस् (the penis or its representation) · mr शिशी (the penis or its representation) · id lingga (the penis or its representation) · fa-ira کیر (the penis or its representation) · gl falo (the penis or its representation) · te లింగము (the penis or its representation) · hi लिंग (the penis or its representation) · grc φαλλός (the penis or its representation) · ru фа́ллус (the penis or its representation) · frm phalle (the penis or its representation) · is reður (the penis or its representation) · hu fallosz (the penis or its representation) · ca fal·lus (the penis or its representation) · fr phallus (the penis or its representation) · ru фалл (the penis or its representation) · de Phallus (the penis or its representation) · sa शिश्न (the penis or its representation) · bg фалос (the penis or its representation) · fr phalle (the penis or its representation) · sv fallos (the penis or its representation) · he פאלוס (the penis or its representation) · no fallos (the penis or its representation) · ja ファルス (the penis or its representation) · ro falus (the penis or its representation) · tr fallus (the penis or its representation) · pt fálus (the penis or its representation) · es falo (the penis or its representation) · pl fallus (the penis or its representation) · pdt Pischat (the penis or its representation) · nb fallos (the penis or its representation) · ko 팔루스 (the penis or its representation) · pdt Maunsjlett (the penis or its representation)