erect

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Etymology

From Latin erectus upright, past participle of erigere raise or set up from e- up + regere to direct, keep straight, guide.

Adjective

erect (comparative more erect, superlative most erect)

1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
2. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.

Antonyms

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• flaccid

Derived terms

• erection
• semierect

Related terms

• erection
• erectile

Translations

vertical in position

• Bengali: খাড়া (bn)
• Bulgarian: вертикален (bg) (vertikalen)
• Finnish: pysty, pystyasennossa
• Italian: eretto (it), duro (it)

• Macedonian: исправен (mk) (íspraven) m, подигнат (mk) (pódignat) m
• Maori: takotako (mi)
• Russian: прямой (ru) (prjamoj), вертикальный (ru) (vertikalʹnyj), вертикально поднятый (ru) (vertikalʹno podnjatyj)

standing out perpendicularly

• Bengali: খাড়া (bn)
• Bulgarian: прав (bg) (prav), изправен (bg) (izpraven)
• Italian: dritto (it), eretto (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قیت

• Macedonian: простум (mk) (próstum)
• Russian: (somewhat) ощетинившийся (ru) (oščetinivšijsja), (somewhat) торчащий (ru) (torčaščij)

Verb

erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)

1. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
2. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.

Synonyms

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• build

Translations

to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts

• Bulgarian: издигам (bg) (izdigam)
• Esperanto: fondi (eo)
• Finnish: rakentaa (fi), pystyttää (fi)
• Macedonian: подига (mk) (pódiga)
• Maori: whaihanga (mi)
• Norwegian: reise (no)

• Polish: wznieść (pl)
• Russian: сооружать (ru) (sooružatʹ), устанавливать (ru) (ustanavlivatʹ), возводить (ru) (vozvoditʹ), строить (ru) (stroitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: tog (gd)

to cause to stand up or out

• Bulgarian: изправям (bg) (izpravjam)
• Czech: vztyčit (cs)
• Finnish: pystyttää (fi)
• Macedonian: крева (mk) (kréva)

• Maori: whakatū (mi)
• Norwegian: erigere (no), reise (no)
• Russian: выпрямлять (ru) (vyprjamljatʹ), распрямлять (ru) (rasprjamljatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: tog (gd)

Anagrams

• Crete
• terce