pênis

See also: penis, pénis, pęnis, and Penis

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pénis (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.nis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.nis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.niʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.nis/

• Hyphenation: pê‧nis

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pes-

Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s

Proto-Italic *peznis

Latin pēnislbor.

Portuguese pênis

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

Noun

pênis m (invariable) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pênis m pl

1. plural of pêni

Further reading

• “pênis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pênis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026