phallic

English

Etymology

phallus (“penis”) +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfælɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ælɪk

Adjective

phallic (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or characteristic of the penis.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 128:

     The natural rhythm of the male is a phallic one of rise and fall, whether it involves towers, stock markets, or whole civilizations.

2. Shaped like an erect human penis.
   • 1993, Joseph Downton, Washington D.C.: An Alternative Guide, page T-221:

     For many first-time visitors, a common initial impression of the Washington Monument is that it is incredibly phallic.

   My mother has a very phallic salt shaker.

Synonyms

• penislike
• ithyphallic
• priapic

Derived terms

• antiphallic
• dolichophallic
• macrophallic
• megalophallic
• nonphallic
• phallically
• phallicism
• phallicist
• phallicity
• phallicize
• phallicness

 

Translations

Translations

• Afrikaans: falliese
• Arabic: قَضِيبِيّ‎ (qaḍībiyy)
• Asturian: fálicu
• Bulgarian: фалически (faličeski)
• Catalan: fàl·lic (ca)
• Czech: falický
• Danish: fallisk
• Dutch: fallisch (nl)
• Finnish: fallinen (fi), fallos- (fi)
• French: phallique (fr)
• Galician: fálico
• German: phallisch (de)
• Greek: φαλλικό (el) (φαλλικό)
• Hebrew: פאלי‎ m (fáli), פאלית‎ f (fálit)
• Hungarian: fallikus
• Italian: fallico (it) m
• Japanese: 陰茎の (inkei no, inkyou no), 男根の (dankon no)
• Korean: 남근의 (namgeunui)
• Latin: phallicus m
• Norwegian: fallisk
• Occitan: fallic
• Polish: falliczny (pl)
• Portuguese: fálico (pt)
• Romanian: falic
• Russian: фалли́ческий (ru) (fallíčeskij)
• Spanish: fálico (es)
• Swedish: fallisk (sv)
• Turkish: fallik

having to do with the penis — see penile

See also

• vulvar
• yonic
• phallus

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