erection

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃən === Noun === erection (countable and uncountable, plural erections) (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something. Synonyms: building, construction (countable) Anything erected or built. Synonyms: building, construction (uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities. (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:erection 2006, Lori Marso, Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity: The Lives and Work of Intellectual Women, Routledge (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered pages (quoting Simone Beauvoir): There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency, […] (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:erect penis Hyponyms: priapism, permaboner, death erection, morning wood ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== erect erector ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === erection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === neoteric == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnem. === Noun === erection f (plural erections) erection (of a building, etc.) erection (penile) ==== Descendants ==== French: érection === References === erection on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)