phallus

== English == === Alternative forms === phallos === Etymology === From Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”) from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæləs/ Rhymes: -æləs === Noun === phallus (plural phalli or phalluses) A penis, especially when erect. A representation of an erect penis, especially symbolising fertility or potency. (psychoanalysis) The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:penis ==== Coordinate terms ==== yoni ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ithyphallic lingam ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin phallus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.lys/ === Noun === phallus m (invariable) phallus ==== Related terms ==== phallique === See also === pénis === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”); compare follis (“sack”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰal.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfal.lus] === Noun === phallus m (genitive phallī); second declension (mythology, religion) an iconic phallic figure of the male member borne in cult processions at a Dionysian orgy or festival of Bacchus as a symbol of the generative power of nature (anatomy) phallus, membrum virile, penis (figurative, art) phallus; an artistic image of the membrum virile or other figurative representation of the erect penis as an icon representing male sexuality, potency, fertility ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ithyphallicus phallicus Triphallus ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “phallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “phallus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1171. phallus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1680