phallic

phallic

English

Etymology

phallus (“penis”) +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ælɪk

Adjective

phallic (comparative more phallic, superlative most phallic)

1. Having to do with the penis, especially in terms of shape.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• penislike
• ithyphallic
• priapic

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

having to do with the penis

Afrikaans: falliese Arabic: قَضِيبِيّ‎ (qaḍībiyy) Asturian: fálicu Catalan: fàl·lic Czech: falický Danish: fallisk Dutch: fallisch (nl) Finnish: fallinen (fi), fallos- (fi) French: phallique (fr) Galician: fálico German: phallisch (de) Greek: φαλλικό (el) (fallikó) 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

Anagrams

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