Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act of building or putting up or together of something.

    Errichtung

    сооруже́ниеsooružénije, возведе́ниеvozvedénije, строе́ниеstrojénije

    the act of building or putting up

  2. (countable)Anything erected or built.

    The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.

    a structure that has been erected

  3. (countable, uncountable)Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.

  4. (uncountable)The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

    an erect penis

  5. (uncountable)The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.

    эре́кцияerékcija

    ере́кціяerékcija

  6. (countable)A penis or clitoris that is erect.

    He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.

    Erektion

    эре́кцияerékcija, стоя́кstoják

    ере́кціяerékcija

Examples

24 sentences
  1. There is no such thing as an untimely erection.

    Не існує такого поняття, як невчасна ерекція.

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  2. Erection problems can have various causes.

    Проблеми з ерекцією можуть бути викликані різними причинами.

    ruПроблемы с эрекцией могут быть вызваны различными причинами.

    deErektionsprobleme können verschiedene Ursachen haben.

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  3. Your erection is visible through your trousers.

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  4. The medication helps to get an erection.

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  5. My boyfriend visited an andrologist due to erection problems.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect:
Русский
By meaning 3
act of building:
physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect:
rigid state of penis or clitoris:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of building:
rigid state of penis or clitoris:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ēr

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.

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