Meaning

3 senses

  1. A penis, especially when erect.

    Phallus

    фа́ллосfállos, фа́ллусfállus, фаллfall

  2. A representation of an erect penis, especially symbolising fertility or potency.

  3. The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

More definitions
  • genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
  • the male sex organ

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The stump is like a phallus of nature.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
the penis or its representation:
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By meaning 1
the penis or its representation:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), from Ancient

Borrowed from Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).

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Forms

plural: phalli / phalluses

Synonyms

200 synonyms
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Close in meaning

Word family

77 related words
Relatedithyphallicithyphallophobiaithyphalluslingamphallic
Derivedapophallationdiphalliadiphallicdiphallismdiphallusectophallusendophallusepiphallusmacrophallusmegalophallusmegaphallusmicrophallusneophallusphallalgiaphallationphallectomyaphallicdolichophallicmacrophallicmegalophallicnonphallicphallicismphallicistphallicity

Lessons for this word

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See also

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