# penis
## English
### Etymology

From late 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”). Displaced native English pintle, tarse.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpiː.nɪs/, [ˈpʰiː.nɪs]
* (US) IPA: /ˈpi.nɪs/, [ˈpʰi.nɪs]
* Audio (UK):(file)
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* Rhymes: -iːnɪs
* Hyphenation: pe‧nis

### Noun

penis (plural penises or penes)
* (anatomy) The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).
    The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.
** Robin Williams:
    See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
** 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.
** 1994 January 24, Lisa Kemler, Newsweek, page 19:A life is more valuable than a penis.
** 1998, Collecting Mark Twain: A History and Three New Paths, Kevin Mac Donnell, Firsts Magazine, Inc.
    By early November, the sheets of HUCK FINN were being forwarded for binding, and within a week or two it was discovered that the illustration at page 283 had been altered in the master plate to make it appear as if Uncle Silas was exposing his penis. Twain would be amused to know that this may be the first time the word "penis" has ever been used to describe the alteration to this plate; the euphemisms and delicate phrasings employed by previous bibliographers to avoid stating the obvious are impressive.
** 2016 October 16, “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:Okay, hold on, because “stimulus package of your dreams” sounds like how Paul Krugman describes his penis.
* (zoology) A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

#### Usage notes

* The hyperforeign Latinate penii is occasionally used as the plural.

#### Synonyms

* tarse, pintle
* See also Thesaurus:penis

#### Hypernyms

* intromittent organ (biology)
* genital tubercle (glans penis and most of penile shaft), urogenital sinus (penile urethra), urogenital folds (underside of penis) - embryological precursors
* external genitalia

#### Meronyms

* glans

#### Derived terms

* corona glandis penis
* glans penis
* hemipenis
* hirsuties papillaris penis
* jugum penis
* kung pow penis
* macropenis
* megalopenis
* micropenis
* os penis
* papillomatosis coronae penis
* penis bone
* penis cage
* penis captivus
* penis-cover
* penised
* penis envy
* penis fencing
* penis fish
* penis fly trap
* penis game
* penisish
* penisless
* penis pump
* penis ring
* penis sheath
* penis-sheath
* penis sleeve
* penis snake
* penis worm
* penisy
* praeputium penis
* pseudopenis
* small penis humiliation
* small penis syndrome
* suck my penis
* think with one's penis

#### Related terms

* penectomy
* penile

#### Translations

Afrikaans: penis (af)
Ainu: チイェヘ (ciyehe), チイェネ (ciyene)
Akkadian: 𒍑 (, išaru, GÌŠ)
Albanian: kar m
Amharic: ቁላ (ḳula), ሙርጥ (murṭ) (slang), ልምቡጥ (ləmbuṭ) and ልንቡጥ (lənbuṭ) (both uncircumcised)
Arabic: قَضِيب m (qaḍīb), ذَكَر (ar) m (ḏakar), قضيب الذكر m, أَيْر m (ʔayr)
Egyptian Arabic: زِبّ (ar) (zibb), بتاع m (betaʕ), زبر m (zubr)
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: առնանդամ (aṙnandam), (vulgar) կլիր (klir)
Old Armenian: ագի (agi)
Aromanian: penis, nanciu n, noadã f
Assamese: শিশ্ন (xisno), কেলা (kela) (vulgar), চুচু (susu) (childish slang), কনি (koni), বাৰী (bari) (slang), নুনু (nunu) (childish slang)
Asturian: pene (ast) m
Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬑𐬴 (frauuāxṣ̌)
Aymara: allu (ay)
Azerbaijani: penis (az), kişi cinsi orqanı, sik (vulgar), xuy (vulgar, colloquial, Russianism), duduş (colloquial, childish), totuş (colloquial, childish), tötəş (colloquial, childish), mıx (az) (vulgar, colloquial), şey (az) (euphemism)
Balinese: please add this translation if you can
Banjarese: palir (bjn), butuh (bjn), pelér
Bashkir: ир енес ағзаһы (ir yenes ağzahı); (vulgar, slang) ҡутаҡ (qutaq), (mild, for boys) бөстөр (böstör)
Basque: zakil (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: turuoi
Bavarian: Zipfe, Schwanz
Belarusian: пе́ніс m (pjénis), палавы́ член m (palavý čljen), хуй m (xuj) (vulgar)
Bengali: শিশ্ন (bn) (śiśno), পুরুষাঙ্গ (bn) (puruśaṅgo), ধন (bn) (dhon) (colloquial), নুনু (bn) (nunu)
Bikol Central: buto (bcl)
Breton: kalc'h (br) m, kalc'hioù pl, pich (br) m, pichoù (br) pl
Bulgarian: пе́нис (bg) m (pénis), кур (bg) m (kur) (vulgar), хуй (bg) m (huj) (vulgar), пи́шка (bg) f (píška) (childish)
Burmese: ကျင်ချောင်း (my) (kyanghkyaung:)
Canela: jixôt, hy
Catalan: penis (ca) m
Cebuano: utin
Central Melanau: butok
Chagatai: ذکر
Chamicuro: topi
Chechen: тӏен (tʼen)
Cherokee: ᎤᏩᏙᎵ (uwadoli)
Chichewa: mbolo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 賓舟 / 宾舟 (ban$^1$ zau$^1$), 陰莖 / 阴茎 (jam$^1$ king$^3$), 朘 (zeoi$^1$, zoe$^1$), 陽具 / 阳具 (joeng$^4$ geoi$^6$), 撚 (lan$^2$)
Hokkien: 𡳞鳥 / 𡳞鸟 (zh-min-nan) (lān-tsiáu), 陰莖 / 阴茎 (zh) (im-keng), 戛 (khiat), 訶 / 诃 (hoⁿ)
Mandarin: 陰莖 / 阴茎 (zh) (yīnjīng), 陽物 / 阳物 (zh) (yángwù), (vulgar) 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (zh) (jība), (vulgar) 屌 (zh) (diǎo), (euphemistic) 鳥 / 鸟 (zh) (diǎo), 陽具 / 阳具 (zh) (yángjù)
Classical Nahuatl: tepolli
Crimean Tatar: sik, qotaq, çümüy
Czech: pyj (cs) m, penis (cs) m, úd (cs) m, nádobíčko (cs) n
Dalmatian: pula f
Danish: penis (da) c (clinical), pik (da) c (slang, pejorative), tissemand (da) c, diller c, javert c (slang), tredje ben (slang), lem (da) c (slang)
Dhivehi: ފިރިހެން ހަށި (firihen̊ haṣi)
Dutch: penis (nl) m, lid (nl) n, mannelijk lid n, lul (nl) m (vulgar)
Egyptian: (ḥnn), (bꜣḥ)
Esperanto: peniso, kaco (eo) (slang, vulgar)
Estonian: peenis (et), suguti (et), kürb, riist
Faroese: kynslimur m, skapningur m, murtur m, boppa f, snillur m, lívvølur m
Finnish: siitin (fi) (formal), penis (fi), elin (fi) (informal), kalu (fi) (informal), vehje (fi) (informal), heppi (fi) (informal), muna (fi) (informal), kikkeli (fi) (childish), kikuli (childish), pippeli (fi) (childish), pipuli (childish), kyrpä (fi) (vulgar), kulli (fi) (vulgar), mulkku (fi) (vulgar), lerssi (fi) (slang), slerba (slang), sladdi (slang), slaikka (slang), slaikkari (slang), parru (fi) (informal), molo (fi) (informal), kolmas jalka (informal), veitikka (fi) (informal), etuveitikka (informal), veijari (fi) (informal), nahkahuilu (slang), pensseli (fi) (slang), meisseli (fi) (slang), jorma (fi) (slang), jortikka (fi) (slang), tatti (fi) (slang), mela (fi) (informal), pikkuveli (fi) (informal), taikavarpu (fi) (slang), lihatiirikka (slang), lihatikkari (slang), köli (fi) (slang), jörbä (slang), patukka (fi) (informal), mahtitatti (slang)
French: pénis (fr) m, bite (fr) f, membre (fr) m, membre viril (fr) m
Galician: pene (gl) m, verga (gl) f, carallo (gl) m, pirola f
Georgian: პენისი (ka) (ṗenisi), ყლე (q̇le), ასო (ka) (aso)
German: Penis (de) m, Glied (de) n, Schwanz (de) m (slang), männliches Glied n, Gerät (de) n, Teil (de) n
Greek: πέος (el) n (péos), εργαλείο (el) n (ergaleío)
Ancient: φαλλός m (phallós), πόσθη f (pósthē), (vulgar) πέος n (péos)
Greenlandic: usuk
Guaraní: tembo
Gujarati: શિશ્ન m (śiśna), લિંગ n (liṅg), લોડો m (loḍo) (slang)
Haitian Creole: aparèy (man), ti pijon, ti gigit (little boy)
Hawaiian: ule
Hebrew: פִּין (he) m (pin), זַיִן (he) m (záyin) (slang)
Hindi: शिश्न (hi) m (śiśna), लिंग (hi) m (liṅg), लंड (hi) (laṇḍ) (vulgar), लौड़ा (hi) (lauṛā) (vulgar), नूनी (hi) (nūnī) (of a prepubescent or else euphemistic)
Hungarian: pénisz (hu), hímvessző (hu)
Icelandic: typpi (is) n, limur (is) m, getnaðarlimur (is) m
Ilocano: buto
Indonesian: penis (id), titit (id), burung (id) (slang, childish), zakar (id) (dated)
Ingrian: tyrä, kyrpä, mulkku, huja (vulgar), soora (of animals)
Ingush: тӏен (tʼen)
Inuktitut: ᐅᓱᒃ (iu) (osok)
Inupiaq: usuk
Irish: péineas m, bod (ga) m
Italian: pene (it) m, arnese (it) m
Japanese: 陰茎 (ja) (inkei), ペニス (ja) (penisu), 男根 (ja) (dankon), 道具 (ja) (dōgu), 玩具 (ja) (gangu), ちんちん (ja) (chinchin), 魔羅 (ja) (mara), ちんぽ (ja) (chinpo)
Kalasha: pinḍór
Kannada: ತುಣ್ಣಿ (tuṇṇi)
Karakhanid: يِغَجْ (yïɣač)
Karok: síish, pishtáaxva, ihyásur (euphemism)
Kashmiri: کُژٕر (kuċụr) (Formal), لیٛاٹھ (Vulgar), مۆمُر (momur) (Vulgar)
Kazakh: жыныстық қатынас мүшесі (jynystyq qatynas müşesı)
Khiamniungan Naga: lûi
Khmer: លិង្គ (km) (lɨng)
Khowar: پُچ (puč)
Kikai: 魔羅 (mara)
Konkani: [script needed] (minni)
Korean: 음경(陰莖) (ko) (eumgyeong), 자지 (ko) (jaji), (slang) 고추 (ko) (gochu), 페니스 (peniseu), 남근(男根) (ko) (namgeun), 좆 (ko) (jot)
Kunigami: 魔羅 (marā)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کێر (kêr)
Northern Kurdish: penîs (ku), batî (ku), doqişk (ku), xiyar (ku), pido (ku), pidok (ku), belik (ku), cûcik (ku), kîr (ku) m, xirr (ku) m, terrik (ku) m
Kyrgyz: пенис (penis)
Laboya: lahu, kodaka, wuttu
Lao: ໂຄ້ຍ (khōi), ແບ້ນ (bǣn), ລິງຄະ (ling kha), ອົງຄະຊາດ (ʼong kha sāt), ກະດໍ (ka dǭ)
Latgalian: pipss
Latin: penis (la) m, veretrum n
Latvian: dzimumloceklis, pipele, pimpis
Ligurian: belìn m
Lithuanian: varpa (lt), bybis (vulgar)
Low German:
German Low German: Penis (nds) m, Pint m (popular)
Luhya: msondo
Macedonian: пенис m (penis), кур m (kur) (vulgar)
Maguindanao: butu
Malay: zakar (ms) (formal), penis (formal), butuh (ms) (informal, native), pelir (ms) (informal, native), konek (ms) (informal), bodek (vulgar), burung (ms) (vulgar), ceceh (vulgar), cok (ms) (vulgar), conek (vulgar), kalam (ms) (vulgar), kotek (ms) (vulgar), palak (ms) (vulgar), palat (ms) (vulgar), pipit (ms) (vulgar)
Malayalam: ലിംഗം (ml) (liṅgaṁ)
Maltese: żobb, pene m
Manchu: ᠴᠣᠴᠣ (coco)
Mandinka: fotoo
Manx: bwoid m
Maori: ure
Maranao: otin, boras
Marathi: बुल्ला m (bullā), शिश्न m (śiśna), नुन्नी m (nunnī) (jocular reference while talking to a child), लवडा m (lavḍā) (vulgar slang), लंड m (laṇḍa), भुजंग m (bhujaṅga) (in lavani dance song), पोपट m (popaṭ), बाबुराव m (bāburāv) (latest addition to lavani song), लिंग (liṅga)
Middle English: pyntel, ters
Middle Persian: [script needed] (kēr)
Miyako: 魔羅 (mara)
Mongolian: эр бэлгэ эрхтэн (er belge erxten), шодой (mn) (šodoj), эр хүний бэлэг эрхтэн (er xünii beleg erxten), чив (mn) (čiv) (of animals)
Nahuatl: tepōlli (nah)
Nandi: pirit (circumcised), monyis (uncircumcised)
Nauruan: iny (na)
Navajo: aziz
Nepali: लिङ्ग (ne) (liṅga), शिश्न (ne) (śiśna)
Norman: vèrgue f (Jersey), pinaette f (Guernsey)
Northern Amami Ōshima: 魔羅 (mara)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: penis (no) m, pikk (no) m, kuk (no) m, kukk (no) m
Nynorsk: penis m, pikk m, kuk m, kukk m
Occitan: penís (oc), (vulgar) verga (oc)
Odia: ବାନ୍ଡ (banda)
Ojibwe: (my penis) niinag
Okinawan: 魔羅 (mara)
Old English: teors m, pintel m
Old High German: zers, zumpho
Old Prussian: please add this translation if you can
Omaha-Ponca: zhe
Ottoman Turkish: چاو (çav), ذكر (zeker), كیر (kir), قامش (kamış) (informal), ابره (ibre) (informal)
Pashto: ډګه f (ḍëga), (vulgar) غيڼ (ps) m (ǧiṇ)
Persian: نری (fa) (nari), ذکر (fa) (zakar), قضیب (fa) (qazib), آلت تناسلی مرد (fa) (âlat-e tanâsoli-ye mard),
Pipil: -tepūl
Plautdietsch: Pischat m, Pessat m, Maunsjlett n
Polabian: klikă
Polish: penis (pl) m, członek (pl) m, (vulgar) kutas (pl) m, prącie (pl) n (archaic)
Portuguese: pénis (pt) m (Portugal), pênis (pt) m (Brazil), membro (pt) m, membro viril (pt) m, instrumento (pt) m, ferramenta (pt) f
Quechua: ullu (qu), pisqu, pichunku, rani, lani
Romani: kar m
Romanian: penis (ro) n, pulă (ro) f (slang), sculă (ro) f
Romansch: penis m
Russian: полово́й член (ru) m (polovój člen), член (ru) m (člen), пе́нис (ru) m (pénis), мужско́й полово́й о́рган (ru) m (mužskój polovój órgan), мужско́й полово́й член (ru) m (mužskój polovój člen), хуй (ru) (xuj) (vulgar), хер (ru) (xer) (vulgar), прибо́р (ru) m (pribór), аппара́т (ru) m (apparát)
Sami:
Inari: nävli
Northern: guoccat, cihppa
Skolt: cuʹss
Samogitian: varpa f
Sanskrit: पसस् (sa) n (pasas), शिश्न (sa) n (śiśná), शेपस् (sa) n (śepas)
Scottish Gaelic: bod m, crom-odhar m
Sebop: utin
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пе́нис m
Roman: pénis (sh) m
Shona: mboro
Sicilian: minchia (scn) f
Sinhalese: ශිෂ්නය (śiṣnaya)
Slovak: pohlavný úd m, úd m, penis (sk) m
Slovene: penis (sl) m
Somali: qoodh
Spanish: (Spain) pene (es) m, carajo (es) m, pirula f, pirulo (es), pito (es) m, polla (es) f, (Colombia) pija (es) f, (Bolivia) tranca (es) f, (Argentina) verga (es) f, chota (es) f, garompa (es) f, pipe (es) m, poste (es) m, poronga (es) f, papirola f, miembro (es) m, pishilín m (Argentina)
Swahili: mboo, uume (sw)
Swedish: penis (sv) c, manslem (sv) c; snopp (sv) c (childish), kuk (sv) c (vulgar), balle (sv) c (colloquial)
Sylheti: ꠛꠐꠂ (boṭoi), ꠛꠍꠂ (bosoi)
Tagalog: titi (tl), tunod (tl), uten, ari (tl), alaga (tl), burat, tarugo, pitotoy, pututoy
Tajik: закар (tg) (zakar)
Tamil: ஆண் குறி (āṇ kuṟi)
Taos: wána
Tarifit: abrur m, abellaw m, aqellaw m
Tausug: utin
Telugu: పురుషాంగము (te) (puruṣāṅgamu)
Tetum: lasan, uti
Thai: ลึงค์ (th) (lʉng), ควย (th) (kuai) (informal), อวัยวะเพศชาย (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-pêet-chaai) (formal)
Tibetan: རླིག་པ (rlig pa), ཕོ་མཚན (pho mtshan), མཇེ (mje)
Tigrinya: መሸኒ (mäšäni)
Tocharian B: tso
Tooro: emboro class 9
Turkish: penis (tr), zeker (tr), (vulgar, slang) yarak (tr), (vulgar, slang) sik (tr), erkeklik organı (tr), alet (tr)
Turkmen: erkeklik organy, çük
Udmurt: чич (ćić), член (ćľen), пе́нис (péńis)
Ukrainian: пе́ніс (uk) m (pénis), стате́вий член m (statévyj člen), хуй (uk) m (xuj) (vulgar)
Urdu: لنڈ m (lãṇḍ) (vulgar), ششن m (śiśn), لنگ m (liṅg), ذکر m (zakar)
Uyghur: زەكەر (zeker)
Uzbek: penis, zakar
Vietnamese: chim (vi), dương vật (vi) (陽物), ngọc hành (vi) (玉莖), nam căn (男根)
Võro: titt, tilk, peenis
Walloon: pixha (wa)
Waray-Waray: sili, butò, lisik, pusoy, otin, titi
Welsh: pidyn (cy) m, cala (cy) f, penis (cy) m
West Flemish: penis
West Frisian: (informal) pyst
Yaeyama: 魔羅 (mara)
Yiddish: פּעניס m (penis), אבֿר m (eyver), מענלעכער אבֿר m (menlekher eyver)
Yonaguni: 魔羅 (mara)
Yoron: 魔羅 (mara)
Yucatec Maya: toon, keep
Yurok: peryerm
Zhuang: viz
ǃXóõ: ǂʻàn :

### See also

* erection
* member
* phallic
* phallus

### Anagrams

* Snipe, spine, Ipsen, peins, epsin, snipe, pines, Pines, Espin

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

penis (plural penisse)
* (anatomy) penis

#### Derived terms

* penisbeen

## Albanian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛnis]

### Noun

penis m (plural penisë, definite penisi, definite plural penisët)
* (anatomy) penis
    A ka rëndësi madhësia e penisit tim?Does the size of my penis matter?

#### Synonyms

* luc m (childish)
* karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar)
* kar m (vulgar)
* dërrasë f (vulgar)
* hu m (vulgar)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpenis]
* Hyphenation: pe‧nis

### Noun

penis (definite accusative penisi, plural penislər)
* penis

#### Synonyms

* (slang) duduş
* (vulgar) sik

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛ.nis]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpe.nis]

### Verb

penis
* second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

## Czech
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛnɪs]
* Rhymes: -ɪs

### Noun

penis m inan
* (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: pyj, šulin, čurák, péro, pinďour, pindík, pinďa, pinďourek, bimbas, lulánek, pohlavní úd

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “penis”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

### Further reading

* “penis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “penis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “penis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”).

### Noun

penis c (singular definite penissen, plural indefinite penisser)
* (anatomy) penis

#### Synonyms

* diller (slang)
* javert (slang)
* kødfløjte (slang)
* penis (clinical)
* pik (vulgar)
* pjovert (slang)
* sjover (slang)
* tissemand (childish)
* tisser (slang)
* tredje ben (slang)

#### Derived terms

* penishoved n

### References

* “penis” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeː.nɪs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pe‧nis

### Noun

penis m (plural penissen, diminutive penisje n)
* penis
    Synonyms: lid, pik, piemel, genotsknots, lul, leuter, fluit, tampeloeres, snikkel, knuppel, plasser, tamp, pieterman, piel

#### Derived terms

* penisbeen
* penisbot
* penisbreuk
* peniskoker
* penisnijd
* penisplant

### Anagrams

* peins

## Esperanto
### Verb

penis
* past of peni
** 1910, E. L. Kearney (tr.), “1. Mirinda Falego!”, in La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando‎, Edinburgh: Turnbull and Spears, translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll:Kaj ŝi penis imagi al si la aspekton kiun kandelflamo havas post kiam oni estingis ĝin!And she tried to imagine the look that the flame of a candle has after it is exinguished.

## Estonian
### Noun

penis
* inessive singular of peni

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpenis/, [ˈpe̞nis̠]
* IPA: /ˈpeːnis/, [ˈpe̞ːnis̠] (dated or jocular)
* Rhymes: -enis, -eːnis
* Hyphenation: pe‧nis

### Noun

penis
* (anatomy) penis
    Synonym: siitin

#### Declension

Possessive forms of penis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
penikseni
penikseni
accusative
nom.
penikseni
penikseni
gen.
penikseni
genitive
penikseni
penisteni peniksieni
partitive
penistäni
peniksiäni
inessive
peniksessäni
peniksissäni
elative
peniksestäni
peniksistäni
illative
penikseeni
peniksiini
adessive
penikselläni
peniksilläni
ablative
penikseltäni
peniksiltäni
allative
penikselleni
peniksilleni
essive
peniksenäni
peniksinäni
translative
peniksekseni
peniksikseni
abessive
peniksettäni
peniksittäni
instructive
comitative
—peniksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
peniksesi
peniksesi
accusative
nom.
peniksesi
peniksesi
gen.
peniksesi
genitive
peniksesi
penistesi peniksiesi
partitive
penistäsi
peniksiäsi
inessive
peniksessäsi
peniksissäsi
elative
peniksestäsi
peniksistäsi
illative
penikseesi
peniksiisi
adessive
penikselläsi
peniksilläsi
ablative
penikseltäsi
peniksiltäsi
allative
peniksellesi
peniksillesi
essive
peniksenäsi
peniksinäsi
translative
penikseksesi
peniksiksesi
abessive
peniksettäsi
peniksittäsi
instructive
comitative
—peniksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
peniksemme
peniksemme
accusative
nom.
peniksemme
peniksemme
gen.
peniksemme
genitive
peniksemme
penistemme peniksiemme
partitive
penistämme
peniksiämme
inessive
peniksessämme
peniksissämme
elative
peniksestämme
peniksistämme
illative
penikseemme
peniksiimme
adessive
peniksellämme
peniksillämme
ablative
penikseltämme
peniksiltämme
allative
peniksellemme
peniksillemme
essive
peniksenämme
peniksinämme
translative
penikseksemme
peniksiksemme
abessive
peniksettämme
peniksittämme
instructive
comitative
—peniksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
peniksenne
peniksenne
accusative
nom.
peniksenne
peniksenne
gen.
peniksenne
genitive
peniksenne
penistenne peniksienne
partitive
penistänne
peniksiänne
inessive
peniksessänne
peniksissänne
elative
peniksestänne
peniksistänne
illative
penikseenne
peniksiinne
adessive
peniksellänne
peniksillänne
ablative
penikseltänne
peniksiltänne
allative
peniksellenne
peniksillenne
essive
peniksenänne
peniksinänne
translative
penikseksenne
peniksiksenne
abessive
peniksettänne
peniksittänne
instructive
comitative
—peniksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
peniksensä
peniksensä
accusative
nom.
peniksensä
peniksensä
gen.
peniksensä
genitive
peniksensä
penistensä peniksiensä
partitive
penistään penistänsä
peniksiään peniksiänsä
inessive
peniksessään peniksessänsä
peniksissään peniksissänsä
elative
peniksestään peniksestänsä
peniksistään peniksistänsä
illative
penikseensä
peniksiinsä
adessive
peniksellään peniksellänsä
peniksillään peniksillänsä
ablative
penikseltään penikseltänsä
peniksiltään peniksiltänsä
allative
penikselleen peniksellensä
peniksilleen peniksillensä
essive
peniksenään peniksenänsä
peniksinään peniksinänsä
translative
peniksekseen penikseksensä
peniksikseen peniksiksensä
abessive
peniksettään peniksettänsä
peniksittään peniksittänsä
instructive
comitative
—peniksineen peniksinensä :

#### Derived terms

* peniskateus
* peniskuva
* penispumppu
* penisrengas
* penissyöpä

### Further reading

* “penis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* pesin, sepin

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛnɪs]
* Hyphenation: pè‧nis

### Noun

pènis (plural penis-penis)
* (anatomy) penis

#### Synonyms

* (penis): anu, zakar (dated), burung (childish), titit (childish, mildly vulgar), kontol (vulgar), peler (more vulgar), pelir

### Further reading

* “penis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Noun

penis (plural penises)
* penis
** 1955, Pediatrics, volume 15, page 323:[…] e se distingueva per absentia o hypoplasia del penis, e 6 casos de complete absentia de gonades del un o del altere sexo. […] and is characterised by the absence of hypoplasia of the penis, and 6 cases of complete absence of the gonads of either sex.
** 1960, Annals of internal medicine, volume 52, page 1112:Durante le phase de polycythemia le patiente disveloppava priapismo (que es un complication thrombotic rar de iste morbo). Isto requireva le amputation del penis.During the phase of polycythemia the patient developed priapism (which is a rare thrombotic complication of this disease). This required the amputation of the penis.
** 2000 April 29, STAN MULAIK (Stanley Mulaik), “Le Professor e Le Lunatico”, in sci.lang‎ (Usenet):Per le annos, le condition mental de Capitano Minor lentemente pejorava se. Su delusions nocturnal cresceva. Finalmente in un acto de desperation a causa de su practica del masturbation desde un puero, Minor usava un cultello permittite a ille pro acutiar su penciles e plumas a amputar su proprie penis, le organo offensive.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Latin
### Etymology

Traditionally compared with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Sanskrit पसस् (pásas), Old English fæsl (“offspring”) and derived from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”).
De Vaan is skeptical of this in view of the attested chronology of the word's semantics, where “tail” is older than “penis”, which also aligns with the expected semantic development of such a word (compare e.g. Old Armenian ձետ (jet, “tail”) > Middle Armenian ձետ (jet, “penis”)); the reverse development is less likely. Instead, he reconstructs a Proto-Italic form *petsnis (“tail”) and connects the word to penna (“wing, feather”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpeː.nis/, [ˈpeːnɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpe.nis/, [ˈpɛːnis]

### Noun

pēnis m (genitive pēnis); third declension
* (archaic) tail
    Synonym: cauda
* (anatomy) penis (male sexual organ)
    Synonyms: (euphemistic) membrum virile, (vulgar) mentula, (vulgar) mūtō
    Hyponym: (vulgar) verpa
* (figuratively) lust

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

#### Derived terms

* pēnicillum
* pēniculāmentum
* pēniculus
* pēnilis

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: penis
* → Catalan: penis
* → English: penis
* → French: pénis
* → German: Penis
* → Interlingua: pene, penis
* → Italian: pene (learned)
* → Korean: 페니스 (peniseu)
* → Japanese: ペニス (penisu)
* → Portuguese: pénis, pênis (Brazil) (learned)
* → Romanian: penis
* → Russian: пе́нис (pénis)
* → Spanish: pene (learned)
* ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pēnellus
** Italian: penello, pennello

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pēnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458

### Further reading

* penis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* penis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Latvian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Noun

penis m (2 declension)
* penis

#### Synonyms

* dzimumloceklis

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Noun

penis m (definite singular penisen, indefinite plural peniser, definite plural penisene)
* (anatomy) a penis

### References

* “penis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Noun

penis m (definite singular penisen, indefinite plural penisar, definite plural penisane)
* (anatomy) a penis

### References

* “penis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛ.ɲis/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɲis
* Syllabification: pe‧nis

### Noun

penis m inan
* penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prącie

#### Declension
### Further reading

* penis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* penis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* пенис (penis) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpenis]

### Noun

penis n (plural penisuri)
* (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: (slang) miel; (slang) puță; (slang) sculă

#### Synonyms

* pulă (vulgar, slang)

#### Related terms

* erecție
* prepuț
* testicul
* vagin

### Further reading

* penis in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pěːnis/
* Hyphenation: pe‧nis

### Noun

pénis m (Cyrillic spelling пе́нис)
* (anatomy) penis
    Tijelo penisa je građeno od dva kavernozna i spužvastog tkiva. Ove dvije vrste tkiva čine erektilno tijelo penisa. (Ijekavian)
    Telo penisa je građeno od dva kavernozna i spužvastog tkiva. Ove dve vrste tkiva čine erektilno telo penisa. (Ekavian)
       The body of the penis is formed of two cavernous and spongy tissues. These two forms of tissues form the erectile body of the penis.

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpenis]

### Noun

penis m inan
* (anatomy) penis

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “penis”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /péːnis/

### Noun

pẹ̑nis m inan
* (anatomy) penis

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “penis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis.

### Noun

penis c
* (anatomy) penis

#### Usage notes

Anatomical terms for body parts are sometimes uninflected in the definite in medical jargon (and language riffing on medical jargon), being treated similar to proper nouns. See the declension table.

#### Derived terms

* jättepenis
* mikropenis
* neopenis
* penisattrapp
* penisavund (“penis envy”)
* penisben n (“baculum”)
* penisfraktur
* penislös
* penispump
* penisring
* penisrot c (“root of the penis”)

#### See also

* kuk (has synonyms ordered by register)
* boll
* erektion
* fallos
* könshår (“pubic hair”)
* ollon (“glans”)
* pung (“scrotum”)
* skaft (“shaft”)
* svällkropp (“corpus cavernosum”)
* testikel (“testicle”)
* urinrör (“urethra”)
* vagina

### References

* penis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* penis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* penis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH
* Fula Ordboken

## Turkish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpenis]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pe‧nis

### Noun

penis (definite accusative penisi, plural penisler)
* penis
    Onun penisinde aşağı doğru bir eğrilik var.
       His penis has a downward curvature.

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
penis
penisler
definite accusative
penisi
penisleri
dative
penise
penislere
locative
peniste
penislerde
ablative
penisten
penislerden
genitive
penisin
penislerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
penisim
penislerim
2nd singular
penisin
penislerin
3rd singular
penisi
penisleri
1st plural
penisimiz
penislerimiz
2nd plural
penisiniz
penisleriniz
3rd plural
penisleri
penisleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
penisimi
penislerimi
2nd singular
penisini
penislerini
3rd singular
penisini
penislerini
1st plural
penisimizi
penislerimizi
2nd plural
penisinizi
penislerinizi
3rd plural
penislerini
penislerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
penisime
penislerime
2nd singular
penisine
penislerine
3rd singular
penisine
penislerine
1st plural
penisimize
penislerimize
2nd plural
penisinize
penislerinize
3rd plural
penislerine
penislerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
penisimde
penislerimde
2nd singular
penisinde
penislerinde
3rd singular
penisinde
penislerinde
1st plural
penisimizde
penislerimizde
2nd plural
penisinizde
penislerinizde
3rd plural
penislerinde
penislerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
penisimden
penislerimden
2nd singular
penisinden
penislerinden
3rd singular
penisinden
penislerinden
1st plural
penisimizden
penislerimizden
2nd plural
penisinizden
penislerinizden
3rd plural
penislerinden
penislerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
penisimin
penislerimin
2nd singular
penisinin
penislerinin
3rd singular
penisinin
penislerinin
1st plural
penisimizin
penislerimizin
2nd plural
penisinizin
penislerinizin
3rd plural
penislerinin
penislerinin :

#### Derived terms

* penissiz

### Further reading

* “penis”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Volapük
### Noun

penis
* accusative plural of pen

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English penis, from Latin pēnis.

### Noun

penis m
* penis
    Synonym: pidyn

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “penis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies