"phallic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfælɪk/ Audio: en-us-phallic.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ælɪk Etymology: phallus (“penis”) + -ic Etymology templates: {{affix|en|phallus|-ic|t1=penis}} phallus (“penis”) + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} phallic (not comparable)
  1. Relating to, or characteristic of the penis. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-phallic-en-adj-2JyWFW5Z
  2. Shaped like an erect human penis. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-phallic-en-adj-c2CDTIDB
  3. Relating to or exhibiting masculine or patriarchal traits, seen metaphorically as seated in the male genitalia. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genitalia Translations (Translations): falliese (Afrikaans), قَضِيبِيّ (qaḍībiyy) (Arabic), fálicu (Asturian), фалически (faličeski) (Bulgarian), fàl·lic (Catalan), falický (Czech), fallisk (Danish), fallisch (Dutch), fallinen (Finnish), fallos- (Finnish), phallique (French), fálico (Galician), phallisch (German), φαλλικό (fallikó) (Greek), פאלי (fáli) [masculine] (Hebrew), פאלית (fálit) [feminine] (Hebrew), fallikus (Hungarian), fallico [masculine] (Italian), 陰茎の (inkei no, inkyou no) (Japanese), 男根の (dankon no) (Japanese), 남근의 (namgeunui) (Korean), phallicus [masculine] (Latin), fallisk (Norwegian), fallic (Occitan), falliczny (Polish), fálico (Portuguese), falic (Romanian), фалли́ческий (fallíčeskij) (Russian), fálico (Spanish), fallisk (Swedish), fallik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-phallic-en-adj-wtlQLhEF Disambiguation of Genitalia: 3 8 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 17 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 19 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 4 14 82 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 7 0 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ithyphallic, penislike, priapic Related terms: vulvar, yonic, phallus Coordinate_terms: peniform, penile

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "inkei no, inkyou no",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "陰茎の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dankon no",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "男根の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "namgeunui",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "남근의"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "phallicus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallic"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "falliczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "falic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fallíčeskij",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "фалли́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phallic"
}

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