"erection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/ [UK] Audio: En-us-erection.ogg [US] Forms: erections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ērectiō|ērectiō, ērectiōnis}} Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, {{m|la|ērectus}} ērectus, {{m|la|erigō}} erigō, {{m|la|ē-||out of}} ē- (“out of”), {{m|la|regō}} regō, {{m|la|-iō}} -iō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} erection (countable and uncountable, plural erections)
  1. (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: building, construction Translations (act of building): pagtugdok (Bikol Central), построяване (postrojavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), rakentaminen (Finnish), pystytys (Finnish), érection [feminine] (French), erección [feminine] (Galician), Errichtung [feminine] (German), ανέγερση (anégersi) [feminine] (Greek), οικοδόμηση (oikodómisi) [feminine] (Greek), erezione [masculine] (Italian), 建築 (kenchiku) (alt: けんちく) (Japanese), 建設 (kensetsu) (alt: けんせつ) (Japanese), erectio [feminine] (Latin), подигање (podiganje) [neuter] (Macedonian), उभारणी (ubhārṇī) [feminine] (Marathi), ठाडो हुनु (ṭhāḍo hunu) (Nepali), wzniesienie [neuter] (Polish), erekcja [feminine] (Polish), ereção [feminine] (Portuguese), сооруже́ние (sooružénije) [neuter] (Russian), возведе́ние (vozvedénije) [neuter] (Russian), строе́ние (strojénije) [neuter] (Russian), строи́тельство (stroítelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), togail [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), inşa (Turkish), inşa etme (Turkish), dikme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-erection-en-noun-l8Ve5RhN Disambiguation of Genitalia: 10 5 9 29 13 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 6 24 12 17 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 5 21 12 27 9 Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 25 13 24 3 1 8 Disambiguation of 'act of building': 79 18 2 0 0 0
  2. (countable) Anything erected or built. Tags: countable Synonyms: building, construction Translations (something erected or built): постройка (postrojka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rakennus (Finnish), rakennelma (Finnish), erección [feminine] (Galician), κτίσμα (ktísma) [neuter] (Greek), οικοδόμημα (oikodómima) [neuter] (Greek), οικοδομή (oikodomí) [feminine] (Greek), 建築物 (kenchiku-butsu) (alt: けんちくぶつ) (Japanese), 建設物 (kensetsu-butsu) (alt: けんせつぶつ) (Japanese), ठाडो भएको (ṭhāḍo bhaeko) (Nepali), ereção [feminine] (Portuguese), inşa (Turkish), yapı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-erection-en-noun-ppXSncHy Disambiguation of 'something erected or built': 3 68 2 7 11 9
  3. (uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-erection-en-noun-~igpL-SU Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 5 21 12 27 9 Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 25 13 24 3 1 8 Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
  4. (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology, Genitalia Synonyms: erection
    Sense id: en-erection-en-noun-9dl48UEQ Disambiguation of Genitalia: 10 5 9 29 13 33 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 5 21 12 27 9 Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 25 13 24 3 1 8 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  5. (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology, Genitalia
    Sense id: en-erection-en-noun-4DszWFqo Disambiguation of Genitalia: 10 5 9 29 13 33 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 5 21 12 27 9 Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 25 13 24 3 1 8 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  6. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: erect penis Translations (rigid state of penis or clitoris): ereksion [masculine] (Albanian), نُعُوظ (nuʕūẓ) [masculine] (Arabic), اِنْتِصَاب (intiṣāb) (Arabic), էրեկցիա (ērekcʻia) (Armenian), ereición [feminine] (Asturian), ereksiya (Azerbaijani), эрэкцыя (erekcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), latog (Bikol Central), ерекция (erekcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), erecció [feminine] (Catalan), 扯旗 (ce² kei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 勃起 (bóqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ztopoření [neuter] (Czech), erekce [feminine] (Czech), erektion [common-gender] (Danish), rejsning [common-gender] (Danish), ކޮޅުވުން (koḷuvun̊) (Dhivehi), erectie (Dutch), erektiĝo (Esperanto), erektsioon (Estonian), standing [feminine] (Faroese), erektio (Finnish), seisokki (Finnish), seisonta (Finnish), érection (French), bandaison [feminine] (French), erección [feminine] (Galician), Erektion [feminine] (German), στύση (stýsi) [feminine] (Greek), זיקפה (zikpah) (Hebrew), स्तंभन (stambhan) [masculine] (Hindi), erekció (Hungarian), merevedés (Hungarian), standpína [feminine] (Icelandic), ereksi (Indonesian), ngaceng (Indonesian), éirí [masculine] (Irish), erezione [masculine] (Italian), エレクション (erekushon) (Japanese), 勃起 (bokki) (alt: ぼっき) (Japanese), 발기 (balgi) (alt: 勃起) (Korean), ērectiō [feminine] (Latin), erekcija [feminine] (Lithuanian), ерекција (erekcija) [feminine] (Macedonian), дигање (diganje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ereksi (Malay), erezzjoni [feminine] (Maltese), çhionney [masculine] (Manx), ure tora (Maori), ठाडो (ṭhāḍo) (Nepali), reisning [masculine] (Norwegian), ereksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stå (Norwegian Bokmål), ereksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), stå (Norwegian Nynorsk), شق کردن (šaq kardan) (Persian), نعوظ (no'uz) (Persian), wzwód [masculine] (Polish), erekcja [feminine] (Polish), ereção [feminine] (Portuguese), erecție [feminine] (Romanian), эре́кция (erékcija) [feminine] (Russian), стоя́к (stoják) [masculine, slang] (Russian), प्रहर्ष (praharṣa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), हर्षण (harṣaṇa) [neuter] (Sanskrit), erèkcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ерѐкција [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), stoporenie [neuter] (Slovak), erekcia [feminine] (Slovak), erékcija [feminine] (Slovene), erección [feminine] (Spanish), stånd (Swedish), erektion (Swedish), pag-iri (Tagalog), விறைப்பு (viṟaippu) (Tamil), స్తంభన (stambhana) (Telugu), การแข็งตัวขององคชาต (gaan-kɛ̌ng-dtuua kɔ̌ɔng ong-ká-châat) (Thai), ereksiyon (Turkish), sertleşme (Turkish), dikleşme (Turkish), ере́кція (erékcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cương cứng (Vietnamese), קישוי (kishe) (Yiddish), אבֿר (eyver) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-erection-en-noun-N744Mjj- Disambiguation of Genitalia: 10 5 9 29 13 33 Disambiguation of 'rigid state of penis or clitoris': 1 2 2 30 24 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: erection, lead in one's pencil [slang], tentigo, tumescence Derived forms: re-erection Related terms: erect, erector, erect penis, erectile dysfunction, masturbate, penis Translations (physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect): στύμα (stúma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), paglatog (Bikol Central), ztopoření [neuter] (Czech), postavení [neuter] (Czech), erektio (Finnish), jäykistyminen (Finnish), erección [feminine] (Galician), 勃起 (bokki) (alt: ぼっき) (Japanese), ērectiō [feminine] (Latin), tentīgō [feminine] (Latin), verpa [feminine, vulgar] (Latin), ഉദ്ധാരണം (uddhāraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), repbûn (Northern Kurdish), erekcja [feminine] (Polish), wzwód [masculine] (Polish), ereção [feminine] (Portuguese), эре́кция (erékcija) [feminine] (Russian), erección [feminine] (Spanish), dikleşme (Turkish), sertleşme (Turkish), şahlanma (Turkish), ereksiyon (Turkish), ере́кція (erékcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect': 5 8 5 31 29 23

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
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      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "paglatog"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ztopoření"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postavení"
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      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "erektio"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "erección"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
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      "roman": "stúma",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "στύμα"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
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      "roman": "bokki",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "勃起"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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      "word": "repbûn"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
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      "word": "tentīgō"
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      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
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      "word": "ഉദ്ധാരണം"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "wzwód"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 8 5 31 29 23",
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
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      ],
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    {
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      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "şahlanma"
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          "monastery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ecclesiastical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Physiology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Alan Hyde, Bodies of Law, Princeton University Press, published 1997, page 175",
          "text": "I think that the case also demonstrates some singular aspects of the penis as a narrator of tales, specifically the way in which the erection of a penis falls outside a man's conscious control and therefore threatens a carefully constructed master legal narrative in which bodily self-control graphically represents the self-government contemplated by a democratic legal society.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Lori Marso, Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity: The Lives and Work of Intellectual Women, Routledge (2006), unnumbered pages (quoting Simone Beauvoir)",
          "text": "There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Edward J. Behrend-Martinez, Unfit for Marriage: Impotent Spouses on Trial in the Basque Region of Spain, 1650-1750, University of Nevada Press, published 2007, page 14",
          "text": "A marriage was only consummated via erection, penetration, and insemination intra vas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physiology",
          "physiology"
        ],
        [
          "erectile",
          "erectile"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ],
        [
          "clitoris",
          "clitoris"
        ],
        [
          "engorge",
          "engorge"
        ],
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "erection"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Physiology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Robert Crooks, Karla Baur, Our Sexuality, Thomson Wadsworth, published 2008, page 163",
          "text": "Older men typically require longer periods of time to achieve erection and reach orgasm.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Alan L. Rubin, Diabetes for Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., published 2008, page 104",
          "text": "A very rare complication is priapism, where the penis maintains its erection for many hours.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physiology",
          "physiology"
        ],
        [
          "erect",
          "erect"
        ],
        [
          "engorgement",
          "engorgement"
        ],
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a penis or clitoris"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 128",
          "text": "Nothing is more short-lived than the erection; like the crocus of spring, it is there for a moment, and then it is gone; one moment the penis is small, soft, and insignificant, and then in the next it is hard, rigid, and three and four times its previous size.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Marguerite Crump, No B.O.!: The Head-to-Toe Book of Hygiene for Preteens, Free Spirit Publishing, published 2005, page 85",
          "text": "The surge of hormones during puberty means you might have lots of erections, even when you don't want them—like during school.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Abha Dawesar, That Summer in Paris, Anchor Books, published 2007, page 259",
          "text": "Prem was sure everyone could see his erection through his pants, everyone but Maya, who he had been careful to keep to his side all the time",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ken Follett, World Without End, Dutton, published 2007, page 244",
          "text": "He kissed her again, this time with a long, moist kiss that gave him an erection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A penis or clitoris that is erect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ],
        [
          "clitoris",
          "clitoris"
        ],
        [
          "erect",
          "erect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "erect penis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkʃən"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:erection",
      "word": "erection"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:erection",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "lead in one's pencil"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:erection",
      "word": "tentigo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:erection",
      "word": "tumescence"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "pagtugdok"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postrojavane",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "построяване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "rakentaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "pystytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "érection"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erección"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Errichtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anégersi",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ανέγερση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oikodómisi",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οικοδόμηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erezione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんちく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenchiku",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "建築"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kensetsu",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "建設"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erectio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podiganje",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подигање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ubhārṇī",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "उभारणी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "ṭhāḍo hunu",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "ठाडो हुनु"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wzniesienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erekcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ereção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sooružénije",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сооруже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvedénije",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "возведе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strojénije",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "строе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stroítelʹstvo",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "строи́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "togail"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "inşa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "inşa etme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of building",
      "word": "dikme"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postrojka",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "постройка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "word": "rakennus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "word": "rakennelma"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erección"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ktísma",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κτίσμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oikodómima",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "οικοδόμημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oikodomí",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οικοδομή"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんちくぶつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenchiku-butsu",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "word": "建築物"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんせつぶつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kensetsu-butsu",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "word": "建設物"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "ṭhāḍo bhaeko",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "word": "ठाडो भएको"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ereção"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "word": "inşa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something erected or built",
      "word": "yapı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "paglatog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ztopoření"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postavení"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "erektio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "jäykistyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erección"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "stúma",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στύμα"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼっき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokki",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "勃起"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "repbûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ērectiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tentīgō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "verpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uddhāraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "ഉദ്ധാരണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erekcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wzwód"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ereção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "erékcija",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эре́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erección"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "dikleşme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "sertleşme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "şahlanma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "word": "ereksiyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "erékcija",
      "sense": "physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ере́кція"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ereksion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nuʕūẓ",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نُعُوظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "intiṣāb",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "اِنْتِصَاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ērekcʻia",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "էրեկցիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ereición"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ereksiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "erekcyja",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эрэкцыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "latog"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "erekcija",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ерекция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erecció"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ce² kei⁴",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "扯旗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bóqǐ",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "勃起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ztopoření"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erekce"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "erektion"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rejsning"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "koḷuvun̊",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ކޮޅުވުން"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "erectie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "erektiĝo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "erektsioon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "standing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "erektio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "seisokki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "seisonta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "érection"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandaison"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erección"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erektion"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stýsi",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "στύση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zikpah",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "זיקפה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "stambhan",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्तंभन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "erekció"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "merevedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "standpína"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ereksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ngaceng"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éirí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erezione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "erekushon",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "エレクション"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼっき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokki",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "勃起"
    },
    {
      "alt": "勃起",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balgi",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "발기"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ērectiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erekcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "erekcija",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ерекција"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "diganje",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дигање"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ereksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erezzjoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "çhionney"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ure tora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "ṭhāḍo",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ठाडो"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reisning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ereksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "stå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ereksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "stå"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šaq kardan",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "شق کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "no'uz",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "نعوظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wzwód"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erekcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ereção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erecție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "erékcija",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эре́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stoják",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "стоя́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "praharṣa",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रहर्ष"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "harṣaṇa",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "हर्षण"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erèkcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ерѐкција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stoporenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erekcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erékcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erección"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "stånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "erektion"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "pag-iri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "viṟaippu",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "விறைப்பு"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "stambhana",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "స్తంభన"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-kɛ̌ng-dtuua kɔ̌ɔng ong-ká-châat",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "การแข็งตัวขององคชาต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "ereksiyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "sertleşme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "dikleşme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "erékcija",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ере́кція"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "cương cứng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kishe",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "word": "קישוי"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "eyver",
      "sense": "rigid state of penis or clitoris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "אבֿר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erection"
}

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