"phallic" meaning in English

See phallic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfælɪk/ Audio: en-us-phallic.ogg
Rhymes: -ælɪk Etymology: From 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)
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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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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phallus",
        "3": "-ic",
        "t1": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "phallus (“penis”) + -ic",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From phallus (“penis”) + -ic.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "phallic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "vulvar"
    },
    {
      "word": "yonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "phallus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 10:",
          "text": "A little later the phallic explanation of everything came into fashion. The deities were all polite names for the organs and powers of procreation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "The natural rhythm of the male is a phallic one of rise and fall, whether it involves towers, stock markets, or whole civilizations.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to, or characteristic of the penis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My mother has a very phallic salt shaker.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Joseph Downton, Washington D.C.: An Alternative Guide, page T-221:",
          "text": "For many first-time visitors, a common initial impression of the Washington Monument is that it is incredibly phallic.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Mother Mother (lyrics and music), “Verbatim”:",
          "text": "The incinerator and a big smoke stack / It's a phallic symbol and it makes me laugh",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Shaped like an erect human penis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "erect",
          "erect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990 April 14, Jeremy Grainger, Read Weaver, “You Don't Gotta!”, in Gay Community News, page 8:",
          "text": "Opposing the war in El Salvador and opposing the phallic aggression everywhere.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to or exhibiting masculine or patriarchal traits, seen metaphorically as seated in the male genitalia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "masculine",
          "masculine"
        ],
        [
          "patriarchal",
          "patriarchal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfælɪk/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ælɪk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ithyphallic"
    },
    {
      "word": "penislike"
    },
    {
      "word": "priapic"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "falliese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaḍībiyy",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "قَضِيبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fálicu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "faličeski",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "фалически"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fàl·lic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "falický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallos-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "phallique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "phallisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fallikó",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "φαλλικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fáli",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פאלי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fálit",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פאלית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fallikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fallico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "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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