phallus

UK: /ˈfæləs/ US: /ˈfæləs/ ,(fal′əs)

Inflections of 'phallus' (n):

phalluses

npl

phalli

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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

phal•lus /ˈfæləs/   n. [countable] , pl. phal•li /ˈfælaɪ/  phal•lus•es. 

1. Mythology a representation of the penis, usually as a symbol of male sexual power.
2. Anatomy penis.

phal•lic /ˈfælɪk/  adj. 

: the phallic symbolism of the spacecraft, long and tapered at one end.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

phal•lus  (fal′əs), n., pl. phal•li (fal′ī), phal•lus•es. 

1. an image of the male reproductive organ, esp. that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
2. Anatomy the penis, the clitoris, or the sexually undifferentiated embryonic organ out of which either of these develops.

• Greek phallós penis
• Latin
• 1605–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

phallus / ˈfæləs/ noun ( -luses, -li / -laɪ/)

1. another word for penis
2. an image of the penis, esp as a religious symbol of reproductive power

Etymology: 17th Century: via Late Latin from Greek phallos