/ˈpiː.nɪs/, [ˈpʰiː.nɪs], /ˈpi.nɪs/
OriginFrom late 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”). Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.
- 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.”
“See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.”
“The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.”
- A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.
Formspenises(plural) · penes(plural)
Source: Wiktionary