English Explanatory Dictionary

erection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of building or putting up or together of something.
  2. Anything erected or built.
  3. Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
  4. The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
  5. The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
  6. A penis or clitoris that is erect.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/ En-us-erection.ogg

Word forms

erection erections

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.

Synonyms

erection lead in one's pencil tentigo tumescence building construction babymaker boner bone bonk-on bonny chubby fatty hard-on lob-on lumber pocket rocket prong rager rod-on schlong shaft stiffy stiffie surgation wood woody throbber

Related words

erect erector erect penis erectile dysfunction masturbate penis

Derived words

erectionless miserection nonerection piloerection ptiloerection re-erection semierection

Translations

Central Bikol: paglatog Czech: ztopoření Czech: postavení Finnish: erektio Finnish: jäykistyminen Galician: erección Georgian: ერექცია Ancient Greek: στύμα Hindi: स्तंभन Indonesian: ereksi Japanese: 勃起 Northern Kurdish: repbûn Latin: ērectiō Latin: tentīgō Latin: verpa Malayalam: ഉദ്ധാരണം Polish: erekcja Polish: wzwód Portuguese: ereção Russian: эре́кция Spanish: erección Turkish: dikleşme Turkish: sertleşme Turkish: şahlanma Turkish: ereksiyon Ukrainian: ере́кція
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