phallus
French, noun/fa.lys/
phallus is spelled P-H-A-L-L-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phallus is a French masculine noun meaning “phallus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Représentation du membre viril en érection, emblème de la fécondité, de la puissance génésique”.
What does phallus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephallus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Représentation du membre viril en érection, emblème de la fécondité, de la puissance génésique. 2. Concept psychanalytique recouvrant le désir de puissance ou la puissance attribuée à l’objet d’un désir. 3. Signifiant du manque. 4. Champignon, également appelé satyre puant, de forme phallique, à odeur repoussante.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of phallus
- phalle alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phallus?
- /fa.lys/
- \fa.lys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to phallus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phallus in French?
phallus appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).