priapisme
French, noun\pʁi.ja.pism\
priapisme is spelled P-R-I-A-P-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Priapisme is a French masculine noun meaning “priapism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pathologie qui consiste en une érection anormalement prolongée du pénis en l’absence de toute stimulation”.
What does priapisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepriapism
Le priapisme est une situation pénible et potentiellement dangereuse dans laquelle le pénis après l'érection ne retrouve pas sa flaccidité normale au bout de quatre heures, même en l'absence de toute stimulation physique ou psychologique.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pathologie qui consiste en une érection anormalement prolongée du pénis en l’absence de toute stimulation. 2. Vif appétit sexuel, et par extension, grande excitation.
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 priapisme
- priapismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce priapisme?
- \pʁi.ja.pism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to priapisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is priapisme in French?
priapisme appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).