erection
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erection
- /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛkʃən
Where it comes from
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.
noun erections
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The act of building or putting up or together of something.
Similar: building, construction
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Anything erected or built.
The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.
Similar: building, construction
- Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities. There is some obscurity attaching to the only other one of those alleged erections of parishes, the case of Foot Dee, near Aberdeen.
- The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood. I think that the case also demonstrates some singular aspects of the penis as a narrator of tales, specifically the way in which the erection of a penis falls outside a man's conscious control and therefore threatens a carefully constructed master legal narrative in which bodily self-control graphic
- The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood. […] but our experienc'd matron very soon, by chafing it with her hands, brought it to swell to that size and erection I had before seen it up to.
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A penis or clitoris that is erect.
He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.
Similar: babymaker, boner, bone, bonk-on, bonny, chubby, erection, fatty, hard-on, lob-on, lumber, pocket rocket
Similar: erection, lead in one's pencil, tentigo, tumescence
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hard-on, erecting, boner, dysfunction, raising, facility, fixture, mounting, set-up, display, lifting, fitment, creation, construct, build, uprising
noun
Similar: erection, lead in one's pencil, tentigo, tumescence
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noun physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
| Español | erección |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 勃起 bokki |
| हिन्दी | स्तंभन stambhan |
| Português | ereção |
| Русский | эре́кция erékcija |
noun act of building
| 日本語 | 建築 kenchiku, 建設 kensetsu |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | निर्माण nirmāṇ |
| Português | ereção |
| Français | érection |
| Deutsch | Errichtung |
| Italiano | erezione |
| Ελληνικά | ανέγερση anégersi, οικοδόμηση oikodómisi |
| Русский | сооруже́ние sooružénije, возведе́ние vozvedénije, строе́ние strojénije, строи́тельство stroítelʹstvo |
noun something erected or built
| 日本語 | 建築物 kenchiku-butsu, 建設物 kensetsu-butsu |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | निर्मित nirmit |
| Português | ereção |
| Ελληνικά | κτίσμα ktísma, οικοδόμημα oikodómima, οικοδομή oikodomí |
noun rigid state of penis or clitoris
| Español | erección |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 발기 balgi |
| 日本語 | エレクション erekushon, 勃起 bokki |
| 中文 | 勃起 bóqǐ |
| हिन्दी | स्तंभन stambhan |
| Português | ereção |
| Français | érection, bandaison |
| Deutsch | Erektion |
| Italiano | erezione |
| Ελληνικά | στύση stýsi |
| Română | erecție |
| Русский | эре́кция erékcija, стоя́к stoják |
| Tiếng Việt | cương cứng |
| العربية | نُعُوظ nuʕūẓ, اِنْتِصَاب intiṣāb |
| עברית | זיקפה zikpah |
Talk about this word "erection." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/erection. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. erection. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/erection "erection." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/erection.Cite this
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title = {erection},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/erection},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
