erection

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• UK: /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/
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• rhymes with -ɛkʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 R EH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Central Bikol: pagtugdok — act of building
• Bulgarian: построяване (postrojavane) — act of building
• Finnish: rakentaminen — act of building
• Finnish: pystytys — act of building
• French: érection — act of building
• Galician: erección — act of building
• German: Errichtung — act of building
• Greek: ανέγερση (anégersi) — act of building
• Greek: οικοδόμηση (oikodómisi) — act of building
• Hindi: निर्माण (nirmāṇ) — act of building
• Indonesian: ereksi — act of building
• Italian: erezione — act of building
• Japanese: 建築 (kenchiku) — act of building
• Japanese: 建設 (kensetsu) — act of building
• Latin: erectio — act of building
• Macedonian: подигање (podiganje) — act of building
• Marathi: उभारणी (ubhārṇī) — act of building
• Nepali: ठाडो हुनु (ṭhāḍo hunu) — act of building
• Polish: wzniesienie — act of building
• Polish: erekcja — act of building
• Portuguese: ereção — act of building
• Russian: сооруже́ние (sooružénije) — act of building
• Russian: возведе́ние (vozvedénije) — act of building
• Russian: строе́ние (strojénije) — act of building
• Russian: строи́тельство (stroítelʹstvo) — act of building
• Scottish Gaelic: togail — act of building
• Turkish: inşa — act of building
• Turkish: inşa etme — act of building
• Turkish: dikme — act of building
• Bulgarian: постройка (postrojka) — something erected or built
• Finnish: rakennus — something erected or built
• Finnish: rakennelma — something erected or built
• Galician: erección — something erected or built
• Greek: κτίσμα (ktísma) — something erected or built
• Greek: οικοδόμημα (oikodómima) — something erected or built
• Greek: οικοδομή (oikodomí) — something erected or built
• Hindi: निर्मित (nirmit) — something erected or built
• Japanese: 建築物 (kenchiku-butsu) — something erected or built
• Japanese: 建設物 (kensetsu-butsu) — something erected or built
• Nepali: ठाडो भएको (ṭhāḍo bhaeko) — something erected or built
• Portuguese: ereção — something erected or built
• Turkish: inşa — something erected or built
• Turkish: yapı — something erected or built
• Central Bikol: paglatog — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Czech: ztopoření — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Czech: postavení — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Finnish: erektio — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Finnish: jäykistyminen — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Galician: erección — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Georgian: ერექცია (erekcia) — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Ancient Greek: στύμα (stúma) — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Hindi: स्तंभन (stambhan) — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Indonesian: ereksi — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Japanese: 勃起 (bokki) — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Northern Kurdish: repbûn — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Latin: ērectiō — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Latin: tentīgō — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Latin: verpa — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Malayalam: ഉദ്ധാരണം (uddhāraṇaṁ) — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Polish: erekcja — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Polish: wzwód — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Portuguese: ereção — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Russian: эре́кция (erékcija) — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Spanish: erección — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Turkish: dikleşme — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Turkish: sertleşme — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Turkish: şahlanma — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Turkish: ereksiyon — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Ukrainian: ере́кція (erékcija) — physiology: process by which a penis becomes erect
• Ahtna: -tsoggeʼ zaadi — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Albanian: ereksion — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Arabic: نُعُوظ (nuʕūẓ) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Arabic: اِنْتِصَاب (intiṣāb) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Armenian: էրեկցիա (ērekcʻia) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Asturian: ereición — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Azerbaijani: ereksiya — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Belarusian: эрэкцыя (erekcyja) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Central Bikol: latog — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Bulgarian: ерекция (erekcija) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Catalan: erecció — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Chinese Cantonese: 扯旗 (ce2 kei4) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Chinese Mandarin: 勃起 (bóqǐ) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Czech: ztopoření — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Czech: erekce — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Danish: erektion — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Danish: rejsning — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Dhivehi: ކޮޅުވުން (koḷuvun̊) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Dutch: erectie — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Esperanto: erektiĝo — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Estonian: erektsioon — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Faroese: standing — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Finnish: erektio — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Finnish: seisokki — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Finnish: seisonta — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• French: érection — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• French: bandaison — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Galician: erección — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• German: Erektion — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Greek: στύση (stýsi) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Hebrew: זיקפה (zikpah) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Hindi: स्तंभन (stambhan) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Hungarian: erekció — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Hungarian: merevedés — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Icelandic: standpína — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Indonesian: ereksi — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Indonesian: ngaceng — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Irish: éirí — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Italian: erezione — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Japanese: エレクション (erekushon) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Japanese: 勃起 (bokki) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Korean: 발기 (balgi) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Latin: ērectiō — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Lithuanian: erekcija — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Macedonian: ерекција (erekcija) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Macedonian: дигање (diganje) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Malay: ereksi — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Maltese: erezzjoni — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Manx: çhionney — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Māori: ure tora — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Nepali: ठाडो (ṭhāḍo) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Norwegian: reisning — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Norwegian Bokmål: ereksjon — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Norwegian Bokmål: stå — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ereksjon — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stå — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Persian: شق کردن (šaq kardan) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Persian: نعوظ (no'uz) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Polish: wzwód — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Polish: erekcja — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Portuguese: ereção — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Romanian: erecție — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Russian: эре́кция (erékcija) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Russian: стоя́к (stoják) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Sanskrit: प्रहर्ष (praharṣa) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Sanskrit: हर्षण (harṣaṇa) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Serbo-Croatian: erèkcija — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Serbo-Croatian: ерѐкција — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Slovak: stoporenie — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Slovak: erekcia — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Slovene: erékcija — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Spanish: erección — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Swedish: stånd — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Swedish: erektion — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Tagalog: pag-iri — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Tamil: விறைப்பு (viṟaippu) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Telugu: స్తంభన (stambhana) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Thai: การแข็งตัวขององคชาต (gaan-kɛ̌ng-dtuua kɔ̌ɔng ong-ká-châat) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Turkish: ereksiyon — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Turkish: sertleşme — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Turkish: dikleşme — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Ukrainian: ере́кція (erékcija) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Vietnamese: cương cứng — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Yiddish: קישוי (kishe) — rigid state of penis or clitoris
• Yiddish: אבֿר (eyver) — rigid state of penis or clitoris