dildo

Etymology 1

 * possibly an alteration of ; compare the use of dildo2, like diddle, as an nonsense syllable in often sexual songs. Compare the spelling dil doul, found in e.g. The Maids Complaint for want of a Dil Doul, a song in the library of . Unlikely to be related to  or, often cited etymologies.

Noun

 * 1) An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use.
 * 2)  An idiot, a bore.
 * 3)  Any device or implement.
 * 4) A columnar cactus of the West Indies.
 * 1)  Any device or implement.
 * 2) A columnar cactus of the West Indies.
 * 1)  Any device or implement.
 * 2) A columnar cactus of the West Indies.
 * 1) A columnar cactus of the West Indies.

Translations

 * Arabic: قَضِيب اِصْطِنَاعِيّ
 * Armenian: արհեստական առնանդամ
 * Middle Armenian: զուպայ
 * Belarusian: фалаіміта́тар
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: изку́ствен пе́нис, ди́лдо, фа́лос
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 假陽具, 假鳩
 * Hokkien: 角車, 假膦鳥
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, dildo
 * Danish: dildo, vibrator
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: dildo, vibratorur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , phallus artificiel, , , ,
 * German:, Plastikschwanz
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὄλισβος, βαυβών
 * Hindi: डिल्डो
 * Irish: bod bréige
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ディルド
 * Korean: 딜도, 모조남근
 * Latin: fascinum
 * Macedonian: дилдо, вештачки пенис
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dildo
 * Nynorsk: dildo
 * Ottoman Turkish: مچاچنك
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: dildo
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, löspenis
 * Turkish: dildo,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh:

Verb

 * 1)  To penetrate with a dildo or with another object as if it were a dildo.

Etymology 2
Related to other nonsense syllables like dido and, which similarly developed sexual senses. Found since at least the 1500s, often in contexts where allusion is being made to the sexual sense (above). Possibly influenced by, early modern ; compare 🇨🇬,.

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