dildo

English

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dildo

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭldō
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪldəʊ/,

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪldoʊ/,
• Rhymes: -ɪldəʊ

Etymology 1

Unclear; possibly an alteration of English diddle; compare the use of dildo², like diddle, as an expressive 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 Samuel Pepys. Unlikely to be related to Italian diletto (“delight”) or Latin dīlātō (“I open up, spread”), often cited etymologies.

Noun

dildo (plural dildos or dildoes)

1. An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use.
2. (derogatory) An idiot, a bore.
   • 1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez):

     I take back cars from dildos who don't pay their bills. Cool huh?

   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 22:

     ‘Thompson?’ Heydon-Bayley had shrieked. ‘But he's a complete dildo, surely?’¶ ‘I like him,’ said Adrian. ‘He's unusual.’¶ ‘Graceless, you mean. Wooden.’

3. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) Any device or implement.
   • 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 43:

     Call ghost hunters? Those fuckers will show up with gas powered dildos and burn the woods down.

4. A columnar cactus of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii).
   • 1910, Forrest Shreve, “The coastal deserts of Jamaica”, in The Plant World: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of Popular Botany, volume 13, pages 129–130:

     The commonest and most conspicuous of the cacti is the "dildoe" (Cereus Swartzii), a columnar form growing to as much as 20 feet in height, a plant the gross physiology of which is probably very similar to that of the sahuaro (Camegiea gigantea).

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Danish: dildo
• → Dutch: dildo
• → Finnish: dildo
• → German: Dildo
• → Hindi: डिल्डो (ḍilḍo)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: dildo
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: dildo
• → Polish: dildo
• → Portuguese: dildo
• → Romanian: dildo
• → Spanish: dildo
• → Turkish: dildo

Translations

See also

• fleshlight
• vibrator

Verb

dildo (third-person singular simple present dildoes, present participle dildoing, simple past and past participle dildoed)

1. (transitive) To penetrate with a dildo or with another object as if it were a dildo.
   • 1681, Homer Alamode, the Second Part in English Burlesque, or, Mock Poem upon the Ninth Book of the Iliads‎, page 48:

     And Venus (one that so much known is) / Is Dildo’d by Cauda Draconis.

   • 2010, Reggie Chesterfield, Goody Goes Bad!, page 40:

     A muscular female prison guard was dildoing a petite brunette with a night stick.

Etymology 2

Related to other nonsense syllables like dido and diddle(-diddle), 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 Middle English dildoun (“darling, pet”), early modern English dildin (“sweetheart”); compare Old Norse dilla (“to lull”), dillindo (“lullaby”).

Alternative forms

• dildoides, dildidoes pl (17th c.)

Interjection

dildo

1. (obsolete) A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes; […] with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings,

   • c. 1600, Thomas Morley, Will You Buy a Fine Dog?:

     Will you buy a fine dog, with a hole in his head?
     With a dildo, dildo, dildo; […]

   • c. 1600-1636, William Sampson, The Vow Breaker:

     oh Vrsula, Vrsula pity me with a dildo, dildo, dillory?

References

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

dildo

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

dildo n

1. dildo

   Synonym: robertek

Declension

Further reading

• dildo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• dildo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

dildo

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Noun

dildo m (definite singular dildoen, indefinite plural dildoer, definite plural dildoerne)

1. dildo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪl.doː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dil‧do

Noun

dildo m (plural dildo's)

1. dildo

Synonyms

• kunstpenis

Derived terms

• voorbinddildo

Finnish

Etymology

From English dildo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdildo/,
• Rhymes: -ildo
• Syllabification^(key): dil‧do

Noun

dildo

1. dildo

Declension

Further reading

• “dildo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

dildo

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Noun

dildo m (definite singular dildoen, indefinite plural dildoer, definite plural dildoene)

1. dildo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Noun

dildo m (definite singular dildoen, indefinite plural dildoar, definite plural dildoane)

1. dildo

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dildo

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdil.dɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ildɔ
• Syllabification: dil‧do

Noun

dildo n

1. dildo (artificial phallus)

Declension

Further reading

• dildo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dildo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dil‧do

Noun

dildo m (plural dildos)

1. dildo

   Synonym: (Brazil) consolo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Noun

dildo n (plural dildouri)

1. dildo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdildo/
• Rhymes: -ildo
• Syllabification: dil‧do

Noun

dildo m (plural dildos)

1. dildo

   Synonym: consolador

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Noun

dildo c

1. dildo

   Synonym: löskuk

Declension

See also

• massagestav (“vibrator”)
• sexleksak (“sex toy”)

References

• dildo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dildo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: dil‧do

Noun

dildo (definite accusative dildoyu, plural dildolar)

1. dildo

Declension