dildo

See also: Dildo and dildǫʼ

English

A clear jelly dildo (sense 1.1)

Two women embracing and using carrots as dildoes (sense 1)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪldəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪldoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪldəʊ
• Hyphenation: dil‧do

Etymology 1

Unclear; possibly an alteration of English diddle. Compare the use as an expressive nonsense syllable in often sexual songs and 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)

2. A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
   2. An artificial penis.
      • 1592/3, Thomas Nashe, The Choise of Valentines‎^[1] (Poetry), published 1899, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2006-02-27‎^[2]:

        Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust;
        That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust.
        Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde,
        Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde.
        My little dilldo shall suply their kinde:
        A knaue, that moues as light as leaues by winde;
        That bendeth not, nor fouldeth anie deale,
        But stands as stiff as he were made of steele;
        And playes at peacock twixt my leggs right blythe,
        And doeth my tickling swage with manie a sighe.
        For, by saint Runnion! he'le refresh me well;
        And neuer make my tender bellie swell.

      • 1866, “Don Leon”, in Don Leon ; A Poem by the Late Lord Byron, Author of Childe Harold, Don Juan, &c., &c. and forming part of the private journal of His Lordship, supposed to have been entirely destoyed by Thos. Moore. To which is added Leon to Annabella; An epistle from Lord Byron to Lady Byron.‎^[3] (Poetry), →OCLC, pages 44, 51–52:

        "There, as my lord, with achromatic glass,
        "O'erlooks St. James's Park, and on the grass,
        "Beneath his mansion's half-closed window spies
        "Two crouching urchins' gross obscenities,
        "He turns his eager gaze, adjusts the screw,
        "And brings their unwashed nudities in view.
        "That spot, concealed by two o'er hanging hills,
        "Foul sweat and fœtid excrement distils,
        "Yet frowsy, there the pipe-clayed soldier sports,
        "And bishops hold episcopalian courts.
        "'Tis there the Bath empiric's finger guides,
        "The oiled bougie ; and as the dildo slides
        "Besmeared, to meet last night's descending meal,
        "Oft makes the strictures he pretends to heal.

        Whoever has visited Bath must have heard of a surgeon, by the name of Hicks, who pretends to cure strictures in the rectum by the insertion of bougies of enormous dimensions up the anus in male and female patients. The morning meetings of ten or a dozen persons of both sexes, all waiting to undergo the same mode of cure (for he never fails to discover stricture or tendency to stricture, in all those persons who consult him), must be ludicrous and somewhat obscene. Why does he not follow the plan of Enothea, a harlot spoken of by Petronius? "Profert Enothea scorteum fascinum, quod, ut oleo et minuto pipere atque urticæ trito circumdedit semine, paulatim cœpit insere ano meo." It may not be amiss to observe that the fascinum (Gallice godmiché, Anglice dildo) was a substitute for the human penis, known to the ancients as well as to the moderns.

4. (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.

5. (derogatory) An idiot; a bore.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot

   • 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 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 15:

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

6. 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

• dildo cactus
• dildo curls
• dildoless
• dildolike
• dildonics
• dildon't
• double dildo
• double-ended dildo
• double penetration dildo
• double-sided dildo
• drilldo

Descendants

• → Bengali: ডিলডো (ḍiloḍō), ডিল্ডো (ḍilḍō)
• → Czech: dildo
• → Danish: dildo
• → Dutch: dildo
• → Finnish: dildo
• → French: dildo
• → German: Dildo
• → Hindi: डिल्डो (ḍilḍo)
• → Japanese: ディルド (dirudo)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: dildo
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: dildo
• → Polish: dildo
• → Portuguese: dildo
• → Romanian: dildo
• → Serbo-Croatian: dildo
• → Spanish: dildo
• → Turkish: dildo

Translations

artificial phallus

• Arabic: قَضِيب اِصْطِنَاعِيّ m (qaḍīb iṣṭināʕiyy)
• Armenian: արհեստական առնանդամ (arhestakan aṙnandam)

  Middle Armenian: զուպայ (zupay)

• Belarusian: фалаіміта́тар m (falaimitátar)
• Bengali: ডিলডো (bn) (ḍiloḍō), ডিল্ডো (bn) (ḍilḍō)
• Bulgarian: изку́ствен пе́нис m (izkústven pénis), ди́лдо n (díldo), фа́лос m (fálos)
• Catalan: consolador (ca) m, olisbe (ca) m, godomací (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 假陽具 / 假阳具 (gaa² joeng⁴ geoi⁶), 假鳩 / 假鸠 (gaa² gau¹) (vulgar)

  Hokkien: 角車 / 角车 (kakchhia), 假膦鳥 / 假膦鸟 (kélānchiáu)

  Mandarin: 假陰莖 / 假阴茎 (zh) (jiǎyīnjīng), 假雞巴 / 假鸡巴 (zh) (jiǎjībā), 按摩棒 (zh) (ànmóbàng)

• Czech: robertek (cs) m, dildo n
• Danish: dildo c, vibrator c
• Dutch: dildo (nl) m, vibrator (nl) m
• Esperanto: gadmeso (eo)
• Faroese: dildo f, vibratorur m
• Finnish: dildo (fi), hieromasauva (fi)
• French: godemichet (fr) m, gode (fr) m, phallus artificiel m, olisbos (fr) m, dildo (fr) m, miché (fr) m, michet (fr) m
• German: Dildo (de) m, Plastikschwanz m
• Greek: όλισβος (el) m (ólisvos)

  Ancient: ὄλισβος m (ólisbos), βαυβών m (baubṓn)

• Hindi: डिल्डो (ḍilḍo)
• Irish: bod bréige m
• Italian: dildo (it) m, vibratore (it) m
• Japanese: 張形 (ja) (はりかた, harikata, はりがた, harigata), ディルド (dirudo)
• Korean: 딜도 (dildo), 모조남근 (mojonamgeun)
• Latin: fascinum n
• Macedonian: дилдо n (dildo), вештачки пенис m (veštački penis)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dildo m

  Nynorsk: dildo m

• Ottoman Turkish: مچاچنك (meçaçeñ)
• Polish: dildo (pl), jebadło (pl) n (vulgar)
• Portuguese: dildo (pt) m, consolo (pt) m (Brazil, colloquial)
• Romanian: dildo n
• Russian: фаллоимита́тор (ru) m (falloimitátor), ди́лдо (ru) m (díldo), самоты́к (ru) m (samotýk)
• Serbo-Croatian: dildo (sh) m
• Spanish: consolador (es) m, dildo (es) m
• Swedish: dildo (sv) c, löspenis c
• Turkish: dildo, zıbık (tr) (obsolete)
• Ukrainian: фалоіміта́тор (uk) m (faloimitátor)
• Welsh: cala goeg (cy) f

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^[4], 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     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?

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪldo]

Noun

dildo n

1. dildo

   Synonym: robertek

Declension

Declension of dildo (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	dildo	dilda
genitive	dilda	dild
dative	dildu	dildům
accusative	dildo	dilda
vocative	dildo	dilda
locative	dildu	dildech
instrumental	dildem	dildy

Further reading

• “dildo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dildo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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:

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• 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/, [ˈdildo̞]
• Rhymes: -ildo
• Hyphenation^(key): dil‧do

Noun

dildo

1. dildo

Declension

Inflection of dildo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		dildo	dildot
genitive		dildon	dildojen
partitive		dildoa	dildoja
illative		dildoon	dildoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dildo	dildot
accusative	nom.	dildo	dildot
	gen.	dildon
genitive		dildon	dildojen
partitive		dildoa	dildoja
inessive		dildossa	dildoissa
elative		dildosta	dildoista
illative		dildoon	dildoihin
adessive		dildolla	dildoilla
ablative		dildolta	dildoilta
allative		dildolle	dildoille
essive		dildona	dildoina
translative		dildoksi	dildoiksi
abessive		dildotta	dildoitta
instructive		—	dildoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of dildo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dildoni dildoni accusative nom. dildoni dildoni gen. dildoni genitive dildoni dildojeni partitive dildoani dildojani inessive dildossani dildoissani elative dildostani dildoistani illative dildooni dildoihini adessive dildollani dildoillani ablative dildoltani dildoiltani allative dildolleni dildoilleni essive dildonani dildoinani translative dildokseni dildoikseni abessive dildottani dildoittani instructive — — comitative — dildoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dildosi dildosi accusative nom. dildosi dildosi gen. dildosi genitive dildosi dildojesi partitive dildoasi dildojasi inessive dildossasi dildoissasi elative dildostasi dildoistasi illative dildoosi dildoihisi adessive dildollasi dildoillasi ablative dildoltasi dildoiltasi allative dildollesi dildoillesi essive dildonasi dildoinasi translative dildoksesi dildoiksesi abessive dildottasi dildoittasi instructive — — comitative — dildoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dildomme dildomme accusative nom. dildomme dildomme gen. dildomme genitive dildomme dildojemme partitive dildoamme dildojamme inessive dildossamme dildoissamme elative dildostamme dildoistamme illative dildoomme dildoihimme adessive dildollamme dildoillamme ablative dildoltamme dildoiltamme allative dildollemme dildoillemme essive dildonamme dildoinamme translative dildoksemme dildoiksemme abessive dildottamme dildoittamme instructive — — comitative — dildoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dildonne dildonne accusative nom. dildonne dildonne gen. dildonne genitive dildonne dildojenne partitive dildoanne dildojanne inessive dildossanne dildoissanne elative dildostanne dildoistanne illative dildoonne dildoihinne adessive dildollanne dildoillanne ablative dildoltanne dildoiltanne allative dildollenne dildoillenne essive dildonanne dildoinanne translative dildoksenne dildoiksenne abessive dildottanne dildoittanne instructive — — comitative — dildoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative dildonsa dildonsa accusative nom. dildonsa dildonsa gen. dildonsa genitive dildonsa dildojensa partitive dildoaan dildoansa dildojaan dildojansa inessive dildossaan dildossansa dildoissaan dildoissansa elative dildostaan dildostansa dildoistaan dildoistansa illative dildoonsa dildoihinsa adessive dildollaan dildollansa dildoillaan dildoillansa ablative dildoltaan dildoltansa dildoiltaan dildoiltansa allative dildolleen dildollensa dildoilleen dildoillensa essive dildonaan dildonansa dildoinaan dildoinansa translative dildokseen dildoksensa dildoikseen dildoiksensa abessive dildottaan dildottansa dildoittaan dildoittansa instructive — — comitative — dildoineen dildoinensa

Further reading

• “dildo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (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

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

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

Declension of dildo

	singular	plural
nominative	dildo	dilda
genitive	dilda	dildów
dative	dildu	dildom
accusative	dildo	dilda
instrumental	dildem	dildami
locative	dildzie	dildach
vocative	dildo	dilda

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dildo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiw.du/ [ˈd͡ʒiʊ̯.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiw.du/ [ˈd͡ʒiʊ̯.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiw.do/ [ˈd͡ʒiʊ̯.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdil.du/ [ˈdiɫ.du]

• 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

Declension of dildo

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dildo	dildoul		dildouri	dildourile
genitive-dative	dildo	dildoului		dildouri	dildourilor
vocative	dildoule			dildourilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdildo/ [ˈd̪il̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ildo
• Syllabification: dil‧do

Noun

dildo m (plural dildos)

1. dildo

   Synonym: consolador

Further reading

• “dildo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dildo.

Noun

dildo c

1. dildo

   Synonym: löskuk

Declension

Declension of dildo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dildo	dildos
	definite	dildon	dildons
plural	indefinite	dildos, dildoar	dildos, dildoars
	definite	dildoarna	dildoarnas

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): [ˈdildo]
• Hyphenation: dil‧do

Noun

dildo (definite accusative dildoyu, plural dildolar)

1. dildo

Declension

Declension of dildo

singular plural nominative dildo dildolar definite accusative dildoyu dildoları dative dildoya dildolara locative dildoda dildolarda ablative dildodan dildolardan genitive dildonun dildoların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular dildom dildolarım 2nd singular dildon dildoların 3rd singular dildosu dildoları 1st plural dildomuz dildolarımız 2nd plural dildonuz dildolarınız 3rd plural dildoları dildoları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular dildomu dildolarımı 2nd singular dildonu dildolarını 3rd singular dildosunu dildolarını 1st plural dildomuzu dildolarımızı 2nd plural dildonuzu dildolarınızı 3rd plural dildolarını dildolarını dative singular plural 1st singular dildoma dildolarıma 2nd singular dildona dildolarına 3rd singular dildosuna dildolarına 1st plural dildomuza dildolarımıza 2nd plural dildonuza dildolarınıza 3rd plural dildolarına dildolarına locative singular plural 1st singular dildomda dildolarımda 2nd singular dildonda dildolarında 3rd singular dildosunda dildolarında 1st plural dildomuzda dildolarımızda 2nd plural dildonuzda dildolarınızda 3rd plural dildolarında dildolarında ablative singular plural 1st singular dildomdan dildolarımdan 2nd singular dildondan dildolarından 3rd singular dildosundan dildolarından 1st plural dildomuzdan dildolarımızdan 2nd plural dildonuzdan dildolarınızdan 3rd plural dildolarından dildolarından genitive singular plural 1st singular dildomun dildolarımın 2nd singular dildonun dildolarının 3rd singular dildosunun dildolarının 1st plural dildomuzun dildolarımızın 2nd plural dildonuzun dildolarınızın 3rd plural dildolarının dildolarının