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English

Etymology

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænz

Noun

glans (plural (rare) glans or glandes)

1. The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis.
2. The vascular body which forms the extremity of the clitoris.
3. The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
4. A goiter.
5. A pessary.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:glans

Translations

See also

• balanic, relating to the glans

Anagrams

• langs, slang

Catalan

Noun

glans

1. plural of gla

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.

Noun

glans

1. the quality of being shiny
2. glamour, magnificence

Etymology 2

From Latin glans

Noun

glans

1. the head of the penis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Glanz (“shine, brilliance”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

1. glistening, shimmer, shine
2. (optics) gloss

Derived terms

• ontglanzen

Verb

glans

1. first-person singular present indicative of glanzen
2. imperative of glanzen

Anagrams

• langs, slang

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010) , “glans1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.

Noun

glans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)

1. shine, lustre, sheen

Declension

Related terms

• glansa

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gl?nts, from Proto-Indo-European *g?elh?- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lans/, [???ä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lans/, [?l?ns]

Noun

gl?ns f (genitive glandis); third declension

1. acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; beechnut, chestnut
2. A round mass the size and shape of an acorn.
3. (New Latin) bullet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• glandium
• glandula
• i?gl?ns

Descendants

References

• glans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• glans in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Glanz (sense 1), and Latin glans (sense 3)

Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glanser, definite plural glansene)

1. gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance
2. (short form of glansbilde) a glossy print or picture
3. (anatomy) glans

Derived terms

• glansfull

References

• “glans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?ns/

Etymology 1

From German Glanz

Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, uncountable)

1. gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance, sparkle, the quality of being shiny
2. a glossy print or picture (short form of glansbilde or glansbilete)
3. glory, magnificence

Derived terms

• glansfull

Etymology 2

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glansar, definite plural glansane)

1. (anatomy) glans

References

• “glans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz.

Pronunciation

Noun

glans c

1. gleam, sparkle, glitter, gloss, luster
2. (figuratively) splendor, glory, sheen

References

• Etymology and the European Lexicon - Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17–22 September 2012, Copenhagen, p. 98

Anagrams

• slang

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?lænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Latin gl?ns (“acorn”).

Noun

gland (plural glands)

1. (zoology) An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
2. (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:gland

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• organ

Etymology 2

19th century. Etymology unknown.

Noun

gland (plural glands)

2. (mechanical) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:
   1. A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
   2. A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French glant, from Latin gl?ndem, accusative singular of gl?ns, from Proto-Indo-European *g?elh?- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??/

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn
2. (anatomy) glans
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l'air d'un satyre, son vit est tortu; la tête ou le gland en est énorme: il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.

3. tassel
4. (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end

Derived terms

• glander

Related terms

• glande

Further reading

• “gland” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Alternative forms

• glant

Etymology

From Latin gl?ndem, accusative of gl?ns.

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghind?.

Noun

gland n (plural glanduri)

1. (anatomy) glans penis

Declension