glans

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

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[edit] Noun

glans (plural 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.
  6. (rare) Plural form of glans.

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[edit] Translations

vascular body which forms the apex of the penis
vascular body which forms the extremity of the clitoris
acorn or mast of the oak
goiter — see goitre
pessary — see pessary

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

glans m. (uncountable, diminutive glansje)

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

[edit] Verb

glans

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

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[edit] Latin

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[edit] Etymology

cf. Ancient Greek βάλανος (“acorn”).

[edit] Noun

glāns (genitive glāndis); f, third declension

  1. acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; beechnut, chestnut
  2. a round mass the size and shape of an acorn.

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative glāns glāndēs
genitive glāndis glāndum
dative glāndī glāndibus
accusative glāndem glāndēs
ablative glānde glāndibus
vocative glāns glāndēs

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