gland
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡlænd/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1[edit]
Late 17th century borrowing from French glande, alteration of Old French glandre, from Latin glandulae (“throat glands, tonsils”), plural of glandula (“a little acorn”), from glāns (“an acorn”) + -ula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Noun[edit]
gland (plural glands)
- (zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical 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).
- Meronyms: endocrine gland, exocrine gland
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:gland
- (anatomy) A structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node.
- Hyponyms: lymph gland, Virchow's gland
- (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Early 19th century, probably from Scots glam (“vice, clamp”). Related to clamp.
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Noun[edit]
gland (plural glands)
- (mechanics) 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:
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References[edit]
- “gland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “gland”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French glant, from Latin glāndem, accusative singular of glāns, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).
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Noun[edit]
gland m (plural glands)
- acorn
- (anatomy) glans penis
- 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.
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- Synonym: gland du pénis
- Comeronyms: corps caverneux, corps spongieux, frein, prépuce
- Holonym: pénis
- Le gland est entouré par le prépuce, un pli de peau qui peut se retirer pour découvrir le gland.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage
- tassel
- (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end
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Further reading[edit]
- “gland”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin glāndem, accusative of glāns.
Noun[edit]
gland m (plural glands)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghindă.
Noun[edit]
gland n (plural glanduri)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) gland | glandul | (niște) glanduri | glandurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) gland | glandului | (unor) glanduri | glandurilor |
vocative | glandule | glandurilor |
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