glans

See also: gläns

English

Etymology

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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

conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis — see glans penis

clitoral glans — see clitoral glans

acorn or mast of the oak

• Bulgarian: дъбов жълъд m (dǎbov žǎlǎd)
• Czech: žalud (cs) m
• Dutch: eikel (nl) m
• Finnish: terho (fi)
• French: gland (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Eichel (de) f
• Ido: glano (io)
• Korean: 도토리 (ko) (dotori)
• Swedish: ekollon (sv) n

goiter — see goitre

pessary — see pessary

Anagrams

• langs, slang

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Catalan

Noun

glans

1. plural of gla

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Danish

Noun

glans

1. the quality of being shiny
2. glamour, magnificence
3. the head of the penis

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣlɑns/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑns

Noun

glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

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

Verb

glans

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of glanzen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of glanzen

Anagrams

• langs, slang

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Icelandic

Noun

glans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)

1. shine, lustre, sheen

Declension

declension of glans

m-s1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	glans	glansinn
accusative	glans	glansinn
dative	glans	glansinum
genitive	glans	glansins

Related terms

• glansa

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Latin

Etymology

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From root Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡɫ̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡläns]

Noun

glāns 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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glāns	glandēs
Genitive	glandis	glandum
Dative	glandī	glandibus
Accusative	glandem	glandēs
Ablative	glande	glandibus
Vocative	glāns	glandēs

Derived terms

• glandium
• glandula
• iūglāns

Descendants

• Aromanian: gljindã
• Asturian: llande
• Catalan: aglà, gla; → gland
• French: gland, glande
• Friulian: gland, glant
• Galician: landra; → glande
• Italian: ghianda
• Occitan: agland

• Portuguese: lande; → glande
• Romanian: ghindă; → gland
• Romansch: glogn, glonda, glànd, glanda
• Sardinian: landha, landhe, landi
• Spanish: lande, landre, llande; → glande
• → English: gland, glans
• → Russian: гла́нды (glándy)

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “glans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑns/

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.

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Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with German Glanz.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

glans c

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

Anagrams

• slang