gonad

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γονή ‎(gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι ‎(gígnesthai, “be born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊ.næd/

Noun

gonad ‎(plural gonads)

1. (anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
2. (slang, in the plural) The testicles.

Translations

sex gland

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: գոնադ ‎(gonad)
• Catalan: gònada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生殖腺 (zh) ‎(shēngzhíxiàn), 性腺 (zh) ‎(xìngxiàn)

• Finnish: sukupuolirauhanen (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gonade (de) f, Geschlechtsdrüse (de) f, Keimdrüse (de) f

• Greek: γονάδα f ‎(gonáda), γεννητικός αδένας m ‎(gennitikós adénas)
• Icelandic: kynkirtill m, æxlunarkirtill m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Lojban: ganti
• Portuguese: gónada f (Portugal), gônada f (Brazil)
• Russian: гона́да (ru) f ‎(gonáda)
• Spanish: gónada (es) f
• Swedish: könskörtel (sv) c, gonad (sv) c

slang, testicles

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ձվեր ‎(jver)
• Catalan: collons (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛋蛋 (zh) ‎(dàndan)

• Finnish: pallit pl
• French: couille (fr) f, couillon (fr) m
• German: Eier (de) n pl

• Greek: αρχίδια (el) n pl ‎(archídia)
• Icelandic: eistu (is) n pl
• Italian: coglioni (it) m pl
• Russian: я́йца (ru) n pl ‎(jájca)
• Spanish: huevos (es) pl, cojones (es) pl
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

Synonyms

• (sex gland): sex gland

Derived terms

• gonadal
• gonadectomy
• gonadic
• gonadoblastoma

See also

• Wikipedia article on sex organs

Anagrams

• Dagon
• donga