gonado

Esperanto

Etymology

From New Latin gonas, a coinage based on Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, childbirth, offspring”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being, to be born”). Compare French and Italian gonade, German Gonade, Polish gonada, Russian гонада (gonada), Portuguese and Spanish gónada, Yiddish גאָנאַד (gonad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈnado/

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: go‧na‧do

Noun

gonado (accusative singular gonadon, plural gonadoj, accusative plural gonadojn)

1. (anatomy) gonad
   • 1987 April, C. Støp-Bowitz, M. Béla, “Enkonduko en la biologion”, in Fokuso‎^[1], page 8:

     La ina gonado estas la ovujo, faklingve ovario. La vira gonado nomiĝas testiko.

     The female gonad is the egg sac, in technical language an ovary. The male gonad is called a testicle.

Hyponyms

• ovario (“ovary”)
• testiko (“testicle”)

Related terms

• gameto (“gamete”)