glans

See also: gläns

English

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glans

Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glāns (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlænz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ænz

Noun

glans (plural glandes or (rare) glans)

1. (anatomy) A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.

   Synonyms: balanus, (archaic) nut

   Hyponyms: glans penis or penile glans, glans clitoridis or clitoral glans

   1. Ellipsis of glans penis or penile glans.

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:glans penis

   2. Ellipsis of glans clitoridis or clitoral glans.
2. The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
3. (medicine) Synonym of goiter.
4. (gynaecology) Synonym of pessary.

Derived terms

• clitoral glans
• glansectomy
• neoglans
• penile glans

Related terms

• gland
• glans clitoridis, glans clitoris
• glans penis

Translations

structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris

Arabic: حَشَفَة f (ḥašafa) Belarusian: гало́ўка f (halóŭka) Catalan: gland (ca) m Dutch: eikel (nl) m French: gland (fr) m German: Eichel (de) f Hindi: मुंड (hi) (muṇḍ), सुपारी (hi) (supārī), टोपा (hi) (ṭopā), टोपी (hi) (ṭopī) (colloquial), मणि (hi) (maṇi), लिंगाग्र (hi) (liṅgāgra) (rare), हशफ़ा (haśfā) (rare) Italian: glande (it) m Ottoman Turkish: حشفه (haşefe) Portuguese: glande (pt) f Romanian: gland (ro) n Russian: голо́вка (ru) f (golóvka) Spanish: glande (es) m Swedish: ollon (sv) n Turkish: haşefe (tr) Ukrainian: голі́вка f (holívka)

glans 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 German: Eichel (de) f Ido: glano (io) Korean: 도토리 (ko) (dotori) Swedish: ekollon (sv) n

goiter — see goitre

pessary — see pessary

See also

• balanic
• balano-

Further reading

• “glans”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “glans”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• langs, slang

Catalan

Noun

glans

1. plural of gla

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.

Noun

glans

1. the quality of being shiny
2. glamour, magnificence

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin glāns.

Noun

glans

1. the head of the penis

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

glans

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣlɑns/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch glans (ca. 1400), from Middle High German glanz (“shine, lustre”), whence Modern German Glanz.

Noun

glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

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

Derived terms

• glanskop
• glansrijk
• glanstroepiaal
• glanzen
• glanzig

Descendants

• Afrikaans: glans

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glans

1. inflection of glanzen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “glans1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams

• langs, slang

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.

Noun

glans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)

1. shine, lustre, sheen

Declension

Declension of glans (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	glans	glansinn
accusative	glans	glansinn
dative	glans, glansi	glansinum
genitive	glans	glansins

Related terms

• glansa