glans
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin glāns (“an acorn”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɡlænz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ænz
Noun
editglans (plural glandes or (rare) glans)
- (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
- Ellipsis of glans penis or penile glans.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:glans penis
- Ellipsis of glans clitoridis or clitoral glans.
- The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
- (medicine) Synonym of goiter.
- (gynaecology) Synonym of pessary.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “glans”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “glans”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editNoun
editglans
Danish
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.
Noun
editglans
- the quality of being shiny
- glamour, magnificence
Etymology 2
editLearned borrowing from Latin glāns.
Noun
editglans
- the head of the penis
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch glans (ca. 1400), from Middle High German glanz (“shine, lustre”), whence Modern German Glanz.
Noun
editglans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editglans
- inflection of glanzen:
Further reading
edit- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “glans1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Anagrams
editIcelandic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.
Noun
editglans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)
Declension
editRelated terms
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *glānts, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡɫ̪ä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡläns]
Noun
editglāns f (genitive glandis); third declension
Inflection
editThird-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
editDescendants
editSee also glandula.
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Vulgar Latin: glandinis
- Borrowings:
References
edit- “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
- For the descendants:
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “landre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 574
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “glans, -andem”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 147
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “gránde”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom German Glanz (sense 1), and Latin glans (sense 3).
Noun
editglans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glanser, definite plural glansene)
- gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance
- (short form of glansbilde) a glossy print or picture
- (anatomy) glans
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “glans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editglans m (definite singular glansen, uncountable)
- gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance, sparkle, the quality of being shiny
- a glossy print or picture (short form of glansbilde or glansbilete)
- glory, magnificence
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editglans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glansar, definite plural glansane)
Further reading
edit- “glans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Glanz, from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz, from Proto-Germanic *glantaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlond-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editglans m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- glansować impf
Further reading
editSwedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editglans c
- shine, gloss, sheen
- Vilken glans! Du har städat jätteväl.
- What a shine! You've cleaned really well.
- radiance (of for example the moon)
- (figuratively) splendor, glory, sheen
- att sola sig i glansen av någon
- to bask in the glory of someone
Declension
editDeclension of glans | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | glans | glansen | — | — |
Genitive | glans | glansens | — | — |
Derived terms
edit- glansig (“shiny, glossy”)
Related terms
editFurther reading
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- en:Anatomy
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