glans
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin glāns (“an acorn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glans (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.
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See also edit
Further 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 edit
Catalan edit
Noun edit
glans
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.
Noun edit
glans
- the quality of being shiny
- glamour, magnificence
Etymology 2 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin glāns.
Noun edit
glans
- the head of the penis
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch glans (ca. 1400), from Middle High German glanz (“shine, lustre”), whence Modern German Glanz.
Noun edit
glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
glans
- inflection of glanzen:
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “glans1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz, Swedish glans.
Noun edit
glans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)
Declension edit
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *glānts, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡɫ̪ä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡläns]
Noun edit
glāns f (genitive glandis); third declension
Inflection edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | glāns | glandēs |
Genitive | glandis | glandum |
Dative | glandī | glandibus |
Accusative | glandem | glandēs |
Ablative | glande | glandibus |
Vocative | glāns | glandēs |
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Descendants edit
See 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 (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 147
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “gránde”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From German Glanz (sense 1), and Latin glans (sense 3).
Noun edit
glans 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “glans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
glans 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
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
glans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glansar, definite plural glansane)
Further reading edit
- “glans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
glans m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- glansować impf
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”). Cognate with modern German Glanz.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
glans 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 edit
Declension of glans | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | glans | glansen | — | — |
Genitive | glans | glansens | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- glansig (“shiny, glossy”)