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Etymology 1

Late 17th century borrowing from French glande, alteration of Old French glandre, from Latin glandulae (“throat glands, tonsils”), plural of glandula (“a little acorn”), from glāns (“an acorn”) +‎ -ula (diminutive nominal suffix).

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gland (plural glands)

  1. (zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
    Meronyms: endocrine gland, exocrine gland
    Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:gland
    1. (anatomy) A structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node.
      Hyponyms: lymph gland, Virchow's gland
  2. (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
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Etymology 2

Early 19th century, probably from Scots glam (“vice, clamp”), probably from a variant of clam (“clam; clamp, vise”). Related to clamp.

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gland (plural glands)

  2. (mechanics) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, used for example around a ship’s propeller shaft or around a tap, valve or faucet.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glāns. Doublet of gla.

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Noun

gland m (plural glands)

  1. (anatomy) glans

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French glant, from Latin glandem.

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Noun

gland m (plural glands)

  1. acorn
  2. (anatomy) glans
    Synonym: (dated) balane, balanus
    1. Ellipsis of gland du pénis (“glans penis”).
      • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, translated by Austryn Wainhouse and Richard Seaver, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:
        Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l’air d’un satyre, son vit est tortu ; la tête ou le gland en est énorme : il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long ; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.
        Bum-Cleaver, twenty-eight years old, has the look of a satyr; his majestic prick is bent saber fashion, its head, or glans, is enormous, it is eight and three-eighths inches in circumference and the shaft eight in length.
      Comeronyms: corps caverneux, corps spongieux, frein, prépuce
      Holonym: pénis
      les papules perlées du gland ― pearly penile papules
    2. Ellipsis of gland du clitoris (“glans clitoridis”).
      Comeronym: capuchon du clitoris
      Holonym: clitoris
    décalotter le gland ― to uncover the glans penis or glans clitoridis by pulling back the foreskin or clitoral hood
    recalotter le gland ― to cover again the glans penis or glans clitoridis by pulling forward the foreskin or clitoral hood
  3. tassel
  4. (vulgar, slang, of a person, usually male) prick, wanker, bell end

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Etymology

From Latin glāndem, accusative of glāns.

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

  1. acorn

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Etymology

Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghindă.

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gland n (plural glanduri)

  1. (anatomy) glans
    1. Ellipsis of glandul penisului (“glans penis”).
    2. Ellipsis of glandul clitorisului (“glans clitoridis”).
    a decalota glandul ― to uncover the glans penis or glans clitoridis by pulling back the foreskin or clitoral hood
    a recalota glandul ― to cover again the glans penis or glans clitoridis by pulling forward the foreskin or clitoral hood

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Declension of gland
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indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) gland glandul (niște) glanduri glandurile
genitive/dative (unui) gland glandului (unor) glanduri glandurilor
vocative glandule glandurilor
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