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See also: gläns

English

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glāns (“an acorn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlænz/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • 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.

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Translations

glans penis — see glans penis
clitoral glans — see clitoral glans
goiter — see goitre
pessary — see pessary

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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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glans

  1. inflection of glanzen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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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
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative glans glansinn
accusative glans glansinn
dative glans glansinum
genitive glans glansins

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Latin

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *glānts, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

glāns f (genitive glandis); third declension

  1. (literal) an acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; a beechnut, chestnut
  2. (transferred sense)
    1. (weaponry) an acorn-shaped ball of lead or clay, hurled at the enemy
    2. (New Latin, firearms) a bullet
    3. (anatomy) the glans penis
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Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glāns glandēs
Genitive glandis glandum
Dative glandī glandibus
Accusative glandem glandēs
Ablative glande glandibus
Vocative glāns glandēs

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Descendants

See also glandula.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From German Glanz (sense 1), and Latin glans (sense 3).

Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glanser, definite plural glansene)

  1. gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance
  2. (short form of glansbilde) a glossy print or picture
  3. (anatomy) glans

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From German Glanz.

Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, uncountable)

  1. gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance, sparkle, the quality of being shiny
  2. a glossy print or picture (short form of glansbilde or glansbilete)
  3. glory, magnificence
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glansar, definite plural glansane)

  1. (anatomy) glans

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Polish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ɡlans/
  • Rhymes: -ans
  • Syllabification: glans

Noun

glans m inan

  1. (colloquial) gleam, lustre, shine
    Synonyms: blask, glanc, połysk

Declension

Declension of glans
singular
nominative glans
genitive glansu
dative glansowi
accusative glans
instrumental glansem
locative glansie
vocative glansie

Derived terms

adverb
verb

Further reading

  • glans in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • glans in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

glans c

  1. shine, gloss, sheen
    Vilken glans! Du har städat jätteväl.
    What a shine! You've cleaned really well.
  2. radiance (of for example the moon)
  3. (figuratively) splendor, glory, sheen
    att sola sig i glansen av någon
    to bask in the glory of someone

Declension

Declension of glans 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative glans glansen — —
Genitive glans glansens — —

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