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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French gonade. First attested around 1900.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɣoːˈnaː.də/
- Hyphenation: go‧na‧de
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
gonade f (plural gonaden)
- gonad
- Synonym: geslachtsklier
1906, Johan Egbert Willem Ihle, Bijdraen tot de kennis van morphologie en systematiek der appendicularien, E. J. Brill, page 62:Op het jongste stadium, waarvan ik coupes bezit, vormt de gonade wel reeds een klein dorsaal gericht uitsteeksel, hoewel een duidelijke differentieering van den oorspronkelijken gemeenschappelijken aanleg in ovarium en testis nog niet voorhanden is.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
gonade f (plural gonades)
- (anatomy) gonad
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Interlingua
Noun
gonade (plural gonades)
- (chiefly plural) gonad
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
gonade f (plural gonadi)
- (anatomy) gonad
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