gonade

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gonade. First attested around 1900.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɣoːˈnaː.də/
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  • Hyphenation: go‧na‧de
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

gonade f (plural gonaden)

  1. 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.
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French

Pronunciation

Noun

gonade f (plural gonades)

  1. (anatomy) gonad

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: gonade

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

gonade (plural gonades)

  1. (chiefly plural) gonad

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.na.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnade
  • Hyphenation: gò‧na‧de

Noun

gonade f (plural gonadi)

  1. (anatomy) gonad

Derived terms

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