glans

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin glāns (an acorn).

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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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Catalan

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glans

  1. plural of gla

Danish

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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glans

  1. the quality of being shiny
  2. glamour, magnificence

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Latin glāns.

Noun

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glans

  1. the head of the penis

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch glans (ca. 1400), from Middle High German glanz (shine, lustre), whence Modern German Glanz.

Noun

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glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

  1. lustre, shine, shimmer, gloss, glistening
  2. (optics) gloss
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  • Afrikaans: glans

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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glans

  1. inflection of glanzen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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glans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)

  1. shine, lustre, sheen

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    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

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

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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

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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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See also glandula.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

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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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Etymology 1

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From German Glanz.

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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
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Etymology 2

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From Latin glans (acorn).

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

  1. (anatomy) glans

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Polish

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Etymology

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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-.

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

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glans m inan

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

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adverb
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Further reading

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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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

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