English

Noun

glans ‎(plural (rare) glans or glandes)

1. The vascular body which forms the apex of the ****.
2. The vascular body which forms the extremity of the clitoris.
3. The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
4. A goiter.
5. A pessary.

Synonyms

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Translations

Anagrams

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Danish

Noun

glans

1. the quality of being shiny
2. glamour, magnificence
3. the head of the ****

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣlɑns/
• Rhymes: -ɑns

Noun

glans m ‎(uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

1. glistening, shimmer, shine
2. (optics) gloss

Verb

glans

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

Anagrams

• langs, slang

Icelandic

Noun

glans m ‎(genitive singular glans, no plural)

1. shine, lustre, sheen

Declension

Related terms

• glansa

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelh₂- ‎(“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡɫãːs]

Noun

glāns f ‎(genitive glandis); third declension

1. acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; beechnut, chestnut
2. A round mass the size and shape of an acorn.
3. (New Latin) bullet

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• glandula
• iūglāns

Descendants

References

• glans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• GLANS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• glans in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Derived terms

• glansfull

References

• “glans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• glansfull

References

• “glans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.