glans

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

• Rhymes: -ænz

glans (plural (rare) glans or glandes)

1. The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis.
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.

• See also Thesaurus:glans

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glans

1. plural of gla

glans

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

• IPA^(key): /ɣlɑns/

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• Rhymes: -ɑns

glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

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

glans

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

• langs, slang

glans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)

1. shine, lustre, sheen

• glansa

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

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

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

Third declension.

• glandium
• glandula
• iūglāns

• 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

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

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

• glansfull

• “glans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑns/

From German Glanz

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

• glansfull

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

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

1. (anatomy) glans

• “glans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Cognate with German Glanz.

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glans c

1. gleam, sparkle, glitter, gloss, luster
2. (figuratively) splendor, glory, sheen