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5-letter words (2 found)

GLANS,SLANG,

4-letter words (8 found)

GALS,GANS,LAGS,LANG,NAGS,SANG,SLAG,SNAG,

3-letter words (13 found)

AGS,ALS,ANS,GAL,GAN,GAS,LAG,LAS,NAG,NAS,SAG,SAL,SAN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AG,AL,AN,AS,LA,NA,

You can make 29 words from glans according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of glans

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Definitions and meaning of glans

glans

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glāns (“an acorn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlænz/
  • Rhymes: -ænz

Noun

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.

Derived terms

  • clitoral glans
  • penile glans

Related terms

  • gland
  • glans clitoridis, glans clitoris
  • glans penis

Translations

See also

  • balanic
  • balano-

Further reading

  • “glans”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “glans”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • langs, slang

Catalan

Noun

glans

  1. plural of gla

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

glans

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

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin glāns.

Noun

glans

  1. the head of the penis

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣlɑns/
  • Rhymes: -ɑns

Etymology 1

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

Noun

glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

  1. lustre, shine, shimmer, gloss, glistening
  2. (optics) gloss
Derived terms
  • glanskop
  • glanzen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glans

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

Further reading

  • van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “glans1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams

  • langs, slang

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Noun

glans m (genitive singular glans, no plural)

  1. shine, lustre, sheen

Declension

Related terms

  • glansa

Latin

Alternative forms

  • glandō (post-classical)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡɫ̪ä̃ːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡläns]

Noun

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

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also glandula.

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “glans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • For the descendants:
    Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “landre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 574
    Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “glans, -andem”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 147
    Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “gránde”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

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

Further reading

  • “glans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɑns/

Etymology 1

From German Glanz.

Noun

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
Derived terms
  • glansfull

Etymology 2

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) glans

Further reading

  • “glans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

glans m inan

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

glans c

  1. shine, gloss, sheen
  2. radiance (of for example the moon)
  3. (figuratively) splendor, glory, sheen

Declension

Derived terms

  • glansig (“shiny, glossy”)

Related terms

  • glänsa

Further reading

  • Etymology and the European Lexicon - Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17–22 September 2012, Copenhagen, p. 98

Anagrams

  • slang

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