# glans
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glāns (“acorn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlænz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænz

### Noun

glans (plural glandes or (rare) glans)
* (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
** Ellipsis of glans penis or penile glans.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:glans penis
** Ellipsis of glans clitoridis or clitoral glans.
* The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
* (medicine) Synonym of goiter.
* (gynaecology) Synonym of pessary.

#### Derived terms

* clitoral glans
* glansectomy
* neoglans
* 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
* 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
* the quality of being shiny
* glamour, magnificence

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin glāns.

#### Noun

glans
* the head of the penis

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣlɑns/
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* lustre, shine, shimmer, gloss, glistening
* (optics) gloss

##### Derived terms

* glanskop
* glansrijk
* glanzen
* glanzig

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: glans

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

glans
* inflection of glanzen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** 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)
* shine, lustre, sheen

#### Related terms

* glansa

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* glandō (post-classical)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡlans/, [ˈɡɫ̪ä̃ːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɡlans/, [ˈɡläns]

### Noun

glāns f (genitive glandis); third declension
* (literal) an acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; a beechnut, chestnut
* (transferred sense)
** (weaponry) an acorn-shaped ball of lead or clay, hurled at the enemy
** (New Latin, firearms) a bullet
** (anatomy) the glans penis
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Inflection

Third-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* glandārius
* glandifer
* glandium
* glandula
* iūglāns

#### Descendants

See also glandula.
* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: gljindã
** Romanian: ghindă
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: ghianda, ajjanna (Reati)
** Sicilian: ghianna
    Calabrian: aghianda
* Padanian:
** Friulian: gland, glant
** Ladin: gian
** Piedmontese: giand, agian, gianda
** Romansch: glogn, glonda, galonda, glanda
* Northern Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: glland, agllan, allan, llan
    Valdôtain: llande, llan
** Old French: glant, glande
*** French: gland, glande
* Southern Gallo-Romance:
** Aragonese: glan
    Belsetán: lan
    Ribagorçan: llan
** Old Catalan: glan, aglan
*** Catalan: gla, aglá
** Old Occitan: glan, aglan
*** Occitan: agland (silent ⟨d⟩)
    Gascon: gland
    Vivaro-Alpine: gland, alhand
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: llande
** Portuguese: lande
** Spanish: lande (Álava), llande (regional?)
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian:
    Campidanese: landi
    Logudorese: lande, landa
    Nuorese: grande, lande, lanne
* Vulgar Latin: glandinis
** Neapolitan: ghialne (Andria)
** Piedmontese: giandr
** Sardinian: landiri (Campidanese)
** Spanish: landre
* Borrowings:
** → Catalan: gland
** → English: gland, glans
** → French: glande
** → Galician: glande
** → Italian: glande
** → Portuguese: glande
** → Romanian: gland
** → Russian: гла́нды (glándy)
** → Spanish: glande
* ⇒ Translingual: Glandirana

### 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[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “landre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 574
    Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “glans, -andem”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 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)
* gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance
* (short form of glansbilde) a glossy print or picture
* (anatomy) glans

#### Derived terms

* glansfull

### Further reading

* “glans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlɑns/

### Etymology 1

From German Glanz.

#### Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, uncountable)
* gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance, sparkle, the quality of being shiny
* a glossy print or picture (short form of glansbilde or glansbilete)
* glory, magnificence

##### Derived terms

* glansfull

### Etymology 2

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

#### Noun

glans m (definite singular glansen, indefinite plural glansar, definite plural glansane)
* (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: /ˈɡlans/
* Rhymes: -ans
* Syllabification: glans

### Noun

glans m inan
* (colloquial) gleam, lustre, shine
    Synonyms: blask, glanc, połysk

#### Derived terms

* na glans
* glansować impf

### 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

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

glans c
* shine, gloss, sheen
    Vilken glans! Du har städat jätteväl.What a shine! You've cleaned really well.
* radiance (of for example the moon)
* (figuratively) splendor, glory, sheen
    att sola sig i glansen av någonto bask in the glory of someone

#### 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