glande
التعريفات والمعاني
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡlɑ̃d/
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old French glandre, from Medical Latin glandula, from glāns, glāndem.
==== Noun ====
glande f (plural glandes)
(biology) gland
(medicine, non-technical) swollen lymph node
(medicine, non-technical) tumor, growth
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
gland
===== Descendants =====
→ Romanian: glandă
→ Russian: гла́нда (glánda) (see there for further descendants)
=== Etymology 2 ===
Deverbal of glander.
==== Noun ====
glande f (plural glandes)
(slang) laze, lazing around, sloth
=== Further reading ===
“glande”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Galician ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ande
Hyphenation: glan‧de
=== Noun ===
glande f (plural glandes)
gland
==== Further reading ====
“glande”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Interlingua ==
=== Noun ===
glande (plural glandes)
acorn
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin glandem. Compare the inherited doublet ghianda.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡlan.de/
Rhymes: -ande
Hyphenation: glàn‧de
=== Noun ===
glande m (plural glandi)
glans
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɫan.dɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡlan.de]
=== Noun ===
glande
ablative singular of glāns
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin glandem. Compare the inherited doublet lande. Cf. also landra.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: glan‧de
=== Noun ===
glande f (plural glandes)
acorn (fruit of the oak tree)
Synonyms: bolota, bálano
glans (vascular body on the apex of the penis)
=== Further reading ===
“glande”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“glande”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɡlande]
=== Noun ===
glande f
inflection of glandă:
indefinite plural
indefinite genitive/dative singular
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin glandem. Compare the inherited doublet lande or llande, now mostly regional/dialectal terms. Cf. also landre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡlande/ [ˈɡlãn̪.d̪e]
Rhymes: -ande
Syllabification: glan‧de
=== Noun ===
glande m (plural glandes)
(anatomy) glans penis
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“glande”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025