testicle

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis. === Pronunciation === enPR: tĕsʹtĭ-kəl, IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪkəl/ === Noun === testicle (plural testicles) A testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone. (more commonly) Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball). ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:testicles ==== Hypernyms ==== internal genitalia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === scrotum bulla bull bullock === Anagrams === telestic == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [təsˈti.klə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [tesˈti.kle] === Noun === testicle m (plural testicles) testicle ==== Related terms ==== testicular === Further reading === “testicle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “testicle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “testicle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “testicle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.