glande

See also: glandé

French

Etymology 1

From Old French glandre, from Latin glandula, from glāns, glāndem.

Noun

glande f (plural glandes)

  1. (biology) Gland.
  2. (medicine, non-technical) Swollen lymph node.
  3. (medicine, non-technical) Tumor, growth.

Etymology 2

Deverbal of glander.

Noun

glande f (plural glandes)

  1. (slang) laze, lazing around, sloth

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

glande (plural glandes)

  1. acorn

Interlingue

Noun

glande (plural glandes)

  1. acorn

Italian

Etymology

From Latin glāns, glāndem.

Noun

glande m (plural glandi)

  1. glans

Latin

Noun

glānde

  1. ablative singular of glāns

Portuguese

Noun

glande f (plural glandes)

  1. glans (vascular body on the apex of the penis)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin glāns, glāndis.

Noun

glande m (plural glandes)

  1. (anatomy) glans penis
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