gonad

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊ.næd/

Noun

gonad (plural gonads)

(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) The testicles.

Synonyms

(sex gland): sex gland

Derived terms

Translations

sex gland

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: գոնադ (gonad)
Basque: gonada (eu)
Catalan: gònada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生殖腺 (zh) (shēngzhíxiàn), 性腺 (zh) (xìngxiàn)
Czech: gonáda
Danish: gonade
Dutch: gonade
Esperanto: gonado
Estonian: sugunääre
Finnish: sukupuolirauhanen (fi)
French: gonade (fr) f
Galician: gónada (gl)
German: Gonade (de) f, Geschlechtsdrüse (de) f, Keimdrüse (de) f
Greek: γονάδα f (gonáda), γεννητικός αδένας m (gennitikós adénas)

Icelandic: kynkirtill m, æxlunarkirtill m
Ido: gonado (io)
Indonesian: gonad (id)
Irish: gónad
Italian: gonade (it) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: гонадтар (gonadtar)
Korean: 생식샘 (ko) (saengsiksaem)
Polish: gonada (pl)
Portuguese: gónada f (Portugal), gônada f (Brazil)
Russian: гона́да (ru) f (gonáda)
Spanish: gónada (es) f
Swedish: könskörtel (sv) c, gonad (sv) c
Turkish: gonad
Ukrainian: гонади (honady)
Welsh: gonad

slang, testicles

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: ձվեր (jver)
Catalan: collons (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蛋蛋 (zh) (dàndan)
Finnish: pallit pl
French: couille (fr) f, couillon (fr) m

German: Eier (de) n pl
Greek: αρχίδια (el) n pl (archídia)
Icelandic: eistu (is) n pl
Italian: coglioni (it) m pl
Russian: я́йца (ru) n pl (jájca)
Spanish: huevos (es) pl, cojones (es) pl
Swedish: please add this translation if you can

See also

Wikipedia article on sex organs

Anagrams

Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, donga, goand

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