English Explanatory Dictionary

gonad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
  2. A testicle.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡəʊ.næd/ /ˈɡoʊ.næd/ En-au-gonad.ogg En-us-gonad.oga

Word forms

gonad gonads

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) New Latin gonadēsbor. English gonad From 1880 New Latin gonadēs, plural of New Latin gonas, coined from Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).

Synonyms

sex gland gonad

Derived words

gonadal gonadally gonadarche gonadectomize gonadectomy gonadial gonadic gonadless gonado- gonadodysgenesis gonadogenesis gonadotrophic gonadotropic -gov- nad

Translations

Arabic: غُدَّة تَناسُلِيَّة Armenian: գոնադ Basque: gonada Catalan: gònada Chinese Mandarin: 生殖腺 Chinese Mandarin: 性腺 Czech: gonáda Danish: gonade Dutch: gonade Esperanto: gonado Estonian: sugunääre Finnish: sukupuolirauhanen French: gonade Galician: gónada German: Gonade German: Geschlechtsdrüse German: Keimdrüse Greek: γονάδα Greek: γεννητικός αδένας Hungarian: ivarmirigy Icelandic: kynkirtill Icelandic: æxlunarkirtill Ido: gonado Indonesian: gonad Irish: gónad Italian: gonade Kazakh: жыныс бездері Korean: 생식샘 Latvian: dzimumdziedzeris Persian: گند Polish: gonada Brazilian Portuguese: gônada European Portuguese: gónada Russian: гона́да Spanish: gónada Swedish: könskörtel Swedish: gonad Turkish: gonad Ukrainian: гонада Welsh: gonad
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