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gland

/ɡˈlænd/GLAND
/ɡˈlænd/GLAND

Meaningan acorn

Common meaning: an organ that secretes (first: acorn-shaped)

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GAR‘fall’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 96, p. 733 · scan
  2. Latinglāns, glandis‘an acorn’
  3. Frenchglande
  4. Old Frenchglandsource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsan acorn → an organ that secretesgland‘an organ that secretes (first: acorn-shaped)’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin glāns ‘an acorn’.

Roots

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