Meanings
nounglans penis (plural glans penises or glandes penis or glandes penium or (misconstruction) glans penes or (misconstruction) glandes penes)
plural glans penises · plural glandes penis · plural glandes penium · misconstruction plural glans penes · misconstruction plural glandes penes
- anatomyA conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis.
Coordinate term: glans clitoridis
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The tortoise, possessing, like the serpent, the power of retaining life in its limbs after mutilation or decapitation, became a symbol of androgynity as well as of immortality. Its protruding head, probably because of a resemblance to the glans penis, was looked upon as a phallic symbol.
1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 31Synonyms: penile glans, bell-end, cockhead, cue ball, dickhead, dome, head, helmet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis.
Origin
- New Latinglāns pēnis“glans of the penis”
- Englishglans penis
From New Latin glāns pēnis (“glans of the penis”), pēnis being a genitive.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βάλανος
- βάλανος (bálanos)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Arabic حَشَفَة الْقَضِيب
- حَشَفَة الْقَضِيب (ḥašafat al-qaḍīb)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Basque zakil-moko
- zakil-mokoconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Catalan gland del penis, gland
- gland del penisconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- glandconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Chinese Cantonese 龜頭 /龟头
- 龜頭 /龟头 (gwai¹ tau⁴)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Chinese Mandarin 龜頭 /龟头
- 龜頭 /龟头 (guītóu)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Czech žalud
- žaludconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Danish agernet, pikhoved
- agernetconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- pikhovedconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Dutch eikel
- eikelconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Esperanto glano
- glanoconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Estonian sugutilukk, sugutipea
- sugutilukkconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- sugutipeaconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Finnish terska
- terskaconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
French gland du pénis, gland pénien
- gland du pénisconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- gland pénienconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- glandconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
German Peniseichel, Eichel
- Peniseichelconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- Eichelconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Greek βάλανος
- βάλανος (válanos)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Hebrew עֲטָרָה, ראש הפין
- עֲטָרָה (atará)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- ראש הפין (rosh ha-pin)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- קצה הפין (qatse ha-pin)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- כיפה (kipa)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Hindi शिश्नमुंड
- शिश्नमुंड (śiśnamuṇḍ)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Hungarian makk
- makkconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Irish breall
- breallconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Italian glande del pene, glande
- glande del peneconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- glandeconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Japanese 陰茎亀頭, 亀頭
- 陰茎亀頭 (inkei kitō)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- 亀頭 (kitō)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Korean 귀두
- 귀두 (gwidu)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Latin glāns pēnis
- glāns pēnisconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Latvian dzimumlocekļa galviņa
- dzimumlocekļa galviņaconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Lithuanian varpos galva, varpos galvutė
- varpos galvaconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- varpos galvutėconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Malay kepala zakar, kepala butuh
- kepala zakarconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- kepala butuhconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Māori tehe
- teheconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Norwegian glanspenis, penishode
- glanspenisconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- penishodeconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Persian حشفه, سر کیر
- حشفه (hašafe)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- سر کیر (sar-e kir)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Polish żołądź
- żołądźconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Portuguese glande do pênis, glande
- glande do pênisconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- glandeconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Romanian glandul penisului
- glandul penisuluiconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Russian голо́вка полово́го чле́на, голо́вка
- голо́вка полово́го чле́на (golóvka polovóvo čléna)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- голо́вка (golóvka)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- залу́па (zalúpa)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Slovak žaluď
- žaluďconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Spanish glande del pene, bálano peniano
- glande del peneconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- bálano penianoconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- balano peneanoconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- bellota fálicaconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Swedish penisollon, ollon
- penisollonconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- ollonconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Tagalog ulo ng titi, ulo ng tunod
- ulo ng titiconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- ulo ng tunodconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Tamil ஆண்குறி மொட்டு
- ஆண்குறி மொட்டு (āṇkuṟi moṭṭu)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Thai หัวควย, หัวองคชาต
- หัวควย (hǔua-kuai)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- หัวองคชาต (hǔua-ong-ká-châat)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Turkish penis başı, haşefe
- penis başıconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- haşefeconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- başçıkconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Ukrainian голі́вка стате́вого чле́на, голі́вка
- голі́вка стате́вого чле́на (holívka statévoho čléna)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- голі́вка (holívka)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- залу́па (zalúpa)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Urdu حشفہ
- حشفہ (haśafa)conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Vietnamese quy đầu
- quy đầuconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
Welsh pen pidyn, blaen cala
- pen pidynconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
- blaen calaconical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis
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APA
glans penis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glans%20penis
MLA
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Chicago
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