gonad

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UK/ˈɡəʊ.næd/US/ˈɡoʊ.næd/

noun

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

Similar
sex gland
OriginNew Latin gonadēs ← Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai →
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Meanings

noungonad (plural gonads)

plural gonads

  1. anatomyA sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

    The shape of his gonads must set the ambit of his emotions? No. […] What Bart feels like is mother.

    2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 82
    1. in pluralslanganatomyA testicle.

Synonyms & antonyms

sex gland

Similar
sex gland
Broader
endocrine gland
Narrower
ovarytestes

nouna gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced

Similar
sex gland
Broader
endocrine glandendocrineductless gland
Also see
sex gland

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
  4. Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
  5. Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
  6. New Latingonadēs
  7. Englishgonad

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”).

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Translations

Arabic غُدَّة تَناسُلِيَّة
  • غُدَّة تَناسُلِيَّةsex gland
Basque gonada
  • gonadasex gland
Brazilian Portuguese gônada
  • gônadasex gland
Catalan collons, gònada
  • collonsslang, testicles
  • gònadasex gland
Chinese Mandarin 蛋蛋, 生殖腺
  • 蛋蛋 (dàndan)slang, testicles
  • 生殖腺 (shēngzhíxiàn)sex gland
  • 性腺 (xìngxiàn)sex gland
Czech koule, gonáda
  • kouleslang, testicles
  • gonádasex gland
Danish gonade
  • gonadesex gland
Dutch gonade
  • gonadesex gland
Esperanto gonado
  • gonadosex gland
Estonian sugunääre
  • sugunääresex gland
European Portuguese gónada
  • gónadasex gland
Finnish pallit, sukupuolirauhanen
  • pallitslang, testicles
  • sukupuolirauhanensex gland
French couille, couillon
  • couilleslang, testicles
  • couillonslang, testicles
  • gonadesex gland
German Eier, Gonade
  • Eierslang, testicles
  • Gonadesex gland
  • Geschlechtsdrüsesex gland
  • Keimdrüsesex gland
Greek αρχίδια, γονάδα
  • αρχίδια (archídia)slang, testicles
  • γονάδα (gonáda)sex gland
  • γεννητικός αδένας (gennitikós adénas)sex gland
Hungarian ivarmirigy
  • ivarmirigysex gland
Icelandic eistu, kynkirtill
  • eistuslang, testicles
  • kynkirtillsex gland
  • æxlunarkirtillsex gland
Indonesian gonad
  • gonadsex gland
Irish gónad
  • gónadsex gland
Italian coglioni, gonade
  • coglionislang, testicles
  • gonadesex gland
Korean 생식샘
  • 생식샘 (saengsiksaem)sex gland
Latvian dzimumdziedzeris
  • dzimumdziedzerissex gland
Persian گند, گند
  • گند (gond)slang, testicles
  • گند (gond)sex gland
Polish gonada
  • gonadasex gland
Russian я́йца, гона́да
  • я́йца (jájca)slang, testicles
  • гона́да (gonáda)sex gland
Spanish huevos, cojones
  • huevosslang, testicles
  • cojonesslang, testicles
  • gónadasex gland
Swedish ballar, könskörtel
  • ballarslang, testicles
  • könskörtelsex gland
  • gonadsex gland
Turkish gonad
  • gonadsex gland
Ukrainian гонада
  • гонада (honada)sex gland
Welsh gonad
  • gonadsex gland

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gonad

nonad
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Anagrams

DagondoganGondadangodongaGadon
Cite this entry
APA

gonad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonad

MLA

“gonad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonad.

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