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gonad

UK/ˈɡəʊ.næd//ˈɡoʊ.næd/

gonad noun: a sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

Noun

gonad (plural gonads)

  1. A 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 plural, slang) A testicle.

gonad meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian

gonad in Tamil

இனப்பெருக்க உட்சுரப்பி, இனப்பெருக்க அணுச் சுரப்பி, சனனி, சூலகவெட்டு, செனிப்பகம், விரைவீக்கம்

gonad in Kannada

ಹುಟ್ಟುಕಸುರಿಗೆ

gonad in Arabic

sex gland
غُدَّة تَناسُلِيَّة

gonad in Indonesian

sex gland
gonad
More languagesFewer languages
gonad in Persian
گند gond

Synonyms of gonad

Forms of gonad

pluralgonads

Origin of 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”).

Words formed from gonad

Words that rhyme with gonad

Questions about gonad

What does gonad mean?
Gonad means a sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
What is gonad in Tamil?
Gonad in Tamil is இனப்பெருக்க உட்சுரப்பி, இனப்பெருக்க அணுச் சுரப்பி, சனனி. See Gonad meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gonad?
Gonad is a noun.
How do you pronounce gonad?
Gonad is pronounced /ˈɡəʊ.næd/ (UK).
What is the plural of gonad?
The plural of gonad is gonads.

Words near gonad in the dictionary

  1. gomuto
  2. gomutra
  3. gon
  4. gon'
  5. gon-
  6. gonad
  7. gonadal
  8. gonadally
  9. gonadarche
  10. gonadectomies
  11. gonadectomise

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gonad (page history and authors); gonad (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gonad (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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