testicle
/ˈtɛstɪkəl/
testicle noun: a testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
Noun
testicle (plural testicles)
- A testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
- In France, Mme. de Pompadour was induced by Louis XV to eat such testicles in order to break down her frigidity.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 232
- Despite your jogging and the hairiness of your legs, the shoe of aging is beginning to pinch. Soon you'll regret all that sun-tanning. Your face will look like a testicle.2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, page 372
- Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).
testicle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
testicle in Hindi
- male sex gland
- अंड aṇḍ, अंडकोष aṇḍkoṣ, फ़ोता fotā
testicle in Tamil
- male sex gland
- விரை virai, விதை vitai, கொட்டை koṭṭai
testicle in Marathi
- testicle
- अंड aṇḍa, वृषण vruṣaṇ
testicle in Urdu
- male sex gland
- انڈکوش aṇḍkoś, فوطہ fotā, خصیہ
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- testicle in Bengali
- শুক্রাশয় śukraśoẏ, বীচি bici
- testicle in Telugu
- వృషణాలు vr̥ṣaṇālu, వట్ట vaṭṭa
- testicle in Malayalam
- വൃഷണം vr̥ṣaṇaṁ
- testicle in Kannada
- ಅಂಡ aṇḍa
- testicle in Odia
- ହୋଲ hola, କୋଷ koṣa
- testicle in Sanskrit
- अण्ड aṇḍa
- testicle in Sinhala
- බිත්තරය bittaraya, අණ්ඩය aṇḍaya
- testicle in Assamese
- পেল pel, শুক্ৰাশয় xukraxoy
- testicle in Pashto
- خوټه xwëṭa
- testicle in Tagalog
- bayag, bilo, betlog
- testicle in Arabic
- بَيْضَة bayḍa, خُصْيَة ḵuṣya
- testicle in Malay
- buah zakar, telur
- testicle in Indonesian
- testis, buah zakar
- testicle in Persian
- خایه xâye, بیضه beyze, گند gond, خاگ xāg
- testicle in Thai
- ลูกอัณฑะ lûuk-an-thá, อัณฑะ an-tá
- testicle in Vietnamese
- hòn dái, tinh hoàn
- testicle in Myanmar
- ဝှေးစေ့ hwe:ce., ကပ်ပယ် kappai
- Dhivehi
- އޮށް oṣ̊
Synonyms of testicle
Forms of testicle
| plural | testicles |
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Origin of testicle
Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.
Words formed from testicle
Questions about testicle
- What does testicle mean?
- Testicle means a testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
- What is testicle in Hindi?
- Testicle in Hindi is अंड (aṇḍ), अंडकोष (aṇḍkoṣ), फ़ोता (fotā). See Testicle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is testicle?
- Testicle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce testicle?
- Testicle is pronounced /ˈtɛstɪkəl/.
- What is the plural of testicle?
- The plural of testicle is testicles.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: testicle (page history and authors); अंड (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಅಂಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors); କୋଷ (Odia) (page history and authors); අණ්ඩය (Sinhala) (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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