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Definition: Gonad |
GonadNoun1. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gonad" was first used: 1880. (references) |
Etymology: Gonad \Gon"ad\, noun; plural Gonads. [Greek expression that which generates.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A sex organ, such as an ovary or a testicle, which produces the gametes in most multicellular animals. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Gonad |
| English words defined with "gonad": Germ gland, Gonads ♦ ovotestis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gonad": Gonadal Dysgenesis, Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY ♦ H-Y Antigen. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gonad" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Manx (gonad), Swedish (gonad), Turkish (gonad). |
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| "Gonad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gonad" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gonad | 15 |
gonad shield | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gonad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | herdhe (testicle). (various references) | |
Arabic | غدة تناسلة, المنسل غدة تناسلية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гонада, полова жлеза. (various references) | |
Chinese | 性腺 (Gonads). (various references) | |
Czech | gonáda. (various references) | |
Danish | gonade (gonidia, indifferent gonad), koenskirtel (gonidia), kønskirtel (genital gland, indifferent gonad). (various references) | |
Dutch | gonade (gonidia), geslachtsklier (genital gland, gonidia). (various references) | |
Finnish | gonadi, sukupuolirauhanen. (various references) | |
French | gonade (gonidia). (various references) | |
German | Keimdrüse, gonade (gonidia, indifferent gonad). (various references) | |
Greek | σπερματικόσ αδένασ, γόνη, γονάδα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שחלה (ovary), אשך (testicle), בלוטת המין. (various references) | |
Hungarian | ivarmirigy. (various references) | |
Indonesian | gonada. (various references) | |
Italian | gonade (gonidia). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 生殖腺 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいしょくせん. (various references) | |
Korean | 생식선 (gonadal, Gonads). (various references) | |
Manx | gonad. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onadgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gônada. (various references) | |
Russian | яичник (ovary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gonada. (various references) | |
Spanish | gónada. (various references) | |
Swedish | gonad (gonidia). (various references) | |
Thai | อวัยวะเพศหญิง / ชาย. (various references) | |
Turkish | gonad, yumurtalık (Bursa, eggcup, ovarian, ovary), erbezi (spermary, testicle, testis), eşeysel bez. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гонада. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | gone. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gonad": gonadal, gonadectomies, gonadectomized, gonadectomy, gonadial, gonadic, gonadotrophic, gonadotrophin, gonadotrophins, gonadotropic, gonadotropin, gonadotropins, gonads. (additional references) | |
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"Gonad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ganat, Genady, genda, genoad, Genrad, Genzac, Ginda, gnac, gnad, gnade, gnoat, gnod, goac, goan, goant, godan, godnat, Gojas, gomad, Gomard, gona, gonade, gonal, gonan, gonas, gonat, Gond, goned, Gonet, gonex, goni, Gonio, Gonja, gonna, gonnae, gonu, goona, goonda, gooned, Gopnik, Gornja, Gowna, gunard, gund, Gundar, Ogunlade, onad, Vonadk. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gonad" (pronounced 'Gon"ad'): Barad, hexad, Mesad, Messiad, Microfarad, monad, salad, triad. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: donga. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-n-o" | |
-1 letter: agon, dago, dang, dona, dong, goad. | |
-2 letters: ado, ago, and, dag, dog, don, gad, gan, goa, god, nag, nod, nog. | |
-3 letters: ad, ag, an, do, go, na, no, od, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-n-o" | |
+1 letter: bandog, dognap, dongas, dragon, ganoid, gonads, hagdon. | |
+2 letters: aboding, adoring, aground, bandogs, bondage, cantdog, congaed, dadoing, daylong, decagon, doating, dogbane, dognaps, dogvane, dongola, dragons, dragoon, gadroon, ganoids, goading, goddamn, goldarn, gonadal, gonadic, gondola, gonidia, goodman, gormand, gowaned, groaned, hagdons, hangdog, loading, mangold, organdy, sandhog, tangoed, wagoned. | |
+3 letters: adopting, adorning, agonised, agonized, amidogen, androgen, anglepod, avoiding, boarding, bondages, cantdogs, decagons, diagnose, diagonal, dogbanes, dognaped, dognaper, dogvanes, donating, dongolas, dragoman, dragomen, dragonet, dragoons, endogamy, fandango, gadroons, gammoned, goddamns, golconda, goldarns, gonadial, gondolas, gonidial, gormands, gourmand, grandson, hangdogs, headlong, hoarding, iodating, jargoned, largando, loadings, longhand, longhead, mangolds, montaged, ondogram, organdie, pagandom, pomading, poundage, quandong, radioing, renegado, rigadoon, rigaudon, sandhogs, toadying, vagabond, waggoned. | |
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