Phrase guide

pineal gland

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈpaɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/
  • UK: /ˈpɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland

History

Etymology

From pineal + gland, from its pine-cone shape.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُدَّة صَنَوْبَرِيَّة (ḡudda ṣanawbariyya) — small endocrine gland
  • Arabic: جِسْم صَنَوْبَرِيّ (jism ṣanawbariyy) — small endocrine gland
  • Azerbaijani: əzgiləbənzər cisim — small endocrine gland
  • Azerbaijani: epifiz — small endocrine gland
  • Basque: guruin pineal — small endocrine gland
  • Bulgarian: епифизна жлеза (epifizna žleza) — small endocrine gland
  • Catalan: glàndula pineal — small endocrine gland
  • Catalan: epífisi — small endocrine gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 松果腺 (sōngguǒxiàn) — small endocrine gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 松果體 /松果体 (sōngguǒtǐ) — small endocrine gland
  • Czech: šišinka — small endocrine gland
  • Czech: epifýza — small endocrine gland
  • Dhivehi: ޕިނިއަލް ގްލޭންޑް (pinial glēn̊ḍ) — small endocrine gland
  • Dutch: epifyse — small endocrine gland
  • Dutch: pijnappelklier — small endocrine gland
  • Esperanto: pineala glando — small endocrine gland
  • Finnish: käpyrauhanen — small endocrine gland
  • Finnish: epifyysi — small endocrine gland
  • French: glande pinéale — small endocrine gland
  • Galician: glándula pineal — small endocrine gland
  • German: Zirbeldrüse — small endocrine gland
  • Greek: κωνάριον (konárion) — small endocrine gland
  • Greek: επίφυση (epífysi) — small endocrine gland
  • Hebrew: בלוטת האצטרובל — small endocrine gland
  • Hindi: पीनियल ग्रंथि (pīniyal granthi) — small endocrine gland
  • Hungarian: tobozmirigy — small endocrine gland
  • Icelandic: heilaköngull — small endocrine gland
  • Irish: faireog phinéalach — small endocrine gland
  • Italian: ghiandola pineale — small endocrine gland
  • Japanese: 松果体 (shōkatai) — small endocrine gland
  • Japanese: 松果腺 (shōkasen) — small endocrine gland
  • Kabuverdianu: glândula pinial — small endocrine gland
  • Kabuverdianu: glândula pinial — small endocrine gland
  • Kabuverdianu: glândula p’nial — small endocrine gland
  • Kabuverdianu: glândula pinial — small endocrine gland
  • Korean: 송과선 (songgwaseon) — small endocrine gland
  • Northern Kurdish: rijênê kajî — small endocrine gland
  • Latin: glandula pinealis — small endocrine gland
  • Latvian: epifīze — small endocrine gland
  • Lithuanian: kankorėžinė liauka — small endocrine gland
  • Macedonian: епифиза (epifiza) — small endocrine gland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konglekjertel — small endocrine gland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: epifyse — small endocrine gland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: epifyse — small endocrine gland
  • Polish: szyszynka — small endocrine gland
  • Portuguese: glândula pineal — small endocrine gland
  • Romanian: glandă pineală — small endocrine gland
  • Russian: шишкови́дная железа́ (šiškovídnaja železá) — small endocrine gland
  • Russian: эпифи́з (epifíz) — small endocrine gland
  • Slovak: šuškovité teliesko — small endocrine gland
  • Slovene: češarika — small endocrine gland
  • Spanish: glándula pineal — small endocrine gland
  • Spanish: epífisis — small endocrine gland
  • Swedish: tallkottkörteln — small endocrine gland
  • Turkish: epifiz — small endocrine gland
  • Turkish: epifiz bezi — small endocrine gland
  • Turkish: pineal bez — small endocrine gland
  • Ukrainian: епіфі́з (epifíz) — small endocrine gland
  • Vietnamese: tuyến tùng — small endocrine gland