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testicle

noun · 3 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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  • tĕsʹtĭ-kəl
  • /ˈtɛstɪkəl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: more commonly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she kicked him in the balls and got away

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: testis, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gonad, sex gland, male reproductive gland

Narrower terms: cobblers, undescended testis, undescended testicle

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.

Across languages

Translations

264 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҟəалҭас (aqʼəaltas) — male sex gland
  • Abkhaz: аҟəалҭара (aqʼəaltara) — male sex gland
  • Abkhaz: аҟəалаҕ (aqʼəalağ) — male sex gland
  • Abkhaz: акәҭаҕь (akwʼtağj) — male sex gland
  • Ainu: ノㇰ (nok) — male sex gland
  • Ainu: ノㇰピ (nokpi) — male sex gland
  • Akkadian: iškum — male sex gland
  • Albanian: herdhe — male sex gland
  • Albanian: testikul — male sex gland
  • Albanian: koqe — male sex gland
  • Arabic: بَيْضَة (bayḍa) — male sex gland
  • Arabic: خُصْيَة (ḵuṣya) — male sex gland
  • Arabic: بيضة (béḍa) — male sex gland
  • Arabic: خصية (ḵéṣya) — male sex gland
  • Arabic: بيضة (bēḍa) — male sex gland
  • Arabic: خصية (ḵáṣya, ḵáṣye) — male sex gland
  • Aragonese: testiclo — male sex gland
  • Armenian: ամորձի (amorji) — male sex gland
  • Armenian: ձու (ju) — male sex gland
  • Assamese: পেল (pel) — male sex gland
  • Assamese: শুক্ৰাশয় (xukraxoy) — male sex gland
  • Asturian: testículu — male sex gland
  • Asturian: coyón — male sex gland
  • Asturian: coyu — male sex gland
  • Asturian: tolanu — male sex gland
  • Avar: хӏан (ḥran) — male sex gland
  • Azerbaijani: xaya — male sex gland
  • Azerbaijani: daşşaq — male sex gland
  • West Coast Bajau: borot — male sex gland
  • Bashkir: күкәй (kükəy) — male sex gland
  • Basque: barrabil — male sex gland
  • Belarusian: яе́чка (jajéčka) — male sex gland
  • Belarusian: тэсці́кула (tescíkula) — male sex gland
  • Bengali: শুক্রাশয় (śukraśoẏ) — male sex gland
  • Bengali: বীচি (bici) — male sex gland
  • Central Bikol: bayag — male sex gland
  • Central Bikol: bunaybunay — male sex gland
  • Brunei Bisaya: ampuni' — male sex gland
  • Bulgarian: те́стис (téstis) — male sex gland
  • Bulgarian: тести́кул (testíkul) — male sex gland
  • Burmese: ဝှေးစေ့ (hwe:ce.) — male sex gland
  • Burmese: ကပ်ပယ် (kappai) — male sex gland
  • Catalan: testicle — male sex gland
  • Cebuano: lagay — male sex gland
  • Chechen: зирх (zirx) — male sex gland
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎪᏅ (ugonv) — male sex gland
  • Chinese Cantonese: 睪丸 /睾丸 — male sex gland
  • Chinese: 𡳞核 (zh-min-nan) — male sex gland
  • Chinese: 𡳞核仔 (lān-hu̍t-á) — male sex gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 睪丸 /睾丸 (gāowán) — male sex gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精巢 (jīngcháo) — male sex gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卵子 (luǎnzi, luǎnzǐ, lǎnzǐ) — male sex gland
  • Wu Chinese: 卵 — male sex gland
  • West Circassian: гэ (ɣɛ) — male sex gland
  • West Circassian: кӏэнкӏэ (kʼɛnkʼɛ) — male sex gland
  • Cornish: kell — male sex gland
  • Czech: varle — male sex gland
  • Czech: moudí — male sex gland
  • Danish: testikel — male sex gland
  • Dhivehi: އޮށް (oṣ̊) — male sex gland
  • Dutch: teelbal — male sex gland
  • Dutch: testikel — male sex gland
  • Dutch: hode — male sex gland
  • Egyptian: Xr:r-w-y- (ẖrwj m du) — male sex gland
  • Egyptian: i-in:n-s-w-F51:F51 (jnswj m du) — male sex gland
  • Esperanto: testiko — male sex gland
  • Estonian: munand — male sex gland
  • Faroese: eista — male sex gland
  • Faroese: eistasteinur — male sex gland
  • Faroese: nossa — male sex gland
  • Faroese: steinur — male sex gland
  • Finnish: kives — male sex gland
  • Finnish: testikkeli — male sex gland
  • Finnish: palli — male sex gland
  • Finnish: muna — male sex gland
  • French: testicule — male sex gland
  • Galician: testículo — male sex gland
  • Georgian: სათესლე (satesle) — male sex gland
  • Georgian: სათესლე ჯირკვალი (satesle ǯirḳvali) — male sex gland
  • Georgian: კვერცხი (ḳvercxi) — male sex gland
  • Georgian: ყვერი (q̇veri) — male sex gland
  • Georgian: კაკალი (ḳaḳali) — male sex gland
  • German: Hoden — male sex gland
  • German: Testikel — male sex gland
  • Greek: όρχις (órchis) — male sex gland
  • Greek: αρχίδι (archídi) — male sex gland
  • Ancient Greek: ὄρχις (órkhis) — male sex gland
  • Greenlandic: issuk — male sex gland
  • Haitian Creole: grenn — male sex gland
  • Hanunoo: amitlugon — male sex gland
  • Hanunoo: amitlugay — male sex gland
  • Hebrew: אֶשֶׁךְ (éshekh) — male sex gland
  • Hindi: अंड (aṇḍ) — male sex gland
  • Hindi: अंडकोष (aṇḍkoṣ) — male sex gland
  • Hindi: फ़ोता (fotā) — male sex gland
  • Hungarian: here — male sex gland
  • Icelandic: eista — male sex gland
  • Ido: testikulo — male sex gland
  • Indonesian: testis — male sex gland
  • Indonesian: buah zakar — male sex gland
  • Ingrian: muna — male sex gland
  • Irish: magairle — male sex gland
  • Irish: cloch — male sex gland
  • Irish: caid — male sex gland
  • Irish: úirí — male sex gland
  • Italian: testicolo — male sex gland
  • Italian: coglione — male sex gland
  • Japanese: 睾丸 (kōgan) — male sex gland
  • Japanese: 精巣 (seisō) — male sex gland
  • Japanese: ホーデン (hōden) — male sex gland
  • Japanese: 金玉 (kintama) — male sex gland
  • Japanese: 陰核 (henoko) — male sex gland
  • Japanese: タマキン (tamakin) — male sex gland
  • Karok: vuutrava'áfiv — male sex gland
  • Kaurna: ngarrumuka — male sex gland
  • Kaurna: kardlumuka — male sex gland
  • Kazakh: жұмалақ (jūmalaq) — male sex gland
  • Khmer: ពងស្វាស (pɔɔng svaah) — male sex gland
  • Khmer: ពង (pɔɔng) — male sex gland
  • Korean: 고환 (gohwan) — male sex gland
  • Korean: 불알 (bural) — male sex gland
  • Korean: 불 (bul) — male sex gland
  • Northern Kurdish: gun — male sex gland
  • Northern Kurdish: hêlik — male sex gland
  • Kyrgyz: эн (en) — male sex gland
  • Kyrgyz: таш (taş) — male sex gland
  • Lao: ກະໂປກ (ka pōk) — male sex gland
  • Lao: ອັນທະ (ʼan tha) — male sex gland
  • Lao: ໄຂ່ຫໍາ (khai ham) — male sex gland
  • Latin: testiculus — male sex gland
  • Latin: cōleus — male sex gland
  • Latin: testis — male sex gland
  • Latin: coleo — male sex gland
  • Latvian: sēklinieks — male sex gland
  • Ligurian: cuggia — male sex gland
  • Lithuanian: sėklidė — male sex gland
  • Macedonian: тестис (testis) — male sex gland
  • Malagasy: atodinakanga — male sex gland
  • Malay: buah zakar — male sex gland
  • Malay: telur — male sex gland
  • Malayalam: വൃഷണം (vr̥ṣaṇaṁ) — male sex gland
  • Maltese: bajda — male sex gland
  • Maltese: bajd — male sex gland
  • Maltese: testikola — male sex gland
  • Maltese: ħaswa — male sex gland
  • Manchu: ᡠᡥᠠᠯᠠ (uhala) — male sex gland
  • Manchu: ᠵᡳᠨᠵᠠᡥᠠ (jinjaha) — male sex gland
  • Māori: pūtawa — male sex gland
  • Māori: raho — male sex gland
  • Eastern Mari: муно (muno) — male sex gland
  • Mongolian: төмсөг (tömsög) — male sex gland
  • Mongolian: засаа (zasaa) — male sex gland
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠥᠮᠦᠰᠦᠭᠡ (tömüsüge) — male sex gland
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (ǰasaɣ-a) — male sex gland
  • Nahuatl: atetl — male sex gland
  • Nahuatl: xitetl — male sex gland
  • Nahuatl: ahuacatl — male sex gland
  • Navajo: ayęęzhii — male sex gland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: testikkel — male sex gland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: testikkel — male sex gland
  • Nǀuu: ǂuike — male sex gland
  • Occitan: testicul — male sex gland
  • Ojibwe: ninishiwag — male sex gland
  • Old English: bealluc — male sex gland
  • Pashto: خوټه (xwëṭa) — male sex gland
  • Persian: خایه (xâye) — male sex gland
  • Persian: بیضه (beyze) — male sex gland
  • Persian: گند (gond) — male sex gland
  • Persian: خاگ (xāg) — male sex gland
  • Pirahã: xitóhoi — male sex gland
  • Polish: jądro — male sex gland
  • Polish: jajo — male sex gland
  • Portuguese: testículo — male sex gland
  • Portuguese: colhão — male sex gland
  • Romanian: testicul — male sex gland
  • Romanian: coi — male sex gland
  • Romanian: boș — male sex gland
  • Russian: яи́чко (jaíčko) — male sex gland
  • Russian: тести́кула (testíkula) — male sex gland
  • Salar: quşmaq — male sex gland
  • Salar: qoşmaq — male sex gland
  • Inari-Sami: kuolâ — male sex gland
  • Northern Sami: bálˈlu — male sex gland
  • Skolt-Sami: kuõll — male sex gland
  • Samogitian: kiaušē — male sex gland
  • Samogitian: pautā — male sex gland
  • Sanskrit: अण्ड (aṇḍa) — male sex gland
  • Scottish Gaelic: magairle — male sex gland
  • Scottish Gaelic: clach — male sex gland
  • Sebop: ilu butu — male sex gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: тестис — male sex gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: семеник — male sex gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: мудо — male sex gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: testis — male sex gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: semenik — male sex gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: mudo — male sex gland
  • Sicilian: baḍḍa — male sex gland
  • Sicilian: cugghiuni — male sex gland
  • Sicilian: tistìculu — male sex gland
  • Sicilian: còcula — male sex gland
  • Slovak: vajce — male sex gland
  • Slovak: jadro — male sex gland
  • Slovak: semenník — male sex gland
  • Slovene: módo — male sex gland
  • Lower Sorbian: jajo — male sex gland
  • Upper Sorbian: mudo — male sex gland
  • Southern Altai: тажак (tažak) — male sex gland
  • Spanish: testículo — male sex gland
  • Spanish: cataplín — male sex gland
  • Spanish: blanquillo — male sex gland
  • Spanish: compañón — male sex gland
  • Spanish: dídimo — male sex gland
  • Spanish: turma — male sex gland
  • Spanish: criadilla — male sex gland
  • Spanish: coyol — male sex gland
  • Swahili: pumbu — male sex gland
  • Swedish: testikel — male sex gland
  • Tagalog: bayag — male sex gland
  • Tagalog: bilo — male sex gland
  • Tagalog: betlog — male sex gland
  • Tajik: хоя (xoya) — male sex gland
  • Tamil: விரை (virai) — male sex gland
  • Tamil: விதை (vitai) — male sex gland
  • Tamil: கொட்டை (koṭṭai) — male sex gland
  • Tarifit: amenyar — male sex gland
  • Tarifit: aqellaw — male sex gland
  • Telugu: వృషణాలు (vr̥ṣaṇālu) — male sex gland
  • Telugu: వట్ట (vaṭṭa) — male sex gland
  • Thai: ลูกอัณฑะ (lûuk-an-thá) — male sex gland
  • Thai: อัณฑะ (an-tá) — male sex gland
  • Tibetan: སྒོང་རྡོག (sgong rdog) — male sex gland
  • Tibetan: རླིག་རིལ (rlig ril) — male sex gland
  • Tok Pisin: bol — male sex gland
  • Tok Pisin: kiau — male sex gland
  • Turkish: testis — male sex gland
  • Turkish: haya — male sex gland
  • Turkish: er bezi — male sex gland
  • Turkish: husye — male sex gland
  • Turkish: badak — male sex gland
  • Turkish: yumurta — male sex gland
  • Turkish: top — male sex gland
  • Turkish: taşak — male sex gland
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاشاق (taşak) — male sex gland
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیضه (beyza) — male sex gland
  • Turkmen: taşak — male sex gland
  • Tuvan: чуурга (çuurga) — male sex gland
  • Udmurt: пуз (puz) — male sex gland
  • Udmurt: выйтэт (vyjtet) — male sex gland
  • Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎌𐎋 (ủšk) — male sex gland
  • Ukrainian: яє́чко (jajéčko) — male sex gland
  • Urdu: انڈکوش (aṇḍkoś) — male sex gland
  • Urdu: فوطہ (fotā) — male sex gland
  • Urdu: خصیہ — male sex gland
  • Uzbek: moyak — male sex gland
  • Uzbek: tuxum — male sex gland
  • Vietnamese: hòn dái — male sex gland
  • Vietnamese: tinh hoàn — male sex gland
  • Volapük: tästig — male sex gland
  • Welsh: caill — male sex gland
  • Welsh: carreg — male sex gland
  • Yao (Africa): lupwesese class 11 — male sex gland
  • Yiddish: טעסטאַקאַל (testakal) — male sex gland
  • Záparo: ariasuka — male sex gland
  • Záparo: riaha — male sex gland