Feminine
Eichel
Meaning
- (feminine) acorn (fruit of an oak tree)
- (feminine) acorns (a suit in German and Swiss playing cards)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) glans
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) glans
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaɪ̯çl̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German eichel, from Old High German eihhila, from Proto-West Germanic *aikilā. Equivalent to Eiche (“oak”) + -el. The sense “glans penis” is a semantic loan from Latin glāns.
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