testicle

Other forms of testicle

plural

testicles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about testicle

What does testicle mean?

testicle means "one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens".

How many syllables are in testicle?

testicle has 3 syllables: tes-ti-cle. The stress falls on "tes". In IPA it is /ˈtɛˌstɪkəl/.

What is another word for testicle?

Close synonyms include testis, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is testicle a common word?

testicle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with testicle?

1 word rhymes with testicle. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.