klier

From Dutch klier

• IPA^(key): /klir/, [kliːr]

klier (plural kliere, diminutive kliertjie)

1. gland (secretory organ)

• IPA^(key): /kliːr/

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• Hyphenation: klier
• Rhymes: -ir

From Middle Dutch cliere. Cognate with Scots clyre (“tumour”).

klier f (plural klieren, diminutive kliertje n)

1. gland
2. (botany) gland (secretory structure)
3. (obsolete) someone suffering from a skin disease or glandular swelling

• alvleesklier
• bloedklier
• darmklier
• geslachtsklier
• lymfeklier
• melkklier
• schildklier
• speekselklier
• stinkklier
• talgklier
• traanklier
• uierklier
• zweetklier

klier f or m (plural klieren, diminutive kliertje n)

1. an obnoxious person

• klieren

See the etymology of the main entry.

klier

1. first-person singular present indicative of klieren
2. imperative of klieren