English
Etymology
probably from OE. buttuc "end, short piece of land", presumed cognate with butt
Noun
en-noun
- (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back and the top of the legs.
#:The headmaster prided himself on his 'fair' canings on bumbling boys' bare buttocks, administered alternatively from the left and the right, leaving each buttock equally painfully marked.
Usage notes
The plural form is usually used in the singular sense; a single person's posterior, often called butt.
It is rarer to refer to only a single buttock, which is then usually specified as left or right.
Synonyms
(all usually in the plural)
butt-cheek
cheek
ham
mound
(plurale tantum) hurdies
Translations
Afrikaans: boude
Arabic: ARchar|دبر|د�ب�ر (dubr), ARchar|رد�|ر�د�� (ridf), ARchar|رد�ا�|ر�د��ا� (ridf�n)
Cantonese: 籮� (loryau) or �忽 (sifucd)
Chinese: �� (pìgu)
Czech: zadek m (though singular, used for "buttocks")
Danish: røv m
Dutch: bil f
French: fesse f
Finnish: pakara
German: Hinterbacke f, colloq. Pobacke f, Backe f
Greek: γλοÏ�Ï�Ï�Ï� (glutós) m, γλοÏ�Ï�οί (glutÃ) p, Ï�ιÏ�ινÏ�Ï� (pisinós) m, vulgar: κÏ�λοÏ� (kólos) m
mid
Hungarian: fenék
Italian: gluteo m, natica f
Japanese: å°» (shiri)
Korean: ��� (gungdung-i), ��� (eongdeong-i), 볼기 (bolgi)
Kurdish: KUchar|��
Malay: buntut
Malayalam: �ന�തി (chanthi), നിത�ബ� (nithambam), നിത�ബ� (Kundi)
Polish: po�ladek m
Portuguese: nádega f, traseiro m, fundilhos m|p
Russian: �годи�а (jágoditsa) f
Spanish: nalga f
Swedish skinka
Tagalog: puwit
References
R:Websters
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
fr:buttock
io:buttock
it:buttock
hu:buttock
pl:buttock
ru:buttock
fi:buttock
te:buttock
vi:buttock
zh:buttock
|
