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abdomen

noun · 6 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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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæb.də.mən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /æbˈdəʊ.mən/
  • US: /ˈæb.də.mən/
  • US: /æbˈdoʊ.mən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊmən
  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 B D OW1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 B D AH0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The fat surrounding the belly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: belly, tummy, stomach, abdomen, midriff, tum, tum-tum, ventrum

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: venter, stomach, belly

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body part

Narrower terms: underbelly, underbody

6

noun

Meaning 6

the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abdominal cavity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum

History

Etymology

First attested in 1541 as labdomen. Borrowed from Middle French abdomen as well as from its etymon Latin abdōmen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + -dō (“put, place”).

Across languages

Translations

236 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afar: bágu — belly — see also belly
  • Afrikaans: buik — belly — see also belly
  • Afrikaans: maag — belly — see also belly
  • Ahtna: -tsaadleʼ — belly — see also belly
  • Albanian: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Albanian: bark — belly — see also belly
  • Amharic: ሆድ (hod) — belly — see also belly
  • Arabic: بَطْن (baṭn) — belly — see also belly
  • Arabic: جَوْف (jawf) — belly — see also belly
  • Arabic: بطن (baṭn) — belly — see also belly
  • Armenian: որովայն (orovayn) — belly — see also belly
  • Armenian: փոր (pʻor) — belly — see also belly
  • Asturian: abdome — belly — see also belly
  • Azerbaijani: qarın — belly — see also belly
  • Baluchi: لاپ (láp) — belly — see also belly
  • Basque: sabel — belly — see also belly
  • Basque: sabelalde — belly — see also belly
  • Basque: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Belarusian: жыво́т (žyvót) — belly — see also belly
  • Bengali: উদর (udor) — belly — see also belly
  • Bengali: পেট (peṭ) — belly — see also belly
  • Central Bikol: tulak — belly — see also belly
  • Bulgarian: коре́м (korém) — belly — see also belly
  • Burmese: ဝမ်း (wam:) — belly — see also belly
  • Catalan: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Catalan: buc — belly — see also belly
  • Catalan: panxa — belly — see also belly
  • Catalan: ventre — belly — see also belly
  • Chamicuro: sye'ki — belly — see also belly
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏉᎵ (usquoli) — belly — see also belly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腹部 (fuk1 bou6) — belly — see also belly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腹 (fuk1) — belly — see also belly
  • Chinese: 腹 (zh-min-nan) — belly — see also belly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹部 (fùbù) — belly — see also belly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹 (fù) — belly — see also belly
  • Chinook Jargon: yå-kwäh'-tin — belly — see also belly
  • Coptic: ϩⲏ (hē) — belly — see also belly
  • Cornish: torr — belly — see also belly
  • Czech: břicho — belly — see also belly
  • Danish: bug — belly — see also belly
  • Danish: mave — belly — see also belly
  • Dutch: onderbuik — belly — see also belly
  • Dutch: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Egyptian: F32:t*Z1 (ẖt) — belly — see also belly
  • Esperanto: ventro — belly — see also belly
  • Estonian: kõht — belly — see also belly
  • Finnish: vatsa — belly — see also belly
  • French: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • West-Frisian: bûk — belly — see also belly
  • Galician: abdome — belly — see also belly
  • Georgian: მუცელი (muceli) — belly — see also belly
  • German: Bauch — belly — see also belly
  • German: Unterleib — belly — see also belly
  • Greek: κοιλία (koilía) — belly — see also belly
  • Greek: κοιλιά (koiliá) — belly — see also belly
  • Ancient Greek: ἦτρον (êtron) — belly — see also belly
  • Gujarati: ઉદર (udar) — belly — see also belly
  • Haitian Creole: vant — belly — see also belly
  • Hebrew: בֶּטֶן — belly — see also belly
  • Hindi: उदर (udar) — belly — see also belly
  • Hindi: पेट (peṭ) — belly — see also belly
  • Hungarian: has — belly — see also belly
  • Icelandic: kvið — belly — see also belly
  • Icelandic: magi — belly — see also belly
  • Ido: abdomino — belly — see also belly
  • Indonesian: perut — belly — see also belly
  • Indonesian: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Ingrian: vatsa — belly — see also belly
  • Interlingua: abdomine — belly — see also belly
  • Iranun: tian — belly — see also belly
  • Irish: abdóman — belly — see also belly
  • Irish: bolg — belly — see also belly
  • Italian: addome — belly — see also belly
  • Japanese: 腹 (hara) — belly — see also belly
  • Japanese: 腹部 (fuku-bu) — belly — see also belly
  • Kapampangan: atian — belly — see also belly
  • Kapampangan: atyan — belly — see also belly
  • Kazakh: іш (ış) — belly — see also belly
  • Kazakh: құрсақ (qūrsaq) — belly — see also belly
  • Khmer: ពោះ (pŭəh) — belly — see also belly
  • Khmer: ក្រពះ (krɑɑpĕəh) — belly — see also belly
  • Khmer: ពុង (pung) — belly — see also belly
  • Korean: 배 (bae) — belly — see also belly
  • Korean: 복 (bok) — belly — see also belly
  • Central Kurdish: سِک (sik) — belly — see also belly
  • Central Kurdish: زِک (zik) — belly — see also belly
  • Central Kurdish: زِگ (zig) — belly — see also belly
  • Northern Kurdish: zik — belly — see also belly
  • Northern Kurdish: zig — belly — see also belly
  • Southern Kurdish: زِگ (zig) — belly — see also belly
  • Kyrgyz: курсак (kursak) — belly — see also belly
  • Lao: ທ້ອງ (thǭng) — belly — see also belly
  • Latin: abdōmen — belly — see also belly
  • Latvian: vēders — belly — see also belly
  • Lithuanian: pilvas — belly — see also belly
  • Luxembourgish: Ënnerläif — belly — see also belly
  • Macedonian: мев (mev) — belly — see also belly
  • Macedonian: стомак (stomak) — belly — see also belly
  • Malay: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Malay: perut — belly — see also belly
  • Malayalam: വയറ് (vayaṟŭ) — belly — see also belly
  • Malayalam: അടിവയർ (aṭivayaṟ) — belly — see also belly
  • Maltese: żaqq — belly — see also belly
  • Manx: bolg — belly — see also belly
  • Māori: pūuruuru — belly — see also belly
  • Māori: kona — belly — see also belly
  • Mongolian: гэдэс (gedes) — belly — see also belly
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thāithá — belly — see also belly
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thāi — belly — see also belly
  • Navajo: abid — belly — see also belly
  • Navajo: adidlą́ — belly — see also belly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: buk — belly — see also belly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mage — belly — see also belly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mave — belly — see also belly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: buk — belly — see also belly
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mage — belly — see also belly
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Occitan: abdomèn — belly — see also belly
  • Pashto: بطن (batn) — belly — see also belly
  • Pashto: نس (nas) — belly — see also belly
  • Pashto: خېټه (xeṭa) — belly — see also belly
  • Pennsylvania German: Bauch — belly — see also belly
  • Persian: شکم (šekam) — belly — see also belly
  • Persian: کم (kom) — belly — see also belly
  • Plautdietsch: Buck (nds) — belly — see also belly
  • Polish: brzuch — belly — see also belly
  • Polish: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Brazilian Portuguese: abdômen — belly — see also belly
  • European Portuguese: abdómen — belly — see also belly
  • Romanian: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Romanian: burtă — belly — see also belly
  • Russian: живо́т (živót) — belly — see also belly
  • Inari-Sami: čuávji — belly — see also belly
  • Northern Sami: čoavji — belly — see also belly
  • Skolt-Sami: čåu ́jj — belly — see also belly
  • Southern Sami: tjåejjie — belly — see also belly
  • Sanskrit: उदर (udara) — belly — see also belly
  • Serbo-Croatian: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Serbo-Croatian: тр̀бух — belly — see also belly
  • Serbo-Croatian: tr̀buh — belly — see also belly
  • Slovak: brucho — belly — see also belly
  • Slovene: trebuh — belly — see also belly
  • Slovene: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Sotho: mpa — belly — see also belly
  • Spanish: abdomen — belly — see also belly
  • Spanish: vientre — belly — see also belly
  • Sranan Tongo: ondrobere — belly — see also belly
  • Swedish: buk — belly — see also belly
  • Tajik: шикам (šikam) — belly — see also belly
  • Tamil: வயிறு (vayiṟu) — belly — see also belly
  • Lower Tanana: -tthodla' — belly — see also belly
  • Tarifit: aɛeddis — belly — see also belly
  • Telugu: కడుపు (kaḍupu) — belly — see also belly
  • Thai: ท้อง (tɔ́ɔng) — belly — see also belly
  • Tocharian B: katso — belly — see also belly
  • Tooro: enda — belly — see also belly
  • Turkish: karın — belly — see also belly
  • Ottoman Turkish: قارن (karn, karın) — belly — see also belly
  • Ottoman Turkish: شكم (şikem) — belly — see also belly
  • Ottoman Turkish: بطن (batın) — belly — see also belly
  • Turkmen: garyn — belly — see also belly
  • Tuvan: хырын (xırın) — belly — see also belly
  • Ukrainian: живі́т (žyvít) — belly — see also belly
  • Ukrainian: че́рево (čérevo) — belly — see also belly
  • Urdu: پیٹ (peṭ) — belly — see also belly
  • Uyghur: قورساق (qorsaq) — belly — see also belly
  • Uzbek: qorin — belly — see also belly
  • Vietnamese: bụng — belly — see also belly
  • Volapük: bälid — belly — see also belly
  • Volapük: götöp — belly — see also belly
  • Volapük: lugötöp — belly — see also belly
  • Volapük: diskoap — belly — see also belly
  • Welsh: tor — belly — see also belly
  • Welsh: bol — belly — see also belly
  • Woiwurrung: boojin — belly — see also belly
  • Wolaytta: uluwa — belly — see also belly
  • Xhosa: isisu — belly — see also belly
  • Yiddish: בויך (boykh) — belly — see also belly
  • Zhuang: dungx — belly — see also belly
  • Zulu: isisu — belly — see also belly
  • Afrikaans: buikholte — cavity
  • Armenian: որովայնի խոռոչ (orovayni xoṙočʻ) — cavity
  • Catalan: abdomen — cavity
  • Catalan: buc — cavity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腔 (qiāng) — cavity
  • Danish: bughule — cavity
  • Dutch: buikholte — cavity
  • Esperanto: abdomeno — cavity
  • Finnish: vatsaontelo — cavity
  • Georgian: მუცლის ღრუ (muclis ɣru) — cavity
  • Ido: abdomino — cavity
  • Italian: addome — cavity
  • Japanese: お腹 (onaka) — cavity
  • Japanese: 腹 (hara) — cavity
  • Japanese: 腹部 (fuku-bu) — cavity
  • Korean: 복강 (bokgang) — cavity
  • Northern Kurdish: zikekelên — cavity
  • Latvian: vēdera dobums — cavity
  • Navajo: adidlą́ — cavity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bukhule — cavity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bukhole — cavity
  • Brazilian Portuguese: abdômen — cavity
  • European Portuguese: abdómen — cavity
  • Romanian: abdomen — cavity
  • Russian: брюшна́я по́лость (brjušnája pólostʹ) — cavity
  • Serbo-Croatian: абдо́мен — cavity
  • Serbo-Croatian: abdómen — cavity
  • Slovak: brušná dutina — cavity
  • Slovene: trebušna votlina — cavity
  • Thai: ช่องท้อง (chɔ̂ng-tɔ́ɔng) — cavity
  • Turkish: batın — cavity
  • Vietnamese: bụng dạ — cavity
  • Afrikaans: abdomen — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Arabic: بَطْن (baṭn) — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹部 (fùbù) — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Danish: bagkrop — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Esperanto: abdomeno — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Finnish: takaruumis — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • German: Hinterleib — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Hungarian: potroh — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Japanese: 腹 (hara) — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Japanese: 腹部 (fuku-bu) — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abdomen — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bakkropp — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Polish: odwłok — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Polish: abdomen — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Brazilian Portuguese: abdômen — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • European Portuguese: abdómen — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Romanian: abdomen — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Russian: брюшко (brjuško) — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Serbo-Croatian: zadak — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Serbo-Croatian: абдо́мен — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Serbo-Croatian: abdómen — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Slovene: zadek — posterior section of an arthropod's body
  • Thai: ท้อง (tɔ́ɔng) — posterior section of an arthropod's body
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