asshole

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Variant of earlier arsehole, from Middle English arshole, arcehoole, equivalent to ass + hole. Cognate with Norwegian rasshøl (“asshole”), Swedish arsle (“asshole”). Compare also German Arschloch (“asshole”). Attested from the 1370s, replacing earlier Old English earsþyrel (“anus”, literally “ass hole”). First recorded in Middle English, as ers hole (Glouc. Cath. Manuscript 19. No. I., dated 1379, cited after OED), ars-hole (Bodleian Ashmole MS. 1396, dated ca. 1400, ed. Robert Von Fleischhacker as Lanfrank's "Science of Cirurgie", EETS 102, 1894, cited after OED.) Slang figurative usage dates to the 20th century; it was used of an uninviting place (compare shithole) in the 1920s, and then of an anti-social or despicable person from at least the 1950s (Harvard Advocate 137, March 1954). It is also used appositionally (as in "You're an asshole moralist", T. Chamales, 1957).

From Scots ass, asse or ash + hole.

227 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vrimë e bythës — anus
• Arabic: فتحة الشرج (Futh'at ach-charj) — anus
• Belarusian: ду́па (dúpa) — anus
• Bengali: হোগা (hōga) — anus
• Bulgarian: гъз (gǎz) — anus
• Bulgarian: задник (zadnik) — anus
• Burmese: ဖင် (hpang) — anus
• Catalan: anus — anus
• Chinese Cantonese: 屎眼 (si2 ngaan5) — anus
• Chinese Mandarin: 屁眼 (pìyǎn) — anus
• Czech: prdel — anus
• Czech: řiť — anus
• Danish: røvhul — anus
• Dutch: kontgat — anus
• Dutch: reet — anus
• Esperanto: pugtruo — anus
• Finnish: persereikä — anus
• Finnish: perseenreikä — anus
• Finnish: perseaukko — anus
• French: trou du cul — anus
• French: rondelle — anus
• French: coupe-cigare — anus
• French: œil de bronze — anus
• Galician: cu — anus
• Galician: ollo do cu — anus
• Georgian: პროჭი (ṗroč̣i) — anus
• German: Arschloch — anus
• Greek: κωλοτρυπίδα (kolotrypída) — anus
• Greek: πρωκτός (proktós) — anus
• Ancient Greek: πρωκτός (prōktós) — anus
• Greenlandic: iteq — anus
• Hebrew: חור תחת \ חֹר תַּחַת (khor tákhat) — anus
• Hindi: गांड (gāṇḍ) — anus
• Hungarian: segglyuk — anus
• Icelandic: rassgat — anus
• Irish: poll tóna — anus
• Irish: clasán — anus
• Italian: ano — anus
• Italian: buco del culo — anus
• Japanese: ケツ (ketsu) — anus
• Japanese: けつの穴 (ketsu no ana) — anus
• Japanese: 尻穴 — anus
• Javanese: silit — anus
• Kazakh: жопа (jopa) — anus
• Khmer: ក្ដិត (kdət) — anus
• Korean: 항문 (hangmun) — anus
• Lao: ຮູຂີ້ (hū khī) — anus
• Latin: pōdex — anus
• Latvian: dirsas caurums — anus
• Lithuanian: šiknaskylė — anus
• Luxembourgish: Aaschlach — anus
• Macedonian: чмар (čmar) — anus
• Macedonian: шу́пак (šúpak) — anus
• Malay: dubur — anus
• Malay: jubur — anus
• Norwegian: rasshøl — anus
• Old English: earsþyrel — anus
• Old Galician-Portuguese: olho do cuu — anus
• Persian: سوراخ کون (surâx-e kun) — anus
• Polish: dupa — anus
• Portuguese: olho do cu — anus
• Portuguese: cu — anus
• Romanian: cur — anus
• Romanian: găoază — anus
• Russian: жо́па (žópa) — anus
• Russian: сра́ка (sráka) — anus
• Russian: очко́ (očkó) — anus
• Northern Sami: bahtaráigi — anus
• Serbo-Croatian: шу́пак — anus
• Serbo-Croatian: а́нус — anus
• Serbo-Croatian: а̀на̄лнӣ о̀твор — anus
• Serbo-Croatian: šúpak — anus
• Serbo-Croatian: ánus — anus
• Serbo-Croatian: ànālnī òtvor — anus
• Slovak: riť — anus
• Spanish: culo — anus
• Spanish: ojete — anus
• Swahili: mkundu — anus
• Swedish: rövhål — anus
• Swedish: arsle — anus
• Swedish: tvåan — anus
• Swedish: dajmkryss — anus
• Swedish: brunöga — anus
• Tagalog: kupal — anus
• Thai: ก้น (gôn) — anus
• Turkish: göt deliği — anus
• Ukrainian: ду́па (dúpa) — anus
• Ukrainian: сра́ка (sráka) — anus
• Urdu: گانڈ (gānḍ) — anus
• Vietnamese: lỗ đít — anus
• Vietnamese: đít — anus
• Volapük: kül — anus
• Volapük: külahog — anus
• Welsh: twll tin — anus
• Yakut: эмэһэ (emehe) — anus
• Zazaki: qula qen — anus
• Arabic: بَوْش (bawš) — mean or rude person
• Belarusian: муда́к (mudák) — mean or rude person
• Belarusian: хуйло́ (xujló) — mean or rude person
• Bulgarian: гъз (gǎz) — mean or rude person
• Bulgarian: задник (zadnik) — mean or rude person
• Catalan: imbècil — mean or rude person
• Chinese Cantonese: 屎忽鬼 (si2 fat1 gwai2) — mean or rude person
• Chinese Mandarin: 混球 (húnqiú) — mean or rude person
• Czech: blbec — mean or rude person
• Czech: vosel — mean or rude person
• Danish: røvhul — mean or rude person
• Dutch: klootzak — mean or rude person
• Dutch: hufter — mean or rude person
• Dutch: lul — mean or rude person
• Esperanto: pugtruulo — mean or rude person
• Esperanto: anusulo — mean or rude person
• Esperanto: aĉulo — mean or rude person
• Faroese: reyvarhol — mean or rude person
• Finnish: persereikä — mean or rude person
• Finnish: kusipää — mean or rude person
• Finnish: paskiainen — mean or rude person
• French: trou du cul — mean or rude person
• French: connard — mean or rude person
• Georgian: არამზადა (aramzada) — mean or rude person
• German: Arschloch — mean or rude person
• German: Mistkerl — mean or rude person
• German: Wichser — mean or rude person
• Greek: μαλάκας (malákas) — mean or rude person
• Hebrew: חור תחת (khor tákhat) — mean or rude person
• Hindi: चूतिया (cūtiyā) — mean or rude person
• Hungarian: seggfej — mean or rude person
• Hungarian: faszfej — mean or rude person
• Icelandic: asni — mean or rude person
• Icelandic: fífl — mean or rude person
• Icelandic: hálfviti — mean or rude person
• Icelandic: drullusokkur — mean or rude person
• Indonesian: brengsek — mean or rude person
• Indonesian: bajingan — mean or rude person
• Indonesian: bangsat — mean or rude person
• Indonesian: keparat — mean or rude person
• Irish: gléas — mean or rude person
• Irish: clasán — mean or rude person
• Italian: testa di cazzo — mean or rude person
• Italian: stronzo — mean or rude person
• Italian: chiavica — mean or rude person
• Italian: buco del culo — mean or rude person
• Japanese: 糞垂れ — mean or rude person
• Japanese: バカ (baka) — mean or rude person
• Japanese: クソ野郎 (kusoyarō) — mean or rude person
• Javanese: bangsat — mean or rude person
• Javanese: bajingan — mean or rude person
• Javanese: jancok — mean or rude person
• Kabuverdianu: kara d'ku — mean or rude person
• Kazakh: қотақбас (qotaqbas) — mean or rude person
• Kazakh: нашар жігіт (naşar jıgıt) — mean or rude person
• Korean: 머저리 (meojeori) — mean or rude person
• Korean: 좆대가리 (jotdaegari) — mean or rude person
• Latin: irrumātor — mean or rude person
• Luxembourgish: Aaschlach — mean or rude person
• Macedonian: шу́пак (šúpak) — mean or rude person
• Macedonian: мо́чко (móčko) — mean or rude person
• Malay: bangsat — mean or rude person
• Maltese: it-toqba ta’ sormok — mean or rude person
• Maltese: toqbi — mean or rude person
• Norwegian: rasshøl — mean or rude person
• Persian: کسکش (kos-keš) — mean or rude person
• Polish: dupek — mean or rude person
• Polish: gad — mean or rude person
• Polish: zasraniec — mean or rude person
• Polish: padalec — mean or rude person
• Polish: gadzina — mean or rude person
• Polish: dziad — mean or rude person
• Polish: dziadyga — mean or rude person
• Polish: cham — mean or rude person
• Polish: kutas — mean or rude person
• Portuguese: cuzão — mean or rude person
• Portuguese: pentelho — mean or rude person
• Portuguese: babaca — mean or rude person
• Portuguese: parvalhão — mean or rude person
• Portuguese: cabrão — mean or rude person
• Romanian: găozar — mean or rude person
• Romanian: găoază — mean or rude person
• Russian: жо́пошник (žópošnik) — mean or rude person
• Russian: засра́нец (zasránec) — mean or rude person
• Russian: муда́к (mudák) — mean or rude person
• Russian: гад (gad) — mean or rude person
• Russian: пидора́с (pidorás) — mean or rude person
• Russian: говню́к (govnjúk) — mean or rude person
• Russian: па́дла (pádla) — mean or rude person
• Russian: паску́да (paskúda) — mean or rude person
• Russian: мудоёб (mudojób) — mean or rude person
• Russian: сво́лочь (svóločʹ) — mean or rude person
• Russian: хуйло́ (xujló) — mean or rude person
• Russian: уёбок (ujóbok) — mean or rude person
• Russian: уёбище (ujóbišče) — mean or rude person
• Serbo-Croatian: се́роња — mean or rude person
• Serbo-Croatian: шу́пак — mean or rude person
• Serbo-Croatian: шу̀пчина — mean or rude person
• Serbo-Croatian: séronja — mean or rude person
• Serbo-Croatian: šúpak — mean or rude person
• Serbo-Croatian: šùpčina — mean or rude person
• Slovak: kokot — mean or rude person
• Spanish: imbécil — mean or rude person
• Spanish: estúpido — mean or rude person
• Spanish: tarado — mean or rude person
• Spanish: cojudo — mean or rude person
• Spanish: pendejo — mean or rude person
• Spanish: culero — mean or rude person
• Spanish: gilipollas — mean or rude person
• Spanish: capullo — mean or rude person
• Spanish: boludo — mean or rude person
• Spanish: mamawebo — mean or rude person
• Spanish: patán — mean or rude person
• Spanish: pelotudo — mean or rude person
• Spanish: comemierda — mean or rude person
• Spanish: atorrante — mean or rude person
• Spanish: conchasumadre — mean or rude person
• Spanish: cretino — mean or rude person
• Swahili: m'kundu — mean or rude person
• Swedish: arsle — mean or rude person
• Swedish: arsel — mean or rude person
• Swedish: rövhål — mean or rude person
• Turkish: göt — mean or rude person
• Ukrainian: засра́нець (zasránecʹ) — mean or rude person
• Ukrainian: муда́к (mudák) — mean or rude person
• Ukrainian: гад (had) — mean or rude person
• Ukrainian: підора́с (pidorás) — mean or rude person
• Ukrainian: гівню́к (hivnjúk) — mean or rude person
• Ukrainian: сволота́ (svolotá) — mean or rude person
• Ukrainian: хуйло́ (xujló) — mean or rude person
• Urdu: مورکھ (mūrkh) — mean or rude person