Phrase guide

body part

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any part of an animal organism, such as an organ, limb or extremity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • 1997, Gerald Thorn, Phil Embleton, Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding HEAVY DUTY The low-set, high-intensity system (1 to 3 sets per bodypart) was popularized by Dr. Arthur Jones, inventor of the Nautilus equipment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any part of the body of a vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, piece

Narrower terms: saddle, underpart, horseback, dock, ambulacrum, withers, cannon, shank, loin, lumbus, hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump, gaskin, flank, thorax, apparatus, adnexa, annexa, area, region, dilator, groove, vallecula, partition, external body part, structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure, fornix, system, ampulla, tissue, mentum, organ, venter, energid, protoplast, process, outgrowth, appendage, lobe, rectum, shoulder, torso, trunk, body, chest, pectus, hip, haunch, abdomen, stomach, belly, dorsum, back, small, buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass, buttock, cheek, stump, shin, toe, joint, articulation, articulatio, loins, feature, lineament, rudiment

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُضْو (ʕuḍw) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Armenian: մարմնի մաս (marmni mas) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Armenian: մարմնամաս (marmnamas) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Catalan: part del cos — anatomy: part of organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 身體部位 /身体部位 (shēntǐ bùwèi) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Czech: část těla — anatomy: part of organism
  • Danish: kropsdel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Danish: legemsdel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Dutch: lichaamsdeel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Esperanto: korpoparto — anatomy: part of organism
  • Estonian: kehaosa — anatomy: part of organism
  • Finnish: ruumiinosa — anatomy: part of organism
  • Finnish: ruumiinjäsen — anatomy: part of organism
  • French: partie du corps — anatomy: part of organism
  • Galician: parte do corpo — anatomy: part of organism
  • Georgian: სხეულის ნაწილი (sxeulis nac̣ili) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Georgian: ასო (aso) — anatomy: part of organism
  • German: Körperteil — anatomy: part of organism
  • German: Glied — anatomy: part of organism
  • Ancient Greek: μέρος σώματος (méros sṓmatos) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Hungarian: testrész — anatomy: part of organism
  • Hunsrik: Kerrverdeel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Icelandic: líkamshluti — anatomy: part of organism
  • Irish: ball den chorp — anatomy: part of organism
  • Italian: parte del corpo — anatomy: part of organism
  • Japanese: 身体部分 (shintai bubun) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Kazakh: дене бөлігі (dene bölıgı) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Kazakh: дене мүшесі (dene müşesı) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Luxembourgish: Kierperdeel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Navajo: atsʼíís bitsʼáozʼaʼ — anatomy: part of organism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroppsdel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroppsdel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Polish: część ciała — anatomy: part of organism
  • Portuguese: parte do corpo — anatomy: part of organism
  • Romanian: parte a corpului — anatomy: part of organism
  • Russian: часть те́ла (častʹ téla) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Russian: член (člen) — anatomy: part of organism
  • Spanish: parte del cuerpo — anatomy: part of organism
  • Spanish: parte corporal — anatomy: part of organism
  • Swedish: kroppsdel — anatomy: part of organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車身部件 /车身部件 (chēshēn bùjiàn) — vehicle: part of body
  • Dutch: onderdeel — vehicle: part of body
  • Dutch: component — vehicle: part of body
  • Finnish: korinosa — vehicle: part of body
  • Galician: parte da carrocería — vehicle: part of body
  • Spanish: parte de auto — vehicle: part of body