adj · name · noun · verb · 50 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɒt.əm/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American:/ˈbɑ.təm/
Atlantic-Canada, General-American:[ˈbɑ.ɾəm]
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Canada, dialectal:/ˈbɒt.əm/of the US
Australian:/ˈbɔt.əm/
New-Zealand:[ˈbɔ̟t.əm]
rhymes with -ɒtəm
CMU ARPABET:B AA1 T AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
The lowest or last place or position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Those files should go on the bottom shelf.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Relating to the genitals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
bottom dysphoria
bottom surgery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The lowest part of anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: base
Antonyms: top
5
noun
Meaning 5
The lowest part of anything.
The lowest or last position in a rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The Red Sox are at the bottom again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: base
Antonyms: top
6
noun
Meaning 6
The lowest part of anything.
A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural depression, depression
Narrower terms: lake bed, lake bottom, ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones, riverbed, river bottom, streambed, creek bed
46
noun
Meaning 46
low-lying alluvial land near a river
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bottomland
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: land, ground, soil
47
noun
Meaning 47
the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bottom of the inning
Antonyms: top
Broader terms: turn, bout, round
48
verb
Meaning 48
come to understand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: penetrate, fathom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: understand
49
verb
Meaning 49
strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
50
verb
Meaning 50
provide with a bottom or a seat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
bottom the chairs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
History
Etymology
PIE word *bhudhmḗn Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhewbh-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bhudhmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bottom From Middle English botme, botom, from Old English botm, bodan (“bottom, foundation; ground, abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *butm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz, *budmaz (“bottom; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhudhmḗn (“bottom”). Cognates Cognate with Yola bothom, bottom (“bottom”), Saterland Frisian Boudem (“floor; ground”), West Frisian boaiem (“floor; ground”), Dutch bodem, boom, boôm (“bottom; ground, soil”), German Boden (“floor; ground; soil”), Limburgish baom (“bottom; ground, soil”), Luxembourgish Buedem (“bottom; earth, soil”), Vilamovian bödum (“bottom; ground”), Danish bund (“bottom”), Elfdalian buottn (“bottom”), Faroese botnur (“bottom”), Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk botn (“bottom”), Norwegian Bokmål botn, bunn (“bottom”), Swedish botten (“bottom”); also Irish and Scottish Gaelic bonn (“base, bottom; sole (of foot)”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) (whence fund, via French), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of a cup or jar; the bottom of the sea; butt of a tree”), Albanian buzë (“rocky chasm”), Armenian անդունդ (andund), անդունդք (andundkʻ, “abyss, chasm”), Northern Kurdish bin (“bottom”), Persian بن (bon, “bottom”), Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna, “bottom”). The noun sense “posterior of a person” is first attested in 1794; the verb sense “to reach the bottom of” is first attested in 1808. The term bottom dollar (“the last dollar one has”) is first attested in 1882.
* As an English surname, from the noun bottom. Compare Botham. * As a French name, mistranslated from Lafond, in which Old French la fond (“the fountain”) is confused with modern le fond (“the bottom”).
Across languages
Translations
340 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ստորին
(storin)
— lowest or last place or position
Bulgarian:
най-нисък
(naj-nisǎk)
— lowest or last place or position
Bulgarian:
най-долен
(naj-dolen)
— lowest or last place or position
Bulgarian:
последен
(posleden)
— lowest or last place or position
Hungarian:
alsó
— lowest or last place or position
Italian:
inferiore
— lowest or last place or position
Italian:
più basso
— lowest or last place or position
Latin:
īmus
— lowest or last place or position
Slovak:
spodný
— lowest or last place or position
Ukrainian:
ни́жній
(nýžnij)
— lowest or last place or position
Ukrainian:
до́лішній
(dólišnij)
— lowest or last place or position
Afrikaans:
onderkant
— lowest part
Albanian:
fund
— lowest part
Arabic:
قَاع
(qāʕ)
— lowest part
Arabic:
قَعْر
(qaʕr)
— lowest part
Armenian:
տակ
(tak)
— lowest part
Armenian:
հիմք
(himkʻ)
— lowest part
Armenian:
ներքեւ
(nerkʻew)
— lowest part
Armenian:
հատակ
(hatak)
— lowest part
Aromanian:
fundu
— lowest part
Aromanian:
afundu
— lowest part
Azerbaijani:
dib
— lowest part
Azerbaijani:
alt
— lowest part
Belarusian:
дно
(dno)
— lowest part
Belarusian:
ніз
(niz)
— lowest part
Bulgarian:
дъно́
(dǎnó)
— lowest part
Catalan:
fons
— lowest part
Chechen:
бух
(bux)
— lowest part
Chinese Mandarin:
底部
(dǐbù)
— lowest part
Chinese Mandarin:
底端
(dǐduān)
— lowest part
Chinese Mandarin:
底
(dǐ)
— lowest part
Ngazidja Comorian:
trako
— lowest part
Cornish:
goles
— lowest part
Czech:
dno
— lowest part
Czech:
spodek
— lowest part
Danish:
bund
— lowest part
Dutch:
onderkant
— lowest part
Dutch:
bodem
— lowest part
Esperanto:
fundo
— lowest part
Esperanto:
malsupro
— lowest part
Evenki:
хэрэ
(hərə)
— lowest part
Finnish:
pohja
— lowest part
Finnish:
alapää
— lowest part
French:
fond
— lowest part
French:
bas
— lowest part
French:
dessous
— lowest part
Friulian:
font
— lowest part
Friulian:
fonz
— lowest part
Galician:
fondo
— lowest part
Georgian:
ძირი
(ʒiri)
— lowest part
German:
Boden
— lowest part
German:
Grund
— lowest part
German:
Unterseite
— lowest part
Greek:
πάτος
(pátos)
— lowest part
Greek:
πυθμένας
(pythménas)
— lowest part
Ancient Greek:
πάτος
(pátos)
— lowest part
Ancient Greek:
πυθμήν
(puthmḗn)
— lowest part
Ancient Greek:
πύνδαξ
(púndax)
— lowest part
Haitian Creole:
anba
— lowest part
Hebrew:
תַּחְתִּית
(takhtít)
— lowest part
Hindi:
निचला
(niclā)
— lowest part
Hungarian:
alj
— lowest part
Hungarian:
fenék
— lowest part
Icelandic:
botn
— lowest part
Indonesian:
bawah
— lowest part
Ingrian:
pohja
— lowest part
Ingrian:
alaosa
— lowest part
Ingush:
бух
(bux)
— lowest part
Irish:
íochtar
— lowest part
Italian:
fondo
— lowest part
Japanese:
底
(soko)
— lowest part
Japanese:
下部
(kabu)
— lowest part
Khalaj:
alt
— lowest part
Khalaj:
asra
— lowest part
Khalaj:
ast
— lowest part
Komi-Permyak:
пыдӧс
(pydös)
— lowest part
Korean:
밑
(mit)
— lowest part
Korean:
바닥
(badak)
— lowest part
Korean:
바탕
(batang)
— lowest part
Northern Kurdish:
bin
— lowest part
Northern Kurdish:
jêr
— lowest part
Ladin:
fond
— lowest part
Ladino:
fondo
— lowest part
Ladino:
dip
— lowest part
Latgalian:
zamoška
— lowest part
Latgalian:
zemīne
— lowest part
Latin:
fundus
— lowest part
Latin:
solum
— lowest part
Latvian:
apakša
— lowest part
Macedonian:
дно
(dno)
— lowest part
Māori:
raro
— lowest part
Māori:
takere
— lowest part
Māori:
whakatakere
— lowest part
Māori:
tou
— lowest part
Māori:
tangere
— lowest part
Mongolian:
доод хэсэг
(dood xeseg)
— lowest part
Mongolian:
ёроол
(jorool)
— lowest part
Nanai:
пэрэл
(perel)
— lowest part
Norwegian Bokmål:
bunn
— lowest part
Norwegian Bokmål:
botn
— lowest part
Norwegian Bokmål:
bånn
— lowest part
Norwegian Nynorsk:
botn
— lowest part
Old Prussian:
dubnas
— lowest part
Ossetian:
бын
(byn)
— lowest part
Persian:
ته
(tah)
— lowest part
Persian:
بن
(bon)
— lowest part
Plautdietsch:
Grunt
— lowest part
Polish:
dół
— lowest part
Polish:
spód
— lowest part
Polish:
dno
— lowest part
Portuguese:
fundo
— lowest part
Romanian:
fund
— lowest part
Russian:
дно
(dno)
— lowest part
Russian:
низ
(niz)
— lowest part
Russian:
ни́жняя часть
(nížnjaja častʹ)
— lowest part
Sardinian:
fundhu
— lowest part
Sardinian:
fundu
— lowest part
Sardinian:
funnu
— lowest part
Serbo-Croatian:
дно
— lowest part
Serbo-Croatian:
dno
— lowest part
Sicilian:
funnu
— lowest part
Slovak:
spodok
— lowest part
Slovene:
dno
— lowest part
Spanish:
fondo
— lowest part
Spanish:
solera
— lowest part
Spanish:
parte de abajo
— lowest part
Swedish:
botten
— lowest part
Talysh:
bın
— lowest part
Thai:
กก
(gòk)
— lowest part
Thai:
ก้น
(gôn)
— lowest part
Thai:
โคน
(koon)
— lowest part
Turkish:
alt
— lowest part
Turkish:
dip
— lowest part
Ottoman Turkish:
آشاغی
(aşağı)
— lowest part
Udmurt:
пыдэс
(pydes)
— lowest part
Ukrainian:
дно
(dno)
— lowest part
Ukrainian:
низ
(nyz)
— lowest part
Venetan:
fondo
— lowest part
Vietnamese:
đáy
— lowest part
Walloon:
fond
— lowest part
Walloon:
dizo
— lowest part
Welsh:
gwaelod
— lowest part
Zazaki:
bın (diq)
— lowest part
Zazaki:
cêr (diq)
— lowest part
Bulgarian:
до́лнище
(dólnište)
— garment worn on lower body