buttock

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• UK: /ˈbʌtək/
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• UK: [ˈbɐtək]
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• US: /ˈbʌtək/
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• US: [ˈbʌɾək]
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Inherited from Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical meaning since 1300. A diminutive form of what is presumably the Old English precursor of butt + -ock (diminutive suffix).

241 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: boud — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Albanian: prapanicë — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: دُبْر (dubr) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: رِدْف (ridf) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: رِدْفَان (ridfān) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: أَلْيَة (ʔalya) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: مَقْعَدَة (maqʕada) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: رِدْف (ridf) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: طيز (ṭīz) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: مؤخرة (muʔaḵḵira) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Arabic: ترمة (tarma) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Armenian: դմբուզ (dmbuz) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Armenian: ոռի թուշ (oṙi tʻuš) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Armenian: հետույք (hetuykʻ) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Assamese: তপিনা (topina) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Assamese: টিকা (tika) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Assamese: কটি (koti) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Asturian: nalga — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Asturian: ñalga — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Azerbaijani: omba — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Azerbaijani: sağrı — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Azerbaijani: yancaq — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Bashkir: күт (küt) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Basque: ipurmasail — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Belarusian: крумя́нка (krumjánka) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Belarusian: се́дніца (sjédnica) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Belarusian: се́даўка (sjédawka) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Belarusian: я́гадзіца (jáhadzica) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Bemba: ilitako class 5 — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Bengali: পাছা (pacha) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Bengali: নিতম্ব (nitombo) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Central Bikol: lubot — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Breton: klun — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Breton: feskenn — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Breton: peñs — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Bulgarian: бут (but) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Bulgarian: за́дница (zádnica) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Burmese: ဖရုံဆွဲ (hpa.rumhcwai:) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Burmese: တင် (tang) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Burmese: ဖင် (hpang) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Catalan: natja — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chichewa: tháko — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chichewa: mbina — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma: hako — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese Cantonese: 囉柚 /啰柚 (lo1 jau2) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese Cantonese: 屎忽 (si2 fat1) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese Cantonese: 屁股 (pei3 gu2) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese Cantonese: 臀部 (tyun4 bou6) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese: 尻川 (zh-min-nan) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 屁股 (pìgu) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 臀部 (túnbù) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 尻 (kāo) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Coptic: ⲗⲱⲓⲗ (lōil) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ (manhemsi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Coptic: ⲫⲁϩⲟⲩ (phahou) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Cornish: pedren — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Czech: zadek — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Czech: hýždě — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Czech: půlka — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Danish: balde — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Danish: balle — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Dutch: bil — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Esperanto: sidvango — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Esperanto: gluteo — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Estonian: tagumik — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Faroese: reyvarbøllur — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Faroese: arsbøllur — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Faroese: vøddi — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Finnish: pakara — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• French: fesse — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Galician: nádega — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Galician: cacha — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Georgian: დუნდულოი (dunduloi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Georgian: დუმა (duma) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Georgian: დუნდულა (dundula) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• German: Hinterbacke — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• German: Pobacke — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• German: Backe — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Greek: γλουτός (gloutós) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Greek: κωλομέρι (koloméri) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Greek: οπίσθια (opísthia) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ancient Greek: πυγή (pugḗ) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ancient Greek: γλουτός (gloutós) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Gujarati: કૂલો (kūlo) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Gujarati: ઢગરો (ḍhagro) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Gujarati: જઘન (jaghan) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Haitian Creole: bo bounda — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Hebrew: עכוז (akuz) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Hindi: कूल्हा (kūlhā) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Hindi: चूतड़ (cūtaṛ) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Hindi: नितंब (nitamb) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• White Hmong: pob tw — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Hungarian: fenék — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Hunsrik: Aarschback — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Icelandic: rasskinn — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ido: gluteo — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ido: kulo — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ingrian: perä — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ingrian: peppo — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ingrian: santukka — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ingrian: pers — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Irish: tóin — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: natica — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: gluteo — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: deretano — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: sedere — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: chiappe — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: chiappa — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: culo — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: fondoschiena — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: posteriore — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: didietro — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Italian: mazzo — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ivatan: atang — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Japanese: 尻 (shiri) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Japanese: 臀部 (denbu) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kabyle: tameccact — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kabyle: axuzziḍ — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kapampangan: buldit — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kazakh: бөксе (bökse) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kazakh: құйрық (qūiryq) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kazakh: сауыр (sauyr) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Khmer: កំប៉ះគូទ (kɑm pah kuut) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Khmer: គូទ (kuut) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kikuyu: itina — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kituba: ditaku — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Korean: 엉덩이 (eongdeong'i) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Korean: 궁둥이 (gungdung'i) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Korean: 볼기 (bolgi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Central Kurdish: سِمت (simt) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Southern Kurdish: سِمت (simt) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kyrgyz: көчүк (köcük) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Kyrgyz: жамбаш (jambaş) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ladino: nalga — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ladino: asentadera — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Lao: ຕະໂພກ (ta phōk) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Lao: ປ້ານທ້າຽ (pān thāi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Lao: ໂສນິ (sō ni) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Latin: natis — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Latin: clūnis — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Latvian: sēžamvieta — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Latvian: vaigs — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Laz: მუნდი (mundi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Lithuanian: užpakalis — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Lombard: cjapa — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Luhya: litakho — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Lushootseed: xwʔiləlugwəb — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Macedonian: задник (zadnik) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Malay: buntut — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Malayalam: ചന്തി (canti) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Malayalam: നിതംബം (nitambaṁ) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Malayalam: പൃഷ്ഠം (pr̥ṣṭhaṁ) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Malayalam: കുണ്ടി (kuṇṭi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Maltese: tebqa — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Maltese: tebqejn — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Manchu: ᡠᡵᠠ (ura) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Māori: reherehe — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Māori: reperepe — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Māori: kuruhope — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Māori: papa — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Māori: kōtore — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Māori: kumu — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Mingrelian: მუნდი (mundi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Mongolian: бөгс (bögs) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Mongolian: өгзөг (ögzög) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Navajo: atłʼaaʼ — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Nepali: चाक (cāk) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Nepali: नितम्ब (nitamba) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Norman: fêsse — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Nyole (Uganda): edaho class 5 — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Occitan: patèrna — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Odia: ନିତମ୍ବ (Nitamba) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Old Tupi: ebira — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Persian: سرین (sorin) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Polish: pośladek — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Polish: półdupek — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Portuguese: nádega — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Portuguese: traseiro — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Portuguese: fundilhos — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Rapa Nui: eve — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Romanian: bucă — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Romanian: buci — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Romanian: fesă — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Russian: я́годица (jágodica) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Russian: по́па (pópa) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Russian: за́дница (zádnica) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Russian: полупо́пие (polupópije) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Russian: седа́лище (sedálišče) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Sanskrit: जघन (jaghana) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Serbo-Croatian: guzov — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̑з — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Serbo-Croatian: gȗz — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Slovak: zadok — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Slovene: zadnjica — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Spanish: nalga — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Spanish: nadga — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Swahili: tako — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Swahili: makalio — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Swedish: skinka — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠐ꠆ꠇꠤ (fuṭki) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tabaru: goa — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tagalog: puwit — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tagalog: pigi — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tajik: сурин (surin) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tamil: பிட்டம் (piṭṭam) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tamil: குண்டி (kuṇṭi) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Lower Tanana: -tl'otthen' — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tarifit: tadeynit — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tarifit: qunniḍ — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tausug: buli — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Telugu: పిరుదు (pirudu) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Telugu: పిర్ర (pirra) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ternate: ugu — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tewa: púu — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Thai: ก้น (gôn) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Tumbuka: tako — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Turkish: makat — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Turkish: kaba et — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Turkish: kalça — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ottoman Turkish: قایناق (kaynak) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ottoman Turkish: آرد (ard) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ottoman Turkish: مقعد (makad) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ottoman Turkish: دبر (dübür) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ottoman Turkish: ادبار (edbar) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Turkmen: otyrýer — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ukrainian: сідни́ця (sidnýcja) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Ukrainian: си́дня (sýdnja) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Urdu: چوتڑ (cūtaṛ) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Urdu: چوتر (cūtar) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Uzbek: dumba — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Vietnamese: mông — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Volapük: glüet — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Volapük: poöp — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Walloon: fesse — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Waray-Waray: bubot — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Welsh: ffolen — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Woiwurrung: jerrar-nu — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Yami: atang — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Yao (Africa): lipuluputu class 5 — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Yiddish: הינטן (hintn) — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
• Zhuang: caekhaex — each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body