Phrase guide

double chin

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin, giving the appearance of having an extra chin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a fold of fatty tissue under the chin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buccula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chin, mentum

History

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ذِقْن مُزْدَوِج (ḏiqn muzdawij) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Arabic: لُغْد (luḡd) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Arabic: غَبَب (ḡabab) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Armenian: կրկնակզակ (krknakzak) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Armenian: խպիպ (xpip) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Armenian: բոխախ (boxax) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Azerbaijani: buxaq — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Basque: kokozpeko — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Belarusian: падвойны падбародак (padvójny padbaródak) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Belarusian: двайны падбародак (dvajny padbaródak) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Breton: adelgezh — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Bulgarian: двойна брадичка (dvojna bradička) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Catalan: papada — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Catalan: sotabarba — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雙下巴 /双下巴 (shuāngxiàba) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Czech: dvojitá brada — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Czech: druhá brada — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Danish: dobbelthage — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Dutch: onderkin — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Esperanto: duobla mentono — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Finnish: kaksoisleuka — a layer of fat under the chin
  • French: double menton — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Georgian: ღაბაბი (ɣababi) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • German: Doppelkinn — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Greek: διπλοσάγονο (diploságono) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Hungarian: toka — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Icelandic: undirhaka — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Irish: preiceall — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Irish: athsmig — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Irish: sprochaille — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Italian: doppio mento — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Italian: pappagorgia — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Japanese: 二重顎 — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Kazakh: бұғақ (būğaq) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Latvian: dubultzods — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Macedonian: подбрадок (podbradok) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Manx: aa-smeggyl — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Manx: aa-smeggin — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Manx: smeggyl ghooblit — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Nahuatl: quechnacayotl — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dobbelthake — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dobbelhake — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dobbelthake — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Plautdietsch: Kwoda — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Polish: podwójny podbródek — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Portuguese: queixo duplo — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Portuguese: papo — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Portuguese: papada — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Romanian: gușă — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Romanian: bărbie dublă — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Russian: двойно́й подборо́док (dvojnój podboródok) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀двољак — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòdvoljak — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòdbradak — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Sicilian: buccularu — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Slovak: dvojitá brada — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Spanish: papada — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Spanish: güegüecho — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Spanish: sotabarba — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Spanish: sobarba — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Swedish: dubbelhaka — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Tagalog: kabil — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Turkish: gerdan — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Ottoman Turkish: صقاق (sakak) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Ukrainian: во́ло (vólo) — a layer of fat under the chin
  • Ukrainian: подві́йне підборі́ддя (podvíjne pidboríddja) — a layer of fat under the chin