buttock
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buttock
- /ˈbʌtək/ UK
- [ˈbɐtək] UK
- /ˈbʌtək/ US
- [ˈbʌɾək] US
Rhymes with -ʌtək
Where it comes from
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).
noun buttocks
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Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
Run, run, come you hither / Novv, take all my Cuſhions dovvn and thvvack them ſoundly, / After my Feaſt of Millers: for their Buttocks / Have left a peck of flovver in them, beat them carefully […]
Similar: asscheek, cheek, 'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty, behind, fundament
- The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. There came a blast of freezing wind that made Skell shrug himself against the oaken post on which the ship's buttock rested.
Translations
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noun each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
| Español | nalga, nadga |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 엉덩이 eongdeong'i, 궁둥이 gungdung'i, 볼기 bolgi |
| 日本語 | 尻 shiri, 臀部 denbu |
| 中文 | 屁股 pìgu, 臀部 túnbù, 尻 kāo |
| हिन्दी | कूल्हा kūlhā, चूतड़ cūtaṛ, नितंब nitamb |
| Kiswahili | tako, makalio |
| Português | nádega, traseiro, fundilhos |
| Français | fesse |
| Deutsch | Hinterbacke, Pobacke, Backe |
| Italiano | natica, gluteo, deretano, sedere, chiappe, chiappa |
| Ελληνικά | γλουτός gloutós, κωλομέρι koloméri, οπίσθια opísthia |
| Română | bucă, buci, fesă |
| Русский | я́годица jágodica, по́па pópa, за́дница zádnica, полупо́пие polupópije, седа́лище sedálišče |
| Tiếng Việt | mông |
| العربية | دُبْر dubr, رِدْف ridf, رِدْفَان ridfān, أَلْيَة ʔalya, مَقْعَدَة maqʕada |
| עברית | עכוז akuz |
Talk about this word "buttock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/buttock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. buttock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/buttock "buttock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/buttock.Cite this
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title = {buttock},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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