anus
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1658, borrowed from Middle French anus or its etymon Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). See also anal, annular, annelid.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (anatomy) The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
- (informal, derogatory) An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:anus
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
anus m (invariable)
Related terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
anus m (plural anussen or ani, diminutive anusje n)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
anus
Declension[edit]
Inflection of anus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | anus | anukset | ||
genitive | anuksen | anusten anuksien | ||
partitive | anusta | anuksia | ||
illative | anukseen | anuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | anus | anukset | ||
accusative | nom. | anus | anukset | |
gen. | anuksen | |||
genitive | anuksen | anusten anuksien | ||
partitive | anusta | anuksia | ||
inessive | anuksessa | anuksissa | ||
elative | anuksesta | anuksista | ||
illative | anukseen | anuksiin | ||
adessive | anuksella | anuksilla | ||
ablative | anukselta | anuksilta | ||
allative | anukselle | anuksille | ||
essive | anuksena | anuksina | ||
translative | anukseksi | anuksiksi | ||
abessive | anuksetta | anuksitta | ||
instructive | — | anuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “anus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring; anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
anus m (plural anus)
Synonyms[edit]
- (vulgar) trou du cul, trou de balle
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Turkish: anüs
Further reading[edit]
- “anus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Old Irish áinne (from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos (“ring”)) and Old Armenian անուր (anur, “ring, necklace”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.nus/, [ˈäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.nus/, [ˈäːnus]
Noun[edit]
ānus m (genitive ānī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ānus | ānī |
Genitive | ānī | ānōrum |
Dative | ānō | ānīs |
Accusative | ānum | ānōs |
Ablative | ānō | ānīs |
Vocative | āne | ānī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“old woman”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís, “grandmother”), Old Armenian հան (han, “grandmother”), Lithuanian anyta (“mother-in-law”), Old High German ana (“grandmother”), ano (“grandfather”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.nus/, [ˈänʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.nus/, [ˈäːnus]
Noun[edit]
anus f (genitive anūs); fourth declension
- old woman, crone, old maid, matron
- 11th to 13th century, In taberna quando sumus, from Carmina Burana:
- … bibit soror, bibit frater, / bibit anus, bibit mater, …
(… the sister drinks, the brother drinks, / the old lady drinks, the mother drinks, …)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | anus | anūs |
Genitive | anūs | anuum |
Dative | anuī | anibus |
Accusative | anum | anūs |
Ablative | anū | anibus |
Vocative | anus | anūs |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- anas (#2)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.nuːs/, [ˈänuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.nus/, [ˈäːnus]
Noun[edit]
anūs
- inflection of anus:
References[edit]
- (anus): “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- (ring): “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- (crone): “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- anus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
·anus
- first-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid
- first-person singular preterite conjunct of anaid
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·anus | unchanged | ·n-anus |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
anus n (plural anusuri)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) anus | anusul | (niște) anusuri | anusurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) anus | anusului | (unor) anusuri | anusurilor |
vocative | anusule | anusurilor |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- anus in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”).
Noun[edit]
anus n
Declension[edit]
Declension of anus | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | anus | anuset | anus | anusen |
Genitive | anus | anusets | anus | anusens |
Synonyms[edit]
Synonyms (vulgar or slang)[edit]
See also[edit]
- anal
- ringmuskel (“sphincter”)
References[edit]
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- Rhymes:English/eɪnəs
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- en:Anatomy
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- ca:Anatomy
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- nl:Body parts
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnus
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- Finnish lemmas
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- fr:Anatomy
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- sv:Anatomy