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English
Diagram showing the abdomen of an insect.
Etymology
First attested in 1541.[ 1] Borrowed from Middle French abdomen , from Latin abdomen , possibly from abdō ( “ conceal ” ) , from ab ( “ away ” ) + -dō ( “ put, place ” ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
abdomen (plural abdomens or abdomina )
( obsolete ) The fat surrounding the belly. [ 2]
( anatomy ) The belly , or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis , not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions. [ 2]
Synonyms: belly , tummy , ( informal ) stomach ; see also Thesaurus:belly
( anatomy ) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum , and contains the viscera ; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity . [ 2]
He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen .
( zoology , entomology ) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans , and other Arthropoda . [ 2]
Derived terms
Translations
Afar: bágu
Afrikaans: buik (af) , maag (af)
Albanian: abdomen m , bark (sq) m
Amharic: ሆድ ( hod )
Arabic: بَطْن m ( baṭn ) , جَوْف (ar) m ( jawf )
Egyptian Arabic: بطن f ( baṭn )
Armenian: որովայն (hy) ( orovayn ) , փոր (hy) ( pʻor )
Asturian: abdome (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qarın (az)
Baluchi: لاپ ( láp )
Basque: sabel , sabelalde , abdomen
Belarusian: жыво́т m ( žyvót )
Bengali: উদর (bn) ( udor ) , পেট (bn) ( peṭ )
Bulgarian: коре́м (bg) m ( korém )
Burmese: ဝမ်း (my) ( wam: )
Catalan: abdomen (ca) m , buc (ca) m , panxa (ca) f , ventre (ca) m
Chamicuro: sye'ki
Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏉᎵ (chr) ( usquoli )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腹部 ( fuk1 bou6 ) , 腹 ( fuk1 )
Hokkien: 腹 (zh-min-nan) ( pak )
Mandarin: 腹部 (zh) ( fùbù ) , 腹 (zh) ( fù )
Coptic: ϩⲏ ( hē )
Czech: břicho (cs) n
Danish: bug c , mave (da) c
Dutch: onderbuik (nl) m , abdomen (nl) n
Egyptian: (ẖt )
Esperanto: ventro (eo)
Estonian: kõht (et)
Finnish: vatsa (fi)
French: abdomen (fr) m
Galician: abdome (gl) m
Georgian: მუცელი (ka) ( muceli )
German: Bauch (de) m , Unterleib (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἦτρον n ( êtron )
Gujarati: ઉદર ( udar )
Haitian Creole: vant
Hebrew: בֶּטֶן (he) f
Hindi: उदर (hi) m ( udar ) , पेट (hi) m ( peṭ )
Hungarian: has (hu)
Icelandic: kvið n , magi (is) m
Ido: abdomino (io)
Indonesian: perut (id) , abdomen (id)
Ingrian: vatsa
Interlingua: abdomine
Iranun: tian
Irish: abdóman m , bolg m
Italian: addome (it) m
Japanese: 腹 (ja) ( はら , hara) , 腹部 (ja) ( ふくぶ , fuku-bu)
Kapampangan: atian , atyan
Kazakh: іш ( ış ) , құрсақ ( qūrsaq )
Khmer: ពោះ (km) ( pŭəh ) , ក្រពះ (km) ( krɑpĕəh ) , ពុង (km) ( pung )
Korean: 배 (ko) ( bae ) , 복(腹) (ko) ( bok )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سِک ( sik ) , زِک ( zik ) , زِگ (ckb) ( zig )
Northern Kurdish: zik (ku) , zig (ku)
Southern Kurdish: زِگ (ku) ( zig )
Kyrgyz: курсак (ky) ( kursak )
Lao: ທ້ອງ ( thǭng )
Latin: abdōmen n
Latvian: vēders (lv) m
Lithuanian: pilvas m
Luxembourgish: Ënnerläif m
Macedonian: мев ( mev ) , стомак (mk) m ( stomak )
Malay: abdomen (ms) , perut (ms)
Malayalam: വയറ് (ml) ( vayaṟŭ ) , അടിവയർ ( aṭivayaṟ )
Maltese: żaqq (mt)
Manx: bolg
Maori: pūuruuru , kona
Mongolian: гэдэс (mn) ( gedes )
Navajo: abid , adidlą́
Norwegian:
Bokmål: buk (no) m , mage (no) m , mave (no) m , abdomen n
Nynorsk: buk m , mage m , abdomen n
Occitan: abdomèn (oc) m
Ottoman Turkish: قارن ( karn, karın ) , شكم ( şikem ) , بطن ( batın )
Pashto: بطن (ps) m ( batn ) , نس (ps) m ( nas ) , خېټه (ps) f ( xeṭa )
Pennsylvania German: Bauch m
Persian: شکم (fa) ( šekam ) , کم (fa) ( kom ) ( dialectal )
Plautdietsch: Buck (nds) m
Polish: brzuch (pl) m inan , abdomen (pl) m
Portuguese:
Brazilian: abdômen (pt) m
European: abdómen (pt) m
Romanian: abdomen (ro) n , burtă (ro) f
Russian: живо́т (ru) m ( živót )
Sami:
Inari: čuávji
Northern: čoavji
Skolt: čåu´jj
Southern: tjåejjie
Sanskrit: उदर (sa) m ( udara )
Serbo-Croatian: abdomen m
Cyrillic: тр̀бух m
Roman: tr̀buh (sh)
Slovak: brucho (sk) n
Slovene: trebuh (sl) m , abdomen m
Sotho: mpa
Spanish: abdomen (es) m , vientre (es) m
Sranan Tongo: ondrobere
Swedish: buk (sv)
Tajik: шикам (tg) ( šikam )
Tamil: வயிறு (ta) ( vayiṟu )
Tarifit: aɛeddis m
Telugu: కడుపు (te) ( kaḍupu )
Thai: ท้อง (th) ( tɔ́ɔng )
Tocharian B: katso
Tooro: enda
Turkish: karın (tr)
Turkmen: garyn
Tuvan: хырын ( xırın )
Ukrainian: живі́т (uk) m ( žyvít ) , че́рево n ( čérevo )
Urdu: پیٹ m ( peṭ )
Uyghur: قورساق ( qorsaq )
Uzbek: qorin (uz)
Vietnamese: bụng (vi)
Volapük: bälid (vo) , götöp ( earlier term ) , lugötöp ( earlier term ) , diskoap ( earlier term )
Welsh: tor f , bol (cy) m
West Frisian: bûk
Xhosa: isisu
Yiddish: בויך m ( boykh )
Zhuang: dungx
Zulu: isisu (zu) class 7 /8
posterior section of an arthropod's body
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 , →ISBN ), page 2
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002 ), “abdomen”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles , 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press , →ISBN , page 3.
Further reading
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
abdomen (plural abdomina or abdomens , diminutive abdomentjie )
( anatomy ) abdomen
Basque
Etymology
From Spanish abdomen ( “ abdomen ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /abdomen/
Rhymes: -omen
Hyphenation: ab‧do‧men
Noun
abdomen inan
( anatomy ) abdomen
Synonym: sabelalde
Declension
Declension of abdomen (inanimate, ending in consonant)
Further reading
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abdōmen .
Pronunciation
Noun
abdomen m (plural abdòmens )
abdomen
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abdōmen .
Pronunciation
Noun
abdomen m (plural abdomens )
abdomen
Derived terms
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch abdomen , from Middle French abdomen , from Latin abdōmen , possibly from abdō ( “ conceal ” ) , from ab ( “ away ” ) + -do ( “ put, place ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /abˈdo.men/ ,
Rhymes: -omen
Hyphenation: ab‧do‧men
Noun
abdomen
abdomen
( anatomy ) The belly , or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis , not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions
Synonym: perut
( anatomy ) the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum , and contains the viscera ; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity
( zoology , entomology ) the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans , and other
Derived terms
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Of unclear origin; often suggested to be from abdō ( “ to hide, conceal ” ) + -men , though de Vaan doesn't find this convincing.[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
abdōmen n (genitive abdōminis ) ; third declension
( anatomy ) belly , abdomen
( by extension of meaning ) gluttony
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
“abdomen ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“abdomen ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
abdomen 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) , Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English abdomen , from Middle French abdomen , from Latin abdomen , possibly from abdō ( “ conceal ” ) , from ab ( “ away ” ) + -dō ( “ put, place ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
abdomen (Jawi spelling ابدومن )
The abdomen :
( anatomy ) The belly , or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis , not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
Synonym: perut
( anatomy ) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum , and contains the viscera ; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis.
( zoology , entomology ) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans , and other Arthropoda .
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Diagram showing the abdomen of an insect.
Etymology
From Latin abdōmen ( “ belly, abdomen; gluttony ” ) , possibly from both abdō ( “ I hide, conceal ” ) , from ab- ( “ from, away, off ” ) , from ab ( “ from, away from, on, in ” ) , from Proto-Italic *ab , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ( “ off, away ” ) (+ the ending *dō ( “ put ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ( “ to do, put, place ” ) ) + and from -men ( forms neuter nouns ) , from Proto-Italic *-men , from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ ( creates action nouns or result nouns ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /abˈduːmən/
Rhymes: -ən
Hyphenation: ab‧do‧men
Noun
abdomen n (definite singular abdomenet , indefinite plural abdomen or abdomina , definite plural abdomena or abdomenene or abdominaene )
( anatomy , entomology ) abdomen , belly (or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis )
Synonyms: buk , underliv
2005 April 7, tidsskriftet.no (Tidsskrift for Den norske lægeforening) :computertomografi ved akutt abdomen computed tomography of the acute abdomen
1974 , Knut Faldbakken , Uår. Aftenlandet , page 175 :Mary Diamonds tronende abdomen Mary Diamonds enthroned abdomen
1997 , Liv Køltzow , Verden forsvinner , page 98 :en henvisning til ultralyd abdomen og nyrer a reference to ultrasound of the abdomen and kidneys
( zoology , entomology ) abdomen (the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans , and other Arthropoda )
Synonym: bakkropp
Derived terms
References
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abdōmen .[ 1] First attested in 1791.[ 2]
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /abˈdɔ.mɛn/
Rhymes: -ɔmɛn
Syllabification: ab‧do‧men
Noun
abdomen m inan
abdomen ( of a person )
Synonym: brzuch
( arthropod anatomy ) abdomen ( of an insect )
Synonym: odwłok
Declension
References
^ Mirosław Bańko , Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021 ) “abdomen ”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych , →ISBN
^ Pierre-François Nicolas (1791 ) Dykcyonarz Powszechny Medyki, Chirurgii, i Sztuki Hodowania Bydląt Czyli Lekarz Wieyski Zawieraiący Rozciągłe wiadomości wszystkich części sztuki Lekarskiey ... Dzieło pożyteczne wszystkim klassom Obywatelow i do ich poiętności przystosowane przez Towarzystwo Lekarzow Francuzkich. T. 6 , page 33
Further reading
abdomen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abdōmen .
Pronunciation
Noun
abdomen n (plural abdomene )
( anatomy ) abdomen , belly
Synonyms: burtă , pântece , vintre
Declension
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abdōmen .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /abdǒːmen/
Hyphenation: ab‧do‧men
Noun
abdómen m (Cyrillic spelling абдо́мен )
abdomen
Synonym: tr̀buh ( “ stomach ” )
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abdōmen .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /abˈdomen/
Rhymes: -omen
Syllabification: ab‧do‧men
Noun
abdomen m (plural abdómenes )
abdomen
Synonym: vientre
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abdomen , from Latin abdōmen .
Pronunciation
Noun
abdomen or ábdomén (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ ) ( uncommon )
abdomen
Synonyms: tiyan , sikmura
Further reading
“ abdomen ” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino , Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino , 2021
“abdomen ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972 ) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina , Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 2
Turkish
Etymology
From Latin abdōmen .
Noun
abdomen (definite accusative abdomeni , plural abdomenler )
abdomen
Derived terms
References
Nişanyan Sözlük: "abdomen"