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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
pot + belly
Noun
potbelly (plural potbellies)
- A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch.
- A potbelly stove.
- (informal) A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.
Synonyms
Translations
a large, swollen, or protruding abdomen
- Bengali: ভুঁড়ি (bn) (bhũṛi)
- Bulgarian: шкембе (bg) n (škembe)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大肚皮 (dàdùpí), 大肚子 (zh) (dàdùzi)
- Dutch: bierbuik (nl) m, spekbuik m, buikje (nl) n, pens (nl) f
- Finnish: pallomaha
- French: bedaine (fr) f, bidoche (fr) f
- German: Wampe (de) f
- Irish: urbholg m, ardbholg m
- Japanese: 太鼓腹 (たいこばら, taikobara)
- Korean: 똥배 (ko) (ttongbae)
- Latin: aquāliculus m
- Macedonian: чке́мбе n (čkémbe), шке́мбе n (škémbe)
- Polish: bebech (pl) m, bebzun (pl) m, brzuchol m, kałdun (pl) m
- Russian: пу́зо (ru) n (púzo), брю́хо (ru) n (brjúxo)
- Spanish: panza (es) f
- Swahili: kitambi (sw)
- Swedish: kulmage (sv) c
- Turkish: göbek (tr)
- Volapük: pinabälid, birabälid
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a potbelly stove
- Bulgarian: кюмбе n (kjumbe)
- Macedonian: пе́чка f (péčka), ќу́мбе n (ḱúmbe) (dialectal)
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