beer belly

English

Alternative forms

• beerbelly

Noun

beer belly (plural beer bellies)

1. A protruding belly caused by excess fat stored in the abdomen and colloquially attributed to the consumption of beer.

Synonyms

• (paunch attributed to beer): beer baby, beer gut, beer muscles, German goiter, Molson muscle

Hypernyms

• See also Thesaurus:paunch.

Derived terms

• beer-bellied

Translations

protruding abdomen

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 啤酒肚 (be¹ zau² tou⁵), 士啤呔 (si⁶ be¹ taai¹)

  Mandarin: 將軍肚／将军肚 (jiāngjūndù), 啤酒肚 (zh) (píjiǔdù)

• Czech: pivní pupek (cs) m, bachor (cs) m
• Danish: ølmave c, ølvom (da) c
• Dutch: bierbuik (nl) m
• Estonian: õllekõht (et)
• Faroese: ølkíkur m
• Finnish: kaljamaha (fi)
• French: sac à bière (fr) m, panse à bière (fr) f
• German: Bierbauch (de) m (literally “beer belly”), Wampe (de) f, Schnitzelfriedhof m (literally “cutlet cemetery”)
• Greek: προκοίλι (el) n (prokoíli), (slang) μπυροκοίλι (birokili) n, σκεμπές (el) m (skempés)
• Hungarian: sörhas (hu)
• Icelandic: bjórvömb (is) f
• Irish: maróg óil f
• Japanese: ビール腹 (bīrubara)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: brzuszysko (pl) n, brzuszek piwny (pl) m, kałdun (pl) m, mięsień piwny m, ciąża gastronomiczna f
• Portuguese: pança de cerveja f, barriga de cerveja (pt) f
• Russian: пивно́й живо́т m (pivnój živót)
• Sicilian: panz'i bira m or f
• Spanish: barriga cervecera f, lonja (es) f, pancho (es) m, panza de birra f, panza chelera f (Mexico)
• Swedish: ölmage (sv) c
• Turkish: bira göbeği
• Vietnamese: bụng bia
• Volapük: birabälid