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 in many animals, 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”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anus m (invariable)
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)
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”).
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. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “anus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, 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”)
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-Italic *ānos (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Old Irish áinne (from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos (“ring”)), Old Armenian անուր (anur, “ring, necklace”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) 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 |
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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-Italic *anus (“old woman”), from *h₂en-H-o- (“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”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) 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, …
- … the sister drinks, the brother drinks,
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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 Latin) 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.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ānus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
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”)
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”)
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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