anus

See also: Anus, ânus, añus, anüs, and -anus

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.nəs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪnəs

Noun

anus (plural anuses or ani)

2. (anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

   Synonyms: arsehole, asshole; see also Thesaurus:anus

4. (informal, derogatory) An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.

   Synonyms: arsehole, asshole; see also Thesaurus:jerk

Derived terms

• anilingus
• anused
• anusless
• anuslike
• artificial anus
• corrugator cutis ani
• ignoranus
• levator ani
• pruritus ani

Related terms

• anal
• anally

Translations

lower opening of the digestive tract

• Afrikaans: anus (af)
• Albanian: anus m
• Arabic: اِسْت (ar) m (ist), شَرْج m (šarj)

  Egyptian Arabic: شرج m (šarag), فتحة الشرج f (fatḥat eš-šarag), خرم الطيز m (ḵorm eṭ-ṭīz) (vulgar)

• Armenian: հետանցք (hy) (hetancʻkʻ), սրբան (hy) (srban)
• Asturian: anu m
• Azerbaijani: məqəd, göt (slang)
• Bashkir: арт юл (art yul), күтән тишеге (kütən tişege), (vulgar, colloquial) күт (küt)
• Basque: uzki
• Belarusian: а́нус m (ánus), за́дні прахо́д m (zádni praxód)
• Bengali: মলদ্বার (bn) (moldar), (vulgar) পুটকি (bn) (puṭki)
• Bulgarian: а́нус (bg) m (ánus)
• Burmese: စအို (my) (ca.ui), ဖင် (my) (hpang), စအိုဝ (ca.uiwa.)
• Catalan: anus (ca) m
• Cherokee: (his/her/its) ᎤᎦᏎᏂ (ugaseni)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肛門 / 肛门 (gong¹ mun⁴), 屎窟窿 (si² fat¹ lung¹), 屎眼 (si² ngaan⁵)

  Mandarin: 肛門 / 肛门 (zh) (gāngmén), 糞門 / 粪门 (zh) (fènmén)

• Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲛⲓ f (pouni), ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲣⲙⲏ m (manermē)
• Czech: řiť (cs) f, řitní otvor (cs) m
• Danish: endetarmsåbning (da), anus (da)
• Dhivehi: ފުރަގަސް ފަރާތު ދޮރު (furagas farātu doru)
• Dutch: anus (nl) m, aars (nl) m
• Egyptian: (pḥwyt)
• Esperanto: anuso, postaĵotruo
• Estonian: pärak
• Faroese: gat n, arshol n
• Finnish: peräaukko (fi), anus (fi)
• French: anus (fr) m, trou du cul (fr) m, trou de cul (fr) m
• Galician: ano (gl) m, cenzo m (informal), cu (gl) m (informal), ollo do cu (gl) m (informal)
• Georgian: ყითა ნაწლავი (q̇ita nac̣lavi), ანუსი (anusi), უკანა ტანი (uḳana ṭani), პროჭი (ṗroč̣i) (vulgar)
• German: Anus (de) m, After (de) m
• Greek: πρωκτός (el) (proktós)

  Ancient: πρωκτός n (prōktós)

• Greenlandic: iteq
• Gujarati: ગુદા (gudā), હંગણી n (haṅgṇī), ગાંડ (gā̃ḍ), મળદ્વાર (maḷdvār)
• Haitian Creole: dèyè
• Hausa: dubùr̃ā f
• Hawaiian: puka kahiko
• Hebrew: פִּי הַטַּבַּעַת (he) m (pi hataba'at)
• Hindi: गुदा (hi) m (gudā), (vulgar) गांड f (gāṇḍ), मलद्वार (hi) m (maladvār)
• Hungarian: végbélnyílás (hu)
• Icelandic: endaþarmsop (is), bakrauf
• Ido: anuso (io)
• Indonesian: dubur (id), anus (id), abaimana (id) (archaic)
• Interlingua: ano
• Inuktitut: ᐃᑎᖅ (iu) (itiq)
• Irish: anas
• Italian: ano (it) m
• Ivatan: dachan
• Japanese: 肛門 (ja) (こうもん, kōmon)
• Jeju: 또꼬망 (ttokkomang)
• Kannada: ಗುದ (kn) (guda)
• Kapampangan: pitaklan
• Kaurna: murntu
• Kazakh: анус (anus)
• Khmer: ទ្វារធំ (tvie tʰom), ទ្វារលាមក (tvie liemʊək)
• Korean: 항문(肛門) (ko) (hangmun), 똥구멍 (ko) (ttonggumeong), (slang) 후장 (ko) (hujang)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کۆم (kom)

  Northern Kurdish: kom (ku) f

• Kurtjar: dhooerd
• Kyrgyz: анус (anus)
• Lao: ທະວານໜັກ (tha wān nak), ດາກ (dāk), ຕູດ (tūt), ກົ້ນຂີ້ (kon khī), ຮູກົ້ນ (hū kon), ຮູຂີ້ (hū khī), ໃສ້ສຸດ (sai sut)
• Latin: ānus (la) m, (vulgar) pōdex m
• Latvian: tūplis m, anālā atvere f
• Lithuanian: išangė f
• Macedonian: анус m (anus), чмар m (čmar)
• Malagasy: fory (mg)
• Malay: dubur (ms)
• Malayalam: ഗുദം (ml) (gudaṁ), മലദ്വാരം (ml) (maladvāraṁ)
• Maltese: toqba tas-sorm, tirma f
• Manchu: ᡨᡝᡵᡠ (teru), ᡶᠠᠵᡠᡴᡡ (fajukū)
• Maori: whero (mi), toretore, tero, parahua
• Mapun: tombong
• Marathi: गुदद्वार m (gudadvār)
• Mongolian: хошного (mn) (xošnogo), гургалдай (mn) (gurgaldaj)
• Navajo: ajilchiiʼ
• Ngarrindjeri: pininggi
• Norman: bas d'sé m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anus m, endetarmsåpning m or f, rumpehull (no) n

  Nynorsk: endetarmsåpning f, rævhol n

• Nukunu: murntu
• Ojibwe: nijiid
• Okinawan: 尻ぬ目 (ちびぬみー, chibi nu mī)
• Old English: earsþȳrel, setl, utgang, earsgang
• Old High German: arsloh n
• Pashto: مقعد m (maq'ád), سمباخ m (sombãx), سوغۍ f (suǧéy), کونه (ps) f (kwᶕna)
• Persian: مقعد (fa) (maq'ad), کون (fa) (kun) (vulgar)
• Pitjantjatjara: kuna aḻa
• Polish: odbyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: ânus (pt) m
• Quechua: uquti
• Romanian: anus (ro) n
• Russian: а́нус (ru) m (ánus), ана́льное отве́рстие n (análʹnoje otvérstije), за́дний прохо́д (ru) m (zádnij proxód), заднепроходно́е отве́рстие (ru) n (zadneproxodnóje otvérstije), (vulgar) жо́па (ru) f (žópa), (vulgar) очко́ (ru) n (očkó)
• Sami:

  Inari: pottâräigi

  Kildin Sami: пэ̄дтчалльм (pēdtčall’m)

  Northern: bahtaráigi

  Skolt: põttčâʹlmm

• Sanskrit: गुद (sa) n (guda), पायु (sa) m (pāyu), भसद् (sa) f (bhasad), लुब्धक (sa) m (lubdhaka), सीध्र (sa) n (sīdhra)
• Scottish Gaelic: tòn f, màs m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чмар m, анус m

  Roman: čmar (sh) m, anus (sh) m

• Sicilian: anu (scn) m
• Slovak: riť (sk) f, ritný otvor m
• Slovene: zádnjik (sl) m inan
• Spanish: ano (es) m, sisiflís m (El Salvador), mufle m (vulgar, Peru), nai (es) m (vulgar, Cuba)
• Swahili: mkundu (sw)
• Swedish: analöppning (sv) c, ändtarmsöppning (sv) c, anus (sv) n, (vulgar) rövhål (sv) n, (slang) tvåan (sv), (vulgar) dajmkryss (sv) n, (vulgar) brunöga n, (vulgar) prutten (sv) c, (vulgar) skitan (sv) c, (vulgar) fisring c
• Tagalog: butas ng puwit, anus, butas-puwit
• Tajik: анус (anus)
• Tamil: சூத்து (ta) (cūttu), எச்சவாய் (ta) (eccavāy), குதம் (ta) (kutam), சூறு (ta) (cūṟu), பீடம் (ta) (pīṭam), பீறு (ta) (pīṟu), பூறு (pūṟu), பொச்சு (ta) (poccu), கண்ணாணி (ta) (kaṇṇāṇi), அபானம் (ta) (apāṉam)
• Taos: cȅdéna
• Tarifit: juffiḍ m
• Telugu: గుదము (te) (gudamu)
• Thai: ทวารหนัก (th) (tá-waan-nàk), ตูด (th) (dtùut)
• Tigrinya: መሃንቱስ (mähantus)
• Tooro: ekifunjo class 7
• Turkish: anüs (tr), makat (tr), göt (tr) (slang), şerç (tr) (archaic), göt deliği (vulgar)
• Turkmen: anus
• Ukrainian: а́нус m (ánus), відхі́дник m (vidxídnyk), за́дній прохі́д m (zádnij proxíd)
• Urdu: گدا m (gudā), مقعد (maq'ad), گانڈ (ur) m (gāṇḍ) (vulgar)
• Uyghur: مەقئەت (meq'et), ئارقا تەرەت يولى (arqa teret yoli), پۈرۈك (pürük), سوڭ (song), كۆت (köt) (vulgar)
• Uzbek: anal teshigi, anus
• Vietnamese: hậu môn (vi), lỗ đít (vi)
• Volapük: kül (vo)
• Welsh: anws (cy)
• Wiradjuri: buubuul, bubul
• Yiddish: אַנוס m (anus)
• Yoruba: ihò-ìdí, fùrọ̀ (vulgar)
• Yup'ik: eteq
• Zazaki: qen f, qul f (archaic)

See also

• cloaca
• rectum

Anagrams

• Usan, saun, asun, UNAs, SANU, NSAU, naus, Naus, USNA, USAN, Unas

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.nus]

Noun

anus m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) anus

Related terms

• anell

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus.

Noun

anus c (indeclinable)

1. (anatomy) anus

Synonyms

• endetarmsåbning

References

• “anus” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.nʏs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: anus

Noun

anus m (plural anussen or ani, diminutive anusje n)

1. anus

Synonyms

• aars
• poepgat (Netherlands)

Derived terms

• anusridder
• anusspier

Related terms

• anaal

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ(ː)nus/, [ˈɑ̝(ː)nus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑnus
• Syllabification^(key): a‧nus
• Hyphenation^(key): anus

Noun

anus

1. anus

   Synonyms: see peräaukko

Declension

Inflection of anus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of anus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative anukseni anukseni accusative nom. anukseni anukseni gen. anukseni genitive anukseni anusteni anuksieni partitive anustani anuksiani inessive anuksessani anuksissani elative anuksestani anuksistani illative anukseeni anuksiini adessive anuksellani anuksillani ablative anukseltani anuksiltani allative anukselleni anuksilleni essive anuksenani anuksinani translative anuksekseni anuksikseni abessive anuksettani anuksittani instructive — — comitative — anuksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative anuksesi anuksesi accusative nom. anuksesi anuksesi gen. anuksesi genitive anuksesi anustesi anuksiesi partitive anustasi anuksiasi inessive anuksessasi anuksissasi elative anuksestasi anuksistasi illative anukseesi anuksiisi adessive anuksellasi anuksillasi ablative anukseltasi anuksiltasi allative anuksellesi anuksillesi essive anuksenasi anuksinasi translative anukseksesi anuksiksesi abessive anuksettasi anuksittasi instructive — — comitative — anuksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative anuksemme anuksemme accusative nom. anuksemme anuksemme gen. anuksemme genitive anuksemme anustemme anuksiemme partitive anustamme anuksiamme inessive anuksessamme anuksissamme elative anuksestamme anuksistamme illative anukseemme anuksiimme adessive anuksellamme anuksillamme ablative anukseltamme anuksiltamme allative anuksellemme anuksillemme essive anuksenamme anuksinamme translative anukseksemme anuksiksemme abessive anuksettamme anuksittamme instructive — — comitative — anuksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative anuksenne anuksenne accusative nom. anuksenne anuksenne gen. anuksenne genitive anuksenne anustenne anuksienne partitive anustanne anuksianne inessive anuksessanne anuksissanne elative anuksestanne anuksistanne illative anukseenne anuksiinne adessive anuksellanne anuksillanne ablative anukseltanne anuksiltanne allative anuksellenne anuksillenne essive anuksenanne anuksinanne translative anukseksenne anuksiksenne abessive anuksettanne anuksittanne instructive — — comitative — anuksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative anuksensa anuksensa accusative nom. anuksensa anuksensa gen. anuksensa genitive anuksensa anustensa anuksiensa partitive anustaan anustansa anuksiaan anuksiansa inessive anuksessaan anuksessansa anuksissaan anuksissansa elative anuksestaan anuksestansa anuksistaan anuksistansa illative anukseensa anuksiinsa adessive anuksellaan anuksellansa anuksillaan anuksillansa ablative anukseltaan anukseltansa anuksiltaan anuksiltansa allative anukselleen anuksellensa anuksilleen anuksillensa essive anuksenaan anuksenansa anuksinaan anuksinansa translative anuksekseen anukseksensa anuksikseen anuksiksensa abessive anuksettaan anuksettansa anuksittaan anuksittansa instructive — — comitative — anuksineen anuksinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• anusaukko
• anustappi

Further reading

• “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

• asun, nasu, suan, suna

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring; anus”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nys/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ys

Noun

anus m (plural anus)

1. (anatomy) anus

Synonyms

• (vulgar) trou du cul, trou de balle

Related terms

• anneau

Descendants

• → Turkish: anüs

Further reading

• “anus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch anus, from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈanus/ [ˈa.nʊs]
• Rhymes: -anus
• Syllabification: a‧nus

Noun

anus (plural anus-anus)

2. (anatomy) anus

   Synonyms: dubur, pelepasan

Related terms

• anal

Further reading

• “anus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nus]

Noun

ānus m (genitive ānī); second declension

2. a ring (of a more geometrical sense)
4. an anus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ānus	ānī
genitive	ānī	ānōrum
dative	ānō	ānīs
accusative	ānum	ānōs
ablative	ānō	ānīs
vocative	āne	ānī

Derived terms

• ānālis
• ānulāris
• ānulārius
• ānulus

Descendants

• Asturian: anu
• → Catalan: anus
• → English: anus
• → French: anus
  • → Turkish: anüs
• Italian: ano
• → Portuguese: ânus
• → Romanian: anus
• Spanish: ano

Etymology 2

anus (old woman).

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nus]

Noun

anus f (genitive anūs); fourth declension

2. old woman, crone, old maid, matron
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.415–416:

     ‘valeās, anus optima!’ dīxī ‘quod superest aevī, molle sit omne, tuī.’

     “May you be healthy, worthy old woman!” I said. “May what is remaining of your life all be gentle.”

   • 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, …

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	anus	anūs
genitive	anūs	anuum
dative	anuī	anibus
accusative	anum	anūs
ablative	anū	anibus
vocative	anus	anūs

Derived terms

• anīlis
• anīlitās
• anīliter

Related terms

• anas (#2)

Adjective

anus f

1. (of a woman) old, elderly, aged
2. (of a thing, grammatically feminine) old, aged

Usage notes

Only used with feminine nouns: the masculine counterpart is senex. Has the sense of an adjective, but declined like the noun. The use with inanimate feminine nouns is attested mostly in poetry in the nominative singular. See Citations:anus.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.nuːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nus]

Noun

anūs

1. inflection of anus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

• (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.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanus/

Verb

·anus

1. first-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid
2. first-person singular preterite conjunct of anaid

Mutation

Mutation of anus

radical	lenition	nasalization
·anus (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	·n-anus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanus]

Noun

anus n (plural anusuri)

1. (anatomy) anus

Declension

Declension of anus

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	anus	anusul		anusuri	anusurile
genitive-dative	anus	anusului		anusuri	anusurilor
vocative	anusule			anusurilor

Related terms

• anal
• inel

Further reading

• “anus”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

Noun

anus n

1. (anatomy) anus

Declension

Declension of anus

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	anus	anus
	definite	anuset	anusets
plural	indefinite	anus	anus
	definite	anusen	anusens

Synonyms

• analöppning
• ändtarmsöppning

Synonyms (vulgar or slang)

• brunöga
• dajmkryss
• fisring
• prutten
• rövhål
• skitan
• tvåan

See also

• anal
• ringmuskel (“sphincter”)

References

• anus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• anus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)