gluteus

English

Alternative forms

• glutæus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

Noun

gluteus (plural gluteuses or glutei)

1. (anatomy) Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.
2. (slang, informal) Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks.

   I'm going to kick your gluteus.

Synonyms

• glute (informal)

Hyponyms

• gluteus maximus
• gluteus medius
• gluteus minimus

Translations

(anatomy) one of the several muscles of nates

• Bulgarian: бедрен мускул m (bedren muskul)
• Finnish: pakaralihas (fi)
• French: fessier (fr)
• Hungarian: farizom (hu)
• Japanese: 臀筋 (でんきん, denkin)
• Mongolian: глютей (gljütej)
• Spanish: glúteo (es)
• Turkish: ilye kası

References

• “gluteus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Telugus