anus
English
editEtymology
editFirst 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- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.nəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪnəs
Noun
edit- (anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
- (informal, derogatory) An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.
Synonyms
edit- See Thesaurus:anus
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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See also
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanus m (invariable)
Related terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanus m (plural anussen or ani, diminutive anusje n)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanus
Declension
editInflection 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
editFurther 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
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ānus (“ring; anus”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanus m (plural anus)
Synonyms
edit- (vulgar) trou du cul, trou de balle
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Turkish: anüs
Further reading
edit- “anus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editānus m (genitive ānī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
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
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom 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
editanus 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
editFourth-declension noun.
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
editRelated terms
edit- anas (#2)
Adjective
editanus f
Usage notes
editOnly 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
editSee 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
editanūs
- 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
editPronunciation
editVerb
edit·anus
- first-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid
- first-person singular preterite conjunct of anaid
Mutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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·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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanus n (plural anusuri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | anus | anusul | anusuri | anusurile | |
genitive-dative | anus | anusului | anusuri | anusurilor | |
vocative | anusule | anusurilor |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- anus in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)
Noun
editanus n
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | anus | anus |
definite | anuset | anusets | |
plural | indefinite | anus | anus |
definite | anusen | anusens |
Synonyms
editSynonyms (vulgar or slang)
editSee also
edit- anal
- ringmuskel (“sphincter”)
References
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/eɪnəs
- Rhymes:English/eɪnəs/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Anatomy
- English informal terms
- English derogatory terms
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- ca:Anatomy
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- nl:Body parts
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnus
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
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- Rhymes:French/ys
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- fr:Anatomy
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- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- ro:Anatomy
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