English Explanatory Dictionary

anus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
  2. An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.
name
  1. An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪ.nəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anus.wav

Word forms

anus anuses ani

Etymology

Either from Middle French anus or Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). First attested in 1658. See also anal, annular, annelid.

Synonyms

a-hole anus arsehole arse asscunt asshole asspussy ass back alley back door back passage balloon knot batty batty hole bootyhole bottom brown eye browneye bumhole bum bung-hole bunghole bungus butthole buttonhole chocolate channel chocolate starfish chuff cinnamon ring clacka clacker cornhole craphole cumhole dinger ding dock dookie hole dung funnel exit hole fartbox farthole fourth point of contact freckle fuckhole fudge tunnel fundament Gary Glitter gump stump Hershey highway jacksie jacksy keister leather cheerio love hole other end poop chute pooper poophole rear exit

Related words

anal anally cloaca arse like a Japanese flag two in the pink one in the stink anal pore anal sphincter sphincter buttocks feces gluteal cleft hindgut Wiktionary’s coverage of Anus terms

Derived words

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

Translations

Afrikaans: anus Albanian: anus Arabic: اِسْت Arabic: شَرْج Arabic: شرج Arabic: فتحة الشرج Arabic: خرم الطيز Armenian: հետանցք Armenian: սրբան Asturian: anu Azerbaijani: məqəd Azerbaijani: dəmək Azerbaijani: göt deşiyi Bashkir: арт юл Bashkir: күтән тишеге Bashkir: күт Basque: uzki Belarusian: а́нус Belarusian: за́дні прахо́д Bengali: মলদ্বার Bengali: পুটকি Bulgarian: а́нус Burmese: စအို Burmese: ဖင် Burmese: စအိုဝ Catalan: anus Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏎᏂ Chinese Cantonese: 肛門 /肛门 Chinese Cantonese: 屎窟窿 Chinese Cantonese: 屎眼 Chinese Mandarin: 肛門 /肛门 Chinese Mandarin: 糞門 /粪门 Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲛⲓ Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲣⲙⲏ Czech: řiť Czech: řitní otvor Danish: endetarmsåbning Danish: anus Dhivehi: ފުރަގަސް ފަރާތު ދޮރު Dutch: anus Dutch: aars Egyptian: F22-M17-M17-F51 Esperanto: anuso Esperanto: postaĵotruo Estonian: pärak Faroese: gat Faroese: arshol Finnish: peräaukko Finnish: anus French: anus French: trou du cul French: trou de cul Galician: ano Galician: cenzo Galician: cu Galician: ollo do cu Georgian: ყითა ნაწლავი Georgian: ანუსი Georgian: უკანა ტანი Georgian: პროჭი German: Anus German: After Old High German: arsloh Greek: πρωκτός Ancient Greek: πρωκτός Greenlandic: iteq Gujarati: ગુદા Gujarati: હંગણી Gujarati: ગાંડ Gujarati: મળદ્વાર Haitian Creole: dèyè Hausa: dubùr̃ā Hawaiian: puka kahiko Hebrew: פִּי הַטַּבַּעַת Hindi: गुदा Hindi: गांड Hindi: मलद्वार
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