English Explanatory Dictionary

tummy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The stomach or belly.
  2. A protruding belly, paunch.
  3. In reference to where a baby is carried, the abdomen, or specifically the womb, especially of a woman, but also of animals in general (usually mammals).

Pronunciation

/ˈtʌ.mi/ En-au-tummy.ogg

Word forms

tummy tummies tummie

Etymology

Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy. Compare twee and pasghetti for similar phonetic reductions.

Synonyms

belly bay window beer baby beer belly beer gut beer muscles Buddha belly corporation German goitre gorbelly Milwaukee goiter Molson muscle paunch pooch pot potbelly spare tire swagbelly tummy

Related words

stommy belly

Derived words

gyppy tummy jiffy tummy tum tummyache tummy button tummy time tummy tuck

Translations

Bulgarian: тумбаче Bulgarian: шкембе Czech: bříško Finnish: masu Finnish: massu Finnish: maha Finnish: vatsa French: bidon German: Bäuchlein German: Bauch Hungarian: pocak Hungarian: poci Hungarian: hasikó Icelandic: malli Icelandic: mallakútur Italian: pancia Italian: pancino Japanese: ぽんぽん Polish: brzuszek Russian: живо́тик Russian: пу́зико Russian: брю́шко Russian: живо́т Russian: пу́зо Russian: брю́хо Spanish: bidón Spanish: barriga Spanish: barriguita Spanish: bola Turkish: göbüş Esperanto: ventro Esperanto: ventreto Plautdietsch: Buck (nds) Portuguese: barriga Tok Pisin: bel Ukrainian: живі́т Volapük: bälid Volapük: bälidil Welsh: bola Welsh: bol
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