World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariestrain-train
Pronunciation / Transliteration: trn-trn
"Il est tombé sur son train-train."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
A person's buttocks.
"He slipped on the ice and landed right on his fanny."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived as a diminutive of the given name Frances, which originates from the Late Latin Franciscus meaning 'Frenchman'. By the late 19th century in North American English, it shifted in meaning to become an informal term for the buttocks.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fanny" is said worldwide
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train-train
Transliteration: trn-trn
"Il est tombé sur son train-train."
Popo
Transliteration: Popo
"Er ist auf seinen Popo gefallen."
sedere
Transliteration: sedere
"È caduto sul sedere."
trasero
Transliteration: trasero
"Se cayó sobre su trasero."
bumbum
Transliteration: bumbum
"Ele caiu sentado no bumbum."
नieß
Transliteration: nitamba
Script: नितंब
"वह फिसल कर अपने नितंब के बल गिर पड़ा।"
屁股
Transliteration: pìgu
"他滑倒了，屁股着地。"
엉덩이
Transliteration: eongdeong-i
"그는 미끄러져서 엉덩이로 넘어졌다."
お尻
Transliteration: oshiri
"彼は滑ってお尻から転んだ。"
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