fesse

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

fesse

from the Latin 'fissa' (split) which took on the sense of 'slit' in popular Latin; it is the substantivized past participle of 'findere' ('to split'). The initial meaning being forgotten, French created 'entrefesse' to designate the initial meaning of 'slit'.

Definitions

anat
marine

Synonyms

meulemichenachearrière-trainbouleculderrièrefionpétardpostérieurpotronséant

Plural

fesses

Translations

  • germangerman:Gesäßbacke
  • englishenglish:bottom
  • koreankorean:엉덩이
  • spanishspanish:nalga
  • greekgreek:γλουτός
  • hebrewhebrew:עכוז
  • italianitalian:natica
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:bil
  • polishpolish:pośladek
  • portugueseportuguese:nádega
  • russianrussian:ягодица
  • swedishswedish:skinka
  • ukrainianukrainian:сідниці

See also

fessu (adj.) fessée (cn.) fesser (v.) fessier (adj.) fessier (cn.) fesseuse (cn.) fesseur (cn.)