abdomen

English

Diagram showing the abdomen of an insect.

Picture dictionary

body

digestive tract rectus abdominis muscle navel

Etymology

From Latin abdomen, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæbdəmən/, SAMPA: /"{bd@m@n/

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• Rhymes: -əʊmən

Noun

abdomen (plural abdomens)

1. The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.
2. (anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

   He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.

3. (zoology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

Synonyms

• belly
• stomach

Related terms

• abdominal

Translations

belly

Arabic: بطن (ar) (baTn) m., جوف (ar) (jawf) m. Armenian: որովայն (hy) (orovayn), փոր (hy) (orovayn) Basque: sabel (eu), sabelalde (eu), abdomen (eu) Bulgarian: корем (bg) Catalan: abdomen (ca) m., buc (ca) m., panxa (ca) f., ventre (ca) Chamicuro: sye'ki Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏉᎵ (chr) (usquoli) Chinese: Mandarin: 腹部 (cmn) (fùbù), 腹 (cmn) (fù) Coptic: ϩⲏ (hē) Czech: břicho (cs) n. Danish: bug (da) c. Dutch: onderbuik (nl) m., abdomen (nl) n. Egyptian: ẖt Esperanto: ventro (eo) Finnish: vatsa (fi) French: abdomen (fr) m. Georgian: მუცელი (ka) German: Bauch (de) m., Unterleib (de) m. Haitian Creole: anbavant Hungarian: has (hu) Ido: abdomino (io) Indonesian: perut (id) Interlingua: abdomine (ia) Italian: addome (it) m. Japanese: 腹 (ja) (はら, hara), 腹部 (ja) (ふくぶ, fuku-bu) Kapampangan: atian

Korean: 배 (ko) (bae), 복 (ko) (bog, bok) (腹 (ko)) Latin: abdōmen (la) Latvian: vēders (lv) m. Luxembourgish: Ënnerläif (lb) m. Macedonian: мев (mk) (mev), стомак (mk) (stómak) m. Maltese: żaqq (mt) Manx: bolg (gv) Navajo: abid Norwegian: mage (no), buk (no) Novial: abdomene Persian: شکم (fa) (šekam) Polish: brzuch (pl) m. Portuguese: abdómen (pt) m., abdômen (pt) m. (Brazil) Romanian: abdomen (ro) n., burtă (ro) f. Russian: живот (ru) (živót) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тр̀бух (sh) m. Roman: tr̀buh (sh) Slovak: brucho (sk) n. Spanish: abdomen (es) m., vientre (es) m. Swedish: buk (sv) Turkish: karın (tr) Ukrainian: живіт (uk) (žyvít) m. Vietnamese: bụng (vi) Volapük: bälid (vo), (early form) götöp (vo), (early form) lugötöp (vo), (early form) diskoap (vo) West Frisian: bûk (fy) Yiddish: בויך (yi) (boykh, bojch) m.

cavity

Armenian: որովայնի խոռոչ (hy) (orovayni xoṙoč) Catalan: abdomen (ca) m., buc (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 腔, simpl. 腔 (qiāng) Danish: bughule (da) c. Esperanto: abdomeno (eo) Finnish: vatsaontelo (fi) Ido: abdomino (io)

Japanese: お腹 (ja) (おなか, onaka), 腹 (ja) (はら, hara), 腹部 (ja) (ふくぶ, fuku-bu) Korean: 복강 (ko) (boggang) (腹腔 (ko)) Latvian: vēdera dobums (lv) m. Romanian: abdomen (ro) n. Russian: брюшная полость (ru) (brjušnája pólost’) f. Slovak: brušná dutina (sk) f. Turkish: batın (tr) Vietnamese: bụng dạ (vi)

the posterior section of an arthopod's body

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 腹部, simpl. 腹部 (fùbù) Danish: bagkrop (da) c. Esperanto: abdomeno (eo) Finnish: takaruumis (fi)

Hungarian: potroh (hu) Japanese: 腹 (ja) (はら, hara), 腹部 (ja) (ふくぶ, fuku-bu) Polish: odwłok (pl) m. Romanian: abdomen (ro) n. Russian: брюшко (ru) (brjuškó) n.

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d - o - mn

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin abdōmen.

Noun

abdomen m. (plural abdomens)

1. abdomen

Derived terms

• abdominal

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ab.dɔ.mɛn/

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Noun

abdomen m. (plural abdomens)

1. abdomen

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Latin

Noun

abdōmen (genitive abdōminis); n, third declension

1. belly, abdomen
2. (by extension of meaning) gluttony
3. accusative singular of abdōmen
4. vocative singular of abdōmen

Inflection

Third declension, neuter variation (3:N).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	abdōmen	abdōmina
genitive	abdōminis	abdōminum
dative	abdōminī	abdōminibus
accusative	abdōmen	abdōmina
ablative	abdōmine	abdōminibus
vocative	abdōmen	abdōmina

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /abdǒːmen/
• Hyphenation: ab‧do‧men

Noun

abdómen m. (Cyrillic spelling абдо́мен)

1. abdomen

Declension

    declension of abdomen

	singular	plural
nominative	abdomen	abdomeni
genitive	abdomena	abdomena
dative	abdomenu	abdomenima
accusative	abdomen	abdomene
vocative	abdomene	abdomeni
locative	abdomenu	abdomenima
instrumental	abdomenom	abdomenima

Synonyms

• tr̀buh (“stomach”)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin abdōmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /abˈdo̞me̞n/

Noun

abdomen m. (plural abdómenes)

1. abdomen

Synonyms

• vientre m.

Related terms

• abdominal