rump

English

Etymology

From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). Cognate with Icelandic rumpur (“rump”), Swedish rumpa (“rump”), Dutch romp (“trunk, body, hull”), German Rumpf (“hull, trunk, torso, trunk”).

In the sense of remnant, first attested in the Rump Parliament of 1648.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

rump (plural rumps)

1. the hindquarters of an animal
2. a cut of meat from the rump
3. the buttocks
4. remnant, as in rump parliament

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:buttocks
• (cut of meat from the hindquarters of an animal): round

Derived terms

• rump parliament; see Rump Parliament

Translations

the hindquarters of an animal

Esperanto: gropo  (eo) Finnish: takamus (fi), perä (fi), takapuoli (fi) French: croupe (fr) f. German: Kruppe  (de)

Italian: girello (it), culaccio (it), culatta (it) Russian: круп (ru) m. Spanish: rabadilla (es) f.

a cut of meat from the rump

the buttocks

Chinese: Mandarin: 屁股 (cmn) Finnish: takamus (fi), perä (fi), takapuoli (fi), peppu (fi) French: croupe (fr) f. Italian: natiche (it), deretano (it), sedere (it), chiappe (it)

Norwegian: rumpe (no) f. Spanish: trasero (es) m., nalgas (es) f. pl., posaderas (es) f. pl., asentaderas (es) f. pl. Swedish: rumpa (sv) c. Volapük: glüets (vo)

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Maori: papa