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* French: {{t+|fr|ventre|m}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|ventre|m}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Bauch|m}}; {{t+|de|Taille|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Bauch|m}}; {{t+|de|Taille|f}} |
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|上腹部|tr=jōfukubu|lit=upper belly portion}}, {{t|ja|[[胴体]]の[[中部]]|tr=dōtai no chūbu|lit=middle portion of the [[torso]]}} |
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|横隔膜|tr=おうかくまく, ōkakumaku}} |
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* Latin: {{t|la|praecordia|n-p}} |
* Latin: {{t|la|praecordia|n-p}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|brzuch|m}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|brzuch|m}} |
Revision as of 00:43, 19 September 2023
English
Alternative forms
- midrif (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff.
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
midriff (plural midriffs)
- (anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XXI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.
- 2023 January 20, Dan Bilefsky, “American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- But by Season 3, she said her patience had fizzled like bad Champagne after Emily grossly mispronounced “bien sûr” (“of course!”), flashed her midriff at the office and mistook George Sand, the French romantic writer, as a man.
Synonyms
Translations
mid section of the human torso
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See also
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