anus

See also: Anus, anüs, ânus, and -anus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

First attested in 1658, from Old French anus, from Latin ānus ‎(“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- ‎(“ring”). See also anal, annular, annelid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪnəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪnəs

Noun

anus ‎(plural anuses)

1. (anatomy) The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

Synonyms

• arsehole
• asshole
• balloon knot
• cornhole
• dookie hole
• See also Wikisaurus:anus

Related terms

• anal
• anally

See also

• cloaca
• rectum

Translations

lower opening of the digestive tract

• Afrikaans: anus
• Albanian: anus m
• Arabic: اِسْت (ar) m ‎(ist), شَرْج m ‎(šarj)

  Egyptian Arabic: شرج m ‎(šarag), فتحة الشرج f ‎(fatḥat e-šarag), خرم الطيز m ‎(xorm e-ṭiiẓ) (vulgar)

• Armenian: հետանցք (hy) ‎(hetancʿkʿ), սրբան ‎(srban)
• Asturian: anu m
• Azeri: məqəd, göt (slang)
• Bashkir: арт юл ‎(art yul), күтән тишеге ‎(kütän tišege), (vulgar, colloquial) күт ‎(küt)
• Basque: uzki
• Belarusian: а́нус m ‎(ánus), за́дні прахо́д m ‎(zádni praxód)
• Bengali: মলদ্বার ‎(môldar), (vulgar) পুটকি ‎(puţki)
• Bulgarian: а́нус (bg) m ‎(ánus)
• Burmese: စအို (my) ‎(ca.ui)
• Catalan: anus (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肛門, 肛门 ‎(gong¹ mun⁴), 屎窟 ‎(si² fat¹), 屎窟窿 ‎(si² fat¹ lung¹), 屎眼 ‎(si² ngaan⁵)

  Mandarin: 肛門, 肛门 (zh) ‎(gāngmén), 糞門, 粪门 (zh) ‎(fènmén)

• Czech: řiť (cs) f, řitní otvor m
• Danish: endetarmsåbning, anus (da)
• Dhivehi: ފުރަގަސް ފަރާތު ދޮރު ‎(furagas farātu doru)
• Dutch: anus (nl) m
• Esperanto: anuso
• Estonian: pärak
• Faroese: gat n, arshol n
• Finnish: anus (fi), peräaukko (fi)
• French: anus (fr) m, trou du cul (fr) m, trou de cul (fr) m
• Georgian: ყითა ნაწლავი ‎(q̇ita nac̣lavi), ანუსი ‎(anusi), უკანა ტანი ‎(uḳana ṭani)
• German: Anus (de) m, After (de) m
• Greek: πρωκτός (el) ‎(proktós)
• Greenlandic: iteq
• Gujarati: ગુદા ‎(gudā)
• Hausa: dubùr̃ā f
• Hawaiian: puka kahiko
• Hebrew: פי הטבעת (he) m ‎(pi hataba'at)
• Hindi: गुदा ‎(gudā), (vulgar) गांड ‎(gānḍ)
• Hungarian: végbélnyílás (hu)
• Icelandic: endaþarmsop (is), bakrauf
• Ido: anuso (io)
• Indonesian: dubur (id), anus (id), abaimana (id) (archaic)
• Interlingua: ano
• Irish: anas
• Italian: ano (it) m
• Japanese: 肛門 ‎(こうもん, kōmon)
• Norman: bas d'sé m
• Kannada: ಗುದ (kn) ‎(guda)
• Kazakh: анус ‎(anws)
• Khmer: ទ្វារធំ ‎(tvie tʰom), ទ្វារលាមក ‎(tvie liemʊək)
• Korean: 똥구멍 (ko) ‎(ttonggumeong), 항문 (ko) ‎(hangmun) (肛門), (slang) 후장 (ko) ‎(hujang)
• Kyrgyz: анус ‎(anus)
• Lao: ທະວານໜັກ ‎(tha wān nak), ດາກ ‎(dāk)
• Latin: anus, culus (la), podex

• Latvian: tūplis m, anālā atvere f
• Lithuanian: išangė f
• Macedonian: анус m ‎(anus)
• Malagasy: fory (mg)
• Malay: dubur
• Malayalam: ഗുദം (ml) ‎(gudaṃ), മലദ്വാരം (ml) ‎(maladvāraṃ)
• Maltese: toqba tas-sorm
• Maori: whero (mi), toretore, tero, parahua
• Marathi: गुदद्वार m ‎(gudadvār)
• Mongolian: хошного (mn) ‎(hošnogo), гургалдай (mn) ‎(gurgaldaj)
• Navajo: ajilchiiʼ
• Northern Sami: bahtaráigi
• Norwegian: anus, endetarmsåpning
• Old English: setl, utgang, earsgang
• Persian: مقعد (fa) ‎(maq'ad), کون (fa) ‎(kun) (vulgar)
• Polish: odbyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: ânus (pt) m
• Romanian: anus (ro) n
• Russian: а́нус (ru) m ‎(ánus), ана́льное отве́рстие n ‎(análʹnoje otvérstije), за́дний прохо́д m ‎(zádnij proxód), заднепроходно́е отве́рстие n ‎(zadneproxodnóje otvérstije), (vulgar) жо́па (ru) f ‎(žópa), (vulgar) очко́ (ru) n ‎(očkó)
• Sanskrit: गुद n ‎(guda), पायु m ‎(pāyu), भसद् f ‎(bhasad), लुब्धक m ‎(lubdhaka), सीध्र n ‎(sīdhra)
• Scottish Gaelic: tòn f, màs m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чмар m, анус m

  Roman: čmar (sh) m, anus (sh) m

• Sicilian: anu (scn) m
• Slovak: riť f, ritný otvor m
• Slovene: zádnjik (sl) m inan
• Spanish: ano (es) m
• Swahili: mkundu (sw)
• Swedish: analöppning (sv), anus (sv)
• Tagalog: butas ng puwit, anus, butas-puwit
• Tajik: анус ‎(anus)
• Tamil: சூத்து (ta) ‎(cūttu), எச்சவாய் ‎(eccavāy), குதம் (ta) ‎(kutam), சூறு (ta) ‎(cūṟu), பீடம் (ta) ‎(pīṭam), பீறு (ta) ‎(pīṟu), பூறு ‎(pūṟu), பொச்சு (ta) ‎(poccu), கண்ணாணி ‎(kaṇṇāṇi), அபானம் (ta) ‎(apāṉam)
• Taos: cȅdéna
• Telugu: గుదము (te) ‎(gudamu)
• Thai: ทวารหนัก (th) ‎(thawaannàk)
• Turkish: anüs (tr), makat (tr), göt (tr) (slang), şerç (tr) (archaic), göt deliği (vulgar)
• Turkmen: anus
• Ukrainian: а́нус m ‎(ánus), відхі́дник m ‎(vidxídnyk), за́дній прохі́д m ‎(zádnij proxíd)
• Urdu: گدا m ‎(gudā), مقعد ‎(maq'ad), گانڈ (ur) m ‎(gānḍ) (vulgar)
• Uzbek: anal teshigi, anus
• Vietnamese: hậu môn (vi), lỗ đít (vi)
• Volapük: kül
• Welsh: anws (cy)
• Wiradhuri: buubuul, bubul
• Yiddish: אַנוס ‎(anus)
• Yup'ik: eteq

Anagrams

• NSAU
• USAN

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anus]

Noun

anus m

1. (anatomy) anus

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanus/

Etymology

Latin ānus

Noun

anus m ‎(plural anus)

1. (anatomy) anus

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

anus m ‎(plural anussen or ani, diminutive anusje n)

1. (anatomy) anus

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

anus

1. anus

Declension

Inflection of anus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		anus	anukset
genitive		anuksen	anusten anuksien
partitive		anusta	anuksia
illative		anukseen	anuksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		anus	anukset
accusative	nom.	anus	anukset
	gen.	anuksen
genitive		anuksen	anusten anuksien
partitive		anusta	anuksia
inessive		anuksessa	anuksissa
elative		anuksesta	anuksista
illative		anukseen	anuksiin
adessive		anuksella	anuksilla
ablative		anukselta	anuksilta
allative		anukselle	anuksille
essive		anuksena	anuksina
translative		anukseksi	anuksiksi
instructive		—	anuksin
abessive		anuksetta	anuksitta
comitative		—	anuksineen

Synonyms

• see synonyms at peräaukko

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ānus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /anys/

Noun

anus m ‎(plural anus)

1. (anatomy) anus

Synonyms

• (Vulgar) trou du cul

External links

• “anus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- ‎(“ring”). Possibly cognate with Old Armenian անուր ‎(anur).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.nus/, [ˈaː.nʊs]

Noun

ānus m ‎(genitive ānī); second declension

1. a ring
2. an anus

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ānus	ānī
genitive	ānī	ānōrum
dative	ānō	ānīs
accusative	ānum	ānōs
ablative	ānō	ānīs
vocative	āne	ānī

Derived terms

• ānulāris
• ānulārius
• ānulus

Descendants

• French: anus
• Italian: ano
• Portuguese: ânus
• Romanian: anus
• Spanish: ano

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enHo- ‎(“old woman”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀννίς ‎(annís) ("maternal grandparent"), Old Armenian հան ‎(han, “grandmother”), Old High German ana ("grandmother") and ano ("grandfather"), Old Prussian ane ("grandmother").

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nus/, [ˈa.nʊs]

Noun

anus f ‎(genitive anūs); fourth declension

1. old woman, crone
   • 11th to 13th century, In taberna quando sumus, from Carmina Burana:

     … bibit soror, bibit frater, / bibit anus, bibit mater, …

     (… the sister drinks, the brother drinks, / the old lady drinks, the mother drinks, …)

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	anus	anūs
genitive	anūs	anuum
dative	anuī	anibus
accusative	anum	anūs
ablative	anū	anibus
vocative	anus	anūs

Derived terms

• anīlis
• anīlitās
• anīliter

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
• (anus): “anus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.
• (ring): “anus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.
• (crone): “anus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.

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Old Irish

Verb

·anus

1. first-person singular future / present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·anus	unchanged	·n-anus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanus]

Noun

anus n ‎(plural anusuri)

1. (anatomy) anus

Declension

declension of anus

	singular		plural
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) anus	anusul	(niște) anusuri	anusurile
genitive/dative	(unui) anus	anusului	(unor) anusuri	anusurilor
vocative	anusule		anusurilor

Related terms

• anal

External links

• anus in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin ānus.

Noun

anus n

1. (anatomy) anus

Declension

Inflection of anus
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	anus	anuset	anus	anusen
Genitive	anus	anusets	anus	anusens