fanny pack

English

Woman wearing a fanny pack

Etymology

From fanny (“the backside”) + pack.

Noun

fanny pack (plural fanny packs)

1. (Canada, US) A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.

   She wears her fanny pack every day on her morning jog around Central Park.

   Synonyms: belly bag (US), belt bag, bum bag (UK, Australia, New Zealand), moon bag (South Africa), waist bag

Usage notes

• While fanny is acceptable in Canada and the US, the term can be misconstrued as offensive in other countries; see fanny (“female genitalia”).

Translations

small pouch worn at the waist

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腰包 (zh) (yāobāo)

• Czech: ledvinka (cs) f
• Dutch: heuptas (nl) n
• Finnish: vyölaukku (fi)
• French: banane (fr) f
• German: Gürteltasche f, Bauchtasche f
• Hungarian: övtáska (hu), hasitasi (informal)

• Italian: marsupio (it) m
• Maori: tātua pūpara
• Norwegian: rumpetaske (no) m or f
• Polish: nerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: pochete (pt)
• Spanish: banano (es) m (Chile), cangurera f (Mexico), cangura f (Costa Rica), canguro m (Colombia), koala m (Venezuela), riñonera f (Argentina, Spain, Uruguay)
• Swedish: magväska c, midjeväska c

References

• “fanny pack” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.