Translation
backside, bottom
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Word origin
From Greek pyge, the rump. The same root turns up in the English word callipygian, said of someone with a well-shaped backside, which is about the only place English keeps it.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- pyge
- English cognates
- callipygian
Examples
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The child fell and bumped its bottom.
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The dog is sitting on its bottom and waiting.
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The bottom is the softest part of the body.
is everyday and mildly informal rather than rude - roughly where English bottom sits, not where the coarser words sit. For the anatomical register you will meet gluteo, and for the seat of a chair or a pair of trousers Esperanto says . The adjective exists but is rarely needed.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 7: pugo, humoro, sezono and 7 more words.