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English

Etymology

First attested in 1541. Borrowed from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdomen, possibly from abd? (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + *d?re (“to put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.d?.m?n/, /æb?d??.m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.d?.m?n/, /æb?do?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -??m?n

Noun

abdomen (plural abdomens or abdomina)

1. (obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]
2. (anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonyms: belly, tummy, (informal) stomach; see also Thesaurus:belly

3. (anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. [from early 17th c.]

4. (zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda. [from late 18th c.]

Related terms

• abdominal
• abdominally
• abdominous

Translations

References

• abdomen at OneLook Dictionary Search

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: abdo?men

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Noun

abdomen (plural abdomina or abdomens, diminutive abdomentjie)

1. (anatomy) abdomen

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin abd?men.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?b?d?.m?n/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ab?do.men/

Noun

abdomen m (plural abdòmens)

1. abdomen

Derived terms

• abdominal

French

Etymology

From Latin abd?men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.d?.m?n/

Noun

abdomen m (plural abdomens)

1. abdomen

Derived terms

• abdominal

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch abdomen, from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abd?men, possibly from abd? (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + *dere (“to put, place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ap?do.m?n] (Standard)
• IPA^(key): [ap?do.m?n] (Latinised)
• Hyphenation: ab?do?mên

Noun

abdomên (first-person possessive abdomenku, second-person possessive abdomenmu, third-person possessive abdomennya)

1. (anatomy, entomology, zoology) abdomen

Further reading

• “abdomen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin; often suggested to be from abd? (“to hide, conceal”) +? -men, though de Vaan doesn't find this convincing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab?do?.men/, [äb?d?o?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab?do.men/, [?b?d???m?n]

Noun

abd?men n (genitive abd?minis); third declension

1. (anatomy) belly, abdomen
2. (by extension of meaning) gluttony

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• abd?min?lis

Descendants

References

• abdomen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abdomen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abdomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Malay

Etymology

From Latin abd?men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdom?n/

Noun

abdomen (Jawi spelling ???????, plural abdomen-abdomen, informal 1st possessive abdomenku, impolite 2nd possessive abdomenmu, 3rd possessive abdomennya)

1. abdomen (belly)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abd?men (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”), possibly from both abd? (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *d? (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn? (creates action nouns or result nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?du?m?n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Hyphenation: ab?do?men

Noun

abdomen n (definite singular abdomenet, indefinite plural abdomen or abdomina, definite plural abdomena or abdomenene or abdominaene)

1. (anatomy, entomology) abdomen, belly (or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis)

   Synonyms: buk, underliv

2. (zoology, entomology) abdomen (the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda)

   Synonym: bakkropp

Derived terms

• abdominal

References

• “abdomen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abdomen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abdomen” in Store medisinske leksikon
• “abdomen (zoology)” in Store norske leksikon

Polish

Etymology

From Latin abd?men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?d?.m?n/

Noun

abdomen m inan

1. (anatomy) abdomen (of a person)

   Synonym: brzuch

2. (arthropod anatomy) abdomen (of an insect)

   Synonym: odw?ok

Declension

Derived terms

• abdominalny

Further reading

• abdomen in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• abdomen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French abdomen, Latin abd?men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.do?men/

Noun

abdomen n (plural abdomene)

1. (anatomy) abdomen, belly

   Synonyms: burt?, pântece, vintre

Declension

Related terms

• abdominal

See also

• stomac

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin abd?men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abd??men/
• Hyphenation: ab?do?men

Noun

abdómen m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. abdomen

Declension

Synonyms

• tr?buh (“stomach”)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin abd?men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?domen/, [a???ð?o.m?n]

Noun

abdomen m (plural abdómenes)

1. abdomen

   Synonym: vientre

Related terms

• abdominal

Further reading

• “abdomen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Turkish

Etymology

From Latin abd?men.

Noun

abdomen (definite accusative abdomeni, plural abdomenler)

1. abdomen

Derived terms

• abdominal

References

Ni?anyan Sözlük: "abdomen"

English

Etymology

From Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??p???e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??p???e???n/

Noun

corporation (plural corporations)

1. A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
2. The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
3. (historical) In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
4. (slang, dated, humorous) A protruding belly (perhaps a play on the word corpulence).

   Synonym: paunch

   • 1918, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 91:

     'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'

   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 316:

     He was a big chap with a corporation already, and a flat face rather like Dora's, and he had a thin black moustache.

   • 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 20, p. 620,^[2]

     The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground. He lay covering his corporation with as much as his body and limbs would allow.

Derived terms

• British Broadcasting Corporation
• corporation tax

Hyponyms

• (body corporate): public limited company (UK)

Related terms

• corporate
• incorporate

Translations

Further reading

• corporation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• corporation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

corporation f (plural corporations)

1. corporation
2. guild