anus

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.nəs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪnəs

anus (plural anuses or ani)

2. (anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

   Synonyms: arsehole, asshole; see also Thesaurus:anus

4. (informal, derogatory) An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.

   Synonyms: arsehole, asshole; see also Thesaurus:jerk

• anal
• anally

• cloaca
• rectum

• Usan, saun, asun, UNAs, SANU, NSAU, naus, Naus, USNA, USAN, Unas

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.nus]

anus m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) anus

• anell

Borrowed from Latin ānus.

anus c (indeclinable)

1. (anatomy) anus

• endetarmsåbning

• “anus” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.nʏs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: anus

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

1. anus

   Synonyms: aars, (Netherlands) poepgat

Learned borrowing from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ(ː)nus/, [ˈɑ̝(ː)nus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑnus
• Syllabification^(key): a‧nus
• Hyphenation^(key): anus

anus

1. anus

   Synonyms: see peräaukko

• “anus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• asun, nasu, suan, suna

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring; anus”)

• IPA^(key): /a.nys/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ys

anus m (plural anus)

1. (anatomy) anus

• (vulgar) trou du cul, trou de balle

• anneau

• → Turkish: anüs

• “anus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Dutch anus, from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈanus/ [ˈa.nʊs]
• Rhymes: -anus
• Syllabification: a‧nus

anus (plural anus-anus)

2. (anatomy) anus

   Synonyms: dubur, pelepasan

• “anus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Italic *ānos (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Old Irish áinne (from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos (“ring”)), Old Armenian անուր (anur, “ring, necklace”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nus]

ānus m (genitive ānī); second declension

2. a ring (of a more geometrical sense)
4. an anus

Second-declension noun.

• ānālis
• ānulāris
• ānulārius
• ānulus

From Proto-Italic *anus (“old woman”), from *h₂en-H-o- (“old woman”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís, “grandmother”), Old Armenian հան (han, “grandmother”), Lithuanian anyta (“mother-in-law”), Old High German ana (“grandmother”), ano (“grandfather”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nus]

anus f (genitive anūs); fourth declension

2. old woman, crone, old maid, matron
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.415–416:

     ‘valeās, anus optima!’ dīxī ‘quod superest aevī, molle sit omne, tuī.’

     “May you be healthy, worthy old woman!” I said. “May what is remaining of your life all be gentle.”

   • 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, …

Fourth-declension noun.

• anīlis
• anīlitās
• anīliter

• anas (#2)

anus f

1. (of a woman) old, elderly, aged
2. (of a thing, grammatically feminine) old, aged

Only used with feminine nouns: the masculine counterpart is senex. Has the sense of an adjective, but declined like the noun. The use with inanimate feminine nouns is attested mostly in poetry in the nominative singular. See Citations:anus.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.nuːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nus]

anūs

1. inflection of anus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• (anus): “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (ring): “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (crone): “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "anus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• anus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanus/

·anus

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

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈanus]

anus n (plural anusuri)

1. (anatomy) anus

• anal
• inel

• “anus”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

anus n

1. (anatomy) anus

• analöppning
• ändtarmsöppning

• brunöga
• dajmkryss
• fisring
• prutten
• rövhål
• skitan
• tvåan

• anal
• ringmuskel (“sphincter”)

• anus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• anus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)