clune

See also: Clune

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clūnem (“buttock”), from Proto-Italic *klounis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis (“buttocks, hip”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklu.ne/
  • Rhymes: -une
  • Hyphenation: clù‧ne

Noun

clune f (plural cluni) (literary)

  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock
    Synonyms: gluteo, natica

Latin

Noun

clūne

  1. ablative singular of clūnis
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