cleft chin

English

A man with a cleft chin

Etymology

From cleft +‎ chin. Compare Middle English clove chynne (“cleft chin”, literally “cloven chin”).

Noun

cleft chin (plural cleft chins)

1. An anatomical genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.

Synonyms

• bum chin
• butt chin
• chin cleft
• chin dimple
• superhero chin
• mental cleft from the Latin mentum (chin) formed at the juncture of the two mentalis muscles

Translations

cleft chin

• Arabic: طَابَع اَلْحُسْن m (ṭabaʕ al-ḥusn)

  Egyptian Arabic: طابع الحسن m (abeʕ el-ḥusn)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裂下巴 (lièxiàba), 顎裂 / 颚裂 (zh) (èliè)

• Finnish: lovileuka, kuoppaleuka
• French: menton fendu m, menton fourchu m
• Galician: focha (gl) f
• German: Kinngrübchen n
• Icelandic: hökuskarð, pétursskarð, pétursspor
• Italian: mento leporino m
• Japanese: 割れ顎 (wareago), (informal, lit.: butt chin) ケツあご (ketsuago) (also spelled: ケツ顎 (ketsuago), 尻顎 (ketsuago))
• Russian: раздво́енный подборо́док m (razdvójennyj podboródok)
• Spanish: barbilla partida f, barba partida f, mentón partido m
• Swedish: hakgrop c
• Vietnamese: cằm chẻ
• Yoruba: tọ́ọ́rọ́ àgbọ̀n