gluteus

English

Alternative forms

• glutæus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gluteus (plural gluteuses or glutei)

1. (anatomy) Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.
2. (slang, informal) Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks.

   I'm going to kick your gluteus.

Synonyms

• glute (informal)

Hyponyms

• gluteus maximus
• gluteus medius
• gluteus minimus

Translations

(anatomy) one of the several muscles of nates

• Bulgarian: бедрен мускул m (bedren muskul)
• Finnish: pakaralihas (fi)
• French: fessier (fr)
• Hungarian: farizom (hu)
• Japanese: 臀筋 (でんきん, denkin)
• Mongolian: глютей (gljütej)
• Spanish: glúteo (es)
• Turkish: ilye kası

References

• “gluteus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Telugus