gluteus maximus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gluteus maximus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gluteus maximus (plural glutei maximi)

1. (anatomy) The largest of the muscles of each buttock.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 205:

     To power our forward motion, we have a distinctly gigantic muscle in our buttocks, the gluteus maximus.

2. (colloquial, humorous) The buttocks.

   Look at the gluteus maximus on that woman!

Translations

the largest of the muscles of each buttock

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臀大肌 (túndàjī)

• Danish: store ballemuskel
• Dutch: grote bilspier m or f
• Finnish: iso pakaralihas
• French: grand fessier (fr) m
• German: großer Gesäßmuskel m
• Japanese: 大臀筋 (だいでんきん, daidenkin)
• Latin:

  New Latin: musculus gluteus maximus m

• Maori: ua kōtore
• Polish: mięsień pośladkowy wielki m
• Portuguese: músculo glúteo máximo m
• Spanish: músculo glúteo mayor m
• Swedish: stora sätesmuskeln (sv) c

colloquial, humorous: the buttocks

• Swedish: säte (sv) n