# anus
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɪ.nəs/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪnəs

### Noun

anus (plural anuses or ani)
* (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
* (informal, derogatory) An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.
    Synonyms: arsehole, asshole; see also Thesaurus:jerk

#### Derived terms

* anilingus
* anused
* anusless
* anuslike
* artificial anus
* corrugator cutis ani
* ignoranus
* levator ani
* pruritus ani

#### Related terms

* anal
* anally

#### Translations

Afrikaans: anus (af)
Albanian: anus m
Arabic: اِسْت (ar) m (ist), شَرْج m (šarj)
Egyptian Arabic: شرج m (šarag), فتحة الشرج f (fatḥat eš-šarag), خرم الطيز m (ḵorm eṭ-ṭīz) (vulgar)
Armenian: հետանցք (hy) (hetancʻkʻ), սրբան (hy) (srban)
Asturian: anu m
Azerbaijani: məqəd, göt (slang)
Bashkir: арт юл (art yul), күтән тишеге (kütən tişege), (vulgar, colloquial) күт (küt)
Basque: uzki
Belarusian: а́нус m (ánus), за́дні прахо́д m (zádni praxód)
Bengali: মলদ্বার (bn) (moldar), (vulgar) পুটকি (bn) (puṭki)
Bulgarian: а́нус (bg) m (ánus)
Burmese: စအို (my) (ca.ui), ဖင် (my) (hpang), စအိုဝ (ca.uiwa.)
Catalan: anus (ca) m
Cherokee: (his/her/its) ᎤᎦᏎᏂ (ugaseni)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 肛門 / 肛门 (gong$^1$ mun$^4$), 屎窟窿 (si$^2$ fat$^1$ lung$^1$), 屎眼 (si$^2$ ngaan$^5$)
Mandarin: 肛門 / 肛门 (zh) (gāngmén), 糞門 / 粪门 (zh) (fènmén)
Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲛⲓ f (pouni), ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲣⲙⲏ m (manermē)
Czech: řiť (cs) f, řitní otvor (cs) m
Danish: endetarmsåbning (da), anus (da)
Dhivehi: ފުރަގަސް ފަރާތު ދޮރު (furagas farātu doru)
Dutch: anus (nl) m, aars (nl) m
Egyptian: (pḥwyt)
Esperanto: anuso, postaĵotruo
Estonian: pärak
Faroese: gat n, arshol n
Finnish: peräaukko (fi), anus (fi)
French: anus (fr) m, trou du cul (fr) m, trou de cul (fr) m
Galician: ano (gl) m, cenzo m (informal), cu (gl) m (informal), ollo do cu (gl) m (informal)
Georgian: ყითა ნაწლავი (q̇ita nac̣lavi), ანუსი (anusi), უკანა ტანი (uḳana ṭani), პროჭი (ṗroč̣i) (vulgar)
German: Anus (de) m, After (de) m
Greek: πρωκτός (el) (proktós)
Ancient: πρωκτός n (prōktós)
Greenlandic: iteq
Gujarati: ગુદા (gudā), હંગણી n (haṅgṇī), ગાંડ (gā̃ḍ), મળદ્વાર (maḷdvār)
Haitian Creole: dèyè
Hausa: dubùr̃ā f
Hawaiian: puka kahiko
Hebrew: פִּי הַטַּבַּעַת (he) m (pi hataba'at)
Hindi: गुदा (hi) m (gudā), (vulgar) गांड f (gāṇḍ), मलद्वार (hi) m (maladvār)
Hungarian: végbélnyílás (hu)
Icelandic: endaþarmsop (is), bakrauf
Ido: anuso (io)
Indonesian: dubur (id), anus (id), abaimana (id) (archaic)
Interlingua: ano
Inuktitut: ᐃᑎᖅ (iu) (itiq)
Irish: anas
Italian: ano (it) m
Ivatan: dachan
Japanese: 肛門 (ja) (こうもん, kōmon)
Jeju: 또꼬망 (ttokkomang)
Kannada: ಗುದ (kn) (guda)
Kapampangan: pitaklan
Kaurna: murntu
Kazakh: анус (anus)
Khmer: ទ្វារធំ (tvie tʰom), ទ្វារលាមក (tvie liemʊək)
Korean: 항문(肛門) (ko) (hangmun), 똥구멍 (ko) (ttonggumeong), (slang) 후장 (ko) (hujang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کۆم (kom)
Northern Kurdish: kom (ku) f
Kurtjar: dhooerd
Kyrgyz: анус (anus)
Lao: ທະວານໜັກ (tha wān nak), ດາກ (dāk), ຕູດ (tūt), ກົ້ນຂີ້ (kon khī), ຮູກົ້ນ (hū kon), ຮູຂີ້ (hū khī), ໃສ້ສຸດ (sai sut)
Latin: ānus (la) m, (vulgar) pōdex m
Latvian: tūplis m, anālā atvere f
Lithuanian: išangė f
Macedonian: анус m (anus), чмар m (čmar)
Malagasy: fory (mg)
Malay: dubur (ms)
Malayalam: ഗുദം (ml) (gudaṁ), മലദ്വാരം (ml) (maladvāraṁ)
Maltese: toqba tas-sorm, tirma f
Manchu: ᡨᡝᡵᡠ (teru), ᡶᠠᠵᡠᡴᡡ (fajukū)
Maori: whero (mi), toretore, tero, parahua
Mapun: tombong
Marathi: गुदद्वार m (gudadvār)
Mongolian: хошного (mn) (xošnogo), гургалдай (mn) (gurgaldaj)
Navajo: ajilchiiʼ
Ngarrindjeri: pininggi
Norman: bas d'sé m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anus m, endetarmsåpning m or f, rumpehull (no) n
Nynorsk: endetarmsåpning f, rævhol n
Nukunu: murntu
Ojibwe: nijiid
Okinawan: 尻ぬ目 (ちびぬみー, chibi nu mī)
Old English: earsþȳrel, setl, utgang, earsgang
Old High German: arsloh n
Pashto: مقعد m (maq'ád), سمباخ m (sombãx), سوغۍ f (suǧéy), کونه (ps) f (kwᶕna)
Persian: مقعد (fa) (maq'ad), کون (fa) (kun) (vulgar)
Pitjantjatjara: kuna aḻa
Polish: odbyt (pl) m
Portuguese: ânus (pt) m
Quechua: uquti
Romanian: anus (ro) n
Russian: а́нус (ru) m (ánus), ана́льное отве́рстие n (análʹnoje otvérstije), за́дний прохо́д (ru) m (zádnij proxód), заднепроходно́е отве́рстие (ru) n (zadneproxodnóje otvérstije), (vulgar) жо́па (ru) f (žópa), (vulgar) очко́ (ru) n (očkó)
Sami:
Inari: pottâräigi
Kildin Sami: пэ̄дтчалльм (pēdtčall’m)
Northern: bahtaráigi
Skolt: põttčâʹlmm
Sanskrit: गुद (sa) n (guda), पायु (sa) m (pāyu), भसद् (sa) f (bhasad), लुब्धक (sa) m (lubdhaka), सीध्र (sa) n (sīdhra)
Scottish Gaelic: tòn f, màs m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чмар m, анус m
Roman: čmar (sh) m, anus (sh) m
Sicilian: anu (scn) m
Slovak: riť (sk) f, ritný otvor m
Slovene: zádnjik (sl) m inan
Spanish: ano (es) m, sisiflís m (El Salvador), mufle m (vulgar, Peru), nai (es) m (vulgar, Cuba)
Swahili: mkundu (sw)
Swedish: analöppning (sv) c, ändtarmsöppning (sv) c, anus (sv) n, (vulgar) rövhål (sv) n, (slang) tvåan (sv), (vulgar) dajmkryss (sv) n, (vulgar) brunöga n, (vulgar) prutten (sv) c, (vulgar) skitan (sv) c, (vulgar) fisring c
Tagalog: butas ng puwit, anus, butas-puwit
Tajik: анус (anus)
Tamil: சூத்து (ta) (cūttu), எச்சவாய் (ta) (eccavāy), குதம் (ta) (kutam), சூறு (ta) (cūṟu), பீடம் (ta) (pīṭam), பீறு (ta) (pīṟu), பூறு (pūṟu), பொச்சு (ta) (poccu), கண்ணாணி (ta) (kaṇṇāṇi), அபானம் (ta) (apāṉam)
Taos: cȅdéna
Tarifit: juffiḍ m
Telugu: గుదము (te) (gudamu)
Thai: ทวารหนัก (th) (tá-waan-nàk), ตูด (th) (dtùut)
Tigrinya: መሃንቱስ (mähantus)
Tooro: ekifunjo class 7
Turkish: anüs (tr), makat (tr), göt (tr) (slang), şerç (tr) (archaic), göt deliği (vulgar)
Turkmen: anus
Ukrainian: а́нус m (ánus), відхі́дник m (vidxídnyk), за́дній прохі́д m (zádnij proxíd)
Urdu: گدا m (gudā), مقعد (maq'ad), گانڈ (ur) m (gāṇḍ) (vulgar)
Uyghur: مەقئەت (meq'et), ئارقا تەرەت يولى (arqa teret yoli), پۈرۈك (pürük), سوڭ (song), كۆت (köt) (vulgar)
Uzbek: anal teshigi, anus
Vietnamese: hậu môn (vi), lỗ đít (vi)
Volapük: kül (vo)
Welsh: anws (cy)
Wiradjuri: buubuul, bubul
Yiddish: אַנוס m (anus)
Yoruba: ihò-ìdí, fùrọ̀ (vulgar)
Yup'ik: eteq
Zazaki: qen f, qul f (archaic) :

#### See also

* cloaca
* rectum

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.nus]

### Noun

anus m (invariable)
* (anatomy) anus

#### Related terms

* anell

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.nʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: anus

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* aars
* poepgat (Netherlands)

#### Derived terms

* anusridder
* anusspier

#### Related terms

* anaal

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑ(ː)nus/, [ˈɑ̝(ː)nus̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑnus
* Hyphenation: anus

### Noun

anus
* anus
    Synonyms: see peräaukko

#### Declension

Possessive forms of anus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anukseni
anukseni
accusative
nom.
anukseni
anukseni
gen.
anukseni
genitive
anukseni
anusteni anuksieni
partitive
anustani
anuksiani
inessive
anuksessani
anuksissani
elative
anuksestani
anuksistani
illative
anukseeni
anuksiini
adessive
anuksellani
anuksillani
ablative
anukseltani
anuksiltani
allative
anukselleni
anuksilleni
essive
anuksenani
anuksinani
translative
anuksekseni
anuksikseni
abessive
anuksettani
anuksittani
instructive
comitative
—anuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anuksesi
anuksesi
accusative
nom.
anuksesi
anuksesi
gen.
anuksesi
genitive
anuksesi
anustesi anuksiesi
partitive
anustasi
anuksiasi
inessive
anuksessasi
anuksissasi
elative
anuksestasi
anuksistasi
illative
anukseesi
anuksiisi
adessive
anuksellasi
anuksillasi
ablative
anukseltasi
anuksiltasi
allative
anuksellesi
anuksillesi
essive
anuksenasi
anuksinasi
translative
anukseksesi
anuksiksesi
abessive
anuksettasi
anuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—anuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anuksemme
anuksemme
accusative
nom.
anuksemme
anuksemme
gen.
anuksemme
genitive
anuksemme
anustemme anuksiemme
partitive
anustamme
anuksiamme
inessive
anuksessamme
anuksissamme
elative
anuksestamme
anuksistamme
illative
anukseemme
anuksiimme
adessive
anuksellamme
anuksillamme
ablative
anukseltamme
anuksiltamme
allative
anuksellemme
anuksillemme
essive
anuksenamme
anuksinamme
translative
anukseksemme
anuksiksemme
abessive
anuksettamme
anuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—anuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anuksenne
anuksenne
accusative
nom.
anuksenne
anuksenne
gen.
anuksenne
genitive
anuksenne
anustenne anuksienne
partitive
anustanne
anuksianne
inessive
anuksessanne
anuksissanne
elative
anuksestanne
anuksistanne
illative
anukseenne
anuksiinne
adessive
anuksellanne
anuksillanne
ablative
anukseltanne
anuksiltanne
allative
anuksellenne
anuksillenne
essive
anuksenanne
anuksinanne
translative
anukseksenne
anuksiksenne
abessive
anuksettanne
anuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—anuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anuksensa
anuksensa
accusative
nom.
anuksensa
anuksensa
gen.
anuksensa
genitive
anuksensa
anustensa anuksiensa
partitive
anustaan anustansa
anuksiaan anuksiansa
inessive
anuksessaan anuksessansa
anuksissaan anuksissansa
elative
anuksestaan anuksestansa
anuksistaan anuksistansa
illative
anukseensa
anuksiinsa
adessive
anuksellaan anuksellansa
anuksillaan anuksillansa
ablative
anukseltaan anukseltansa
anuksiltaan anuksiltansa
allative
anukselleen anuksellensa
anuksilleen anuksillensa
essive
anuksenaan anuksenansa
anuksinaan anuksinansa
translative
anuksekseen anukseksensa
anuksikseen anuksiksensa
abessive
anuksettaan anuksettansa
anuksittaan anuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—anuksineen anuksinensa :

#### Derived terms

* anusaukko
* anustappi

### Further reading

* “anus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* asun, nasu, suan, suna

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring; anus”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.nys/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ys

### Noun

anus m (plural anus)
* (anatomy) anus

#### Synonyms

* (vulgar) trou du cul, trou de balle

#### Related terms

* anneau

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: anüs

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.nus/, [ˈäːnʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.nus/, [ˈäːnus]

#### Noun

ānus m (genitive ānī); second declension
* a ring (of a more geometrical sense)
* an anus

##### Declension

Second-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* ānālis
* ānulāris
* ānulārius
* ānulus

##### Descendants

* Asturian: anu
* → Catalan: anus
* → English: anus
* → French: anus
** → Turkish: anüs
* Italian: ano
* → Portuguese: ânus
* → Romanian: anus
* Spanish: ano

### Etymology 2

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”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.nus/, [ˈänʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.nus/, [ˈäːnus]

#### Noun

anus f (genitive anūs); fourth declension
* 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, …

##### Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* anīlis
* anīlitās
* anīliter

##### Related terms

* anas (#2)

#### Adjective

anus f
* (of a woman) old, elderly, aged
* (of a thing, grammatically feminine) old, aged

##### Usage notes

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.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.nuːs/, [ˈänuːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.nus/, [ˈäːnus]

#### Noun

anūs
* inflection of anus:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### References

* (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.
* 1 2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ānus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈanus/

### Verb

·anus
* first-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid
* first-person singular preterite conjunct of anaid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈanus]

### Noun

anus n (plural anusuri)
* (anatomy) anus

#### Related terms

* anal
* inel

### Further reading

* anus in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”)

### Noun

anus n
* (anatomy) anus

#### Synonyms

* analöppning
* ändtarmsöppning

#### Synonyms (vulgar or slang)

* brunöga
* dajmkryss
* fisring
* prutten
* rövhål
* skitan
* tvåan

#### See also

* anal
* ringmuskel (“sphincter”)

### References

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