Meaning

4 senses
  1. The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.

    Bauch, Unterleib

    живо́тživót

    живі́тžyvít, че́ревоčérevo

    the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

  2. The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

    He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.

    брюшна́я по́лостьbrjušnája pólostʹ

  3. The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

    Hinterleib

    брюшкоbrjuško

  4. (obsolete)The fat surrounding the belly.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Tom got shot twice in the abdomen.

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  2. He hit him in the abdomen.

    ruОн ударил меня в живот.

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  3. Tom was shot in the abdomen.

    ruТом получил огнестрельное ранение в живот.

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  4. Ziri's cat was licking its abdomen.

    ruКот Зири вылизывал свой живот.

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  5. Jonas felt pain in his abdomen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
belly — see also belly:
Русский
By meaning 3
belly — see also belly:
cavity:
posterior section of an arthropod's body:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
belly — see also belly:
posterior section of an arthropod's body:

Origin

First attested in 1541 as labdomen. Borrowed from Middle French abdomen as well as from it

First attested in 1541 as labdomen. Borrowed from Middle French abdomen as well as from its etymon Latin abdōmen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + -dō (“put, place”).

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Forms

plural: abdomens / abdomina
Singularabdomen
Pluralabdomens / abdomina

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis:venterstomachbelly
  • the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm:abdominal cavity

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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