belly
The abdomenThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
» Tom put his hand on his pregnant wife's belly.
Tom legte die Hand auf den Bauch seiner schwangeren Frau. — dinkel_girl
Том положил руку на живот своей беременной жены. — sharptoothed
Том поклав руку на живіт вагітної дружини. — deniko
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7 sensesThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join the gym again.
Bauch, Magen
живо́тživót, брю́хоbrjúxo, пу́зоpúzo
живі́тžyvít, бру́хоbrúxo
a protruding abdomen
Stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
My belly was full of wine.
(countable)Uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
The lower fuselage of an airplane.
The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
the belly of a flask, muscle, violin, sail, or ship
The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
The main curved portion of a knife blade.
The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
Examples
287 sentencesTom put his hand on his pregnant wife's belly.
Том поклав руку на живіт вагітної дружини. — deniko
ruТом положил руку на живот своей беременной жены. — sharptoothed
deTom legte die Hand auf den Bauch seiner schwangeren Frau. — dinkel_girl
I hit him in the belly.
ruЯ ударил его в живот. — Hellerick
Mary got her belly button pierced.
Tom has a bit of a belly.
Tom has a scar on his belly.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English bely, beli, bali, below, belew, balyw, from Old English bielInherited from Middle English bely, beli, bali, below, belew, balyw, from Old English bielġ (“bag, pouch, bulge”), from Proto-West Germanic *balgi, *balgu, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz, *balguz (“skin, hide, bellows, bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell, blow up”). Cognate with Dutch balg, German Balg, Danish bælg, Old Irish bolg, Welsh bol. Doublet of bellows, blague, bulge, and budge. See also bellows.
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