belly

Significat (English)

Noun

1. The abdomen, especially a fat one.
2. The stomach.
3. The womb.
4. The lower fuselage of an airplane.
5. The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
6. The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
7. The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).

Verb

1. To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
2. To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
3. To cause to swell out; to fill.

Synonyms

stomach

abdomen

paunch

tummy

womb

venter

belly out

bulge

potbelly

billow

intestine

intestines

bloat

protuberate

distend

midriff

entrails

gut

guts

ground

inside

interior

liver

loop

➿

lower

maw

mount

mounting

pig

🐖

platform

pop

pot

pot-belly

pregnant

protrude

protuberance

puff out

rumen

seat

💺

solar plexus

support

tum

uterus

ventral

waist

web

antinode

bow window

de novo

leather bag

lower part of the body

pop out

lower abdomen

belly-land

digestive system

wame

ectasis

truck bed

pleon

the inside

the interior

saucer bosh

Maha

inferior abdomen

balloon

🎈

base

bed

🛏️

bellows

body

bosh

bottom

bowels

breast

carriage

chassis

desire

flank

flanks

foetus

foot

🦶

front

gibbousness

Amb guionet com a

bel‧ly

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈbɛli/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: bely

Inherited from anglès antic: bielġ

Cognate with neerlandès: balg

Cognate with alemany: Balg

Cognate with danès: bælg

Cognate with irlandès antic: bolg

Cognate with gal·lès: bol

In summary

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.