cheek

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
2. (countable, informal, plural-normally, uncountable) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
3. (figuratively, informal, uncountable) Impudence.
4. (countable, informal, uncountable) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
5. (countable, uncountable) One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
6. (countable, uncountable) One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
7. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The branches of a bridle bit.
8. (countable, uncountable) Either side of an axehead.
9. (countable, uncountable) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.

Verb

1. To be impudent towards.
2. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
3. To put or keep something in one’s cheek.

Conceptos

mejilla

cachete

carrillo

nalga

cara

pómulo

impertinencia

descaro

frescura

vista

alzado

cacha

cara dura

carillo

desfachatez

maxilar

osadía

papo

replicar

tez

impudencia

hueso de la mejilla

cara de un sólido

gara

mandibula inferior

atrevimiento

faces

audacia

faz

glúteo

mandíbula

quijada

rostro

semblante

valor

Sinónimos

jaw

impudence

face

insolence

impertinence

effrontery

side of face

nerve

buttock

jowl

audacity

cheeks

brass

rudeness

bun

middle flask

boldness

bucca

cheekiness

buttocks

cheekbone

gill

gluteus

haunch

impoliteness

insolent

irreverence

jamb

jaws

lower jaw

nates

perkiness

post

presuming

profanity

raciness

recklessness

ribaldry

rim

rump

sauce

scandalousness

shamelessness

side

side piece

spiciness

tail

talkativeness

temple

temples

Traducciones

joue

guancia

Wange

Backe

wang

galta

bochecha

μάγουλο

bucca

gota

fesse

Frechheit

kaak

yanak

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/t͡ʃiːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: cheeke

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ċēce

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: Sooke

Cognado con frisón occidental: tsjeak

Cognado con neerlandés: kaak

Cognado con sueco: käke

Cognado con noruego: kjake

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: kók

In summary

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).