bum

Signification (English)

1. (informal) The buttocks.
2. (informal) The anus.

fouindé

hobo

sans domicile fixe

petite fesse

grand papillon de nuit

trainailler

derrière?

trou du cul du monde

hind end

tooshie

good-for-nothing

dirty dog

lounge about

ne’er-do-well

lounge around

bum about

frig around

loll around

waste one’s time

scum bag

schnorr

catamountain

inferiority of quality

lazy guy

caboose

unprepossessing

yob

good-for-naught

lazy person

inferior quality

good for nothing

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bʌm/

Inherited from moyen anglais

bom

Cognate with ancien irlandais

-

Cognate with gaélique écossais

bun

In summary

Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to be a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic. Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”).

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