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Meaning of belly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

ˈbɛli

Definitions

The abdomen (especially a fat one)
The abdomen (especially a fat one).
stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
The lower fuselage of an airplane
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 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.

Equivalents

Afrikaans maag

አማርኛ ሆድ

العربية البطن بطن جوف كرش معدة

Azərbaycanca göbək qarın qurşaq

Беларуская бруха жывот

Български коре́м шкембе́

বাংলা পেট

Bosanski abdomen bruh buć buk da da maha mešina mješina perut stomak trbuh живот мешина мјешина стомак шкембе

Català abdomen buc panxa ventre

Čeština břicho panděro pupek

Dansk bug mave

Deutsch Bauch Leib Magen Ranzen Wanst

Ελληνικά κοιλιά

Esperanto ventro

Español barriga busa busarda buseca guata huata mondongo panza vientre wuata

Eesti koht

Euskara sabel

Suomi kylki maaru maha masu ruuma vatsa

Français belly ventre

Gaeilge bolg

Gàidhlig balg beus brù

Galego andorga bandullo barriga boxo buio panza tripa ventre

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻōpū

עברית בטן כרס

हिन्दी उदर जठर दोज़ख़ पेट पेटी शिकम

Hrvatski abdomen bruh buć buk da da maha mešina mješina perut stomak trbuh живот мешина мјешина стомак шкембе

Magyar has

Հայերեն որովայն փոր

Bahasa Indonesia garba lambung pertiwi perut tembolok

Íslenska magi malli

Italiano pancia ventre

日本語お腹肚胃腹腹部

ქართული მუცელი

Қазақша іш қарын құрсақ

ខ្មែរ ក្បាលពោះ ក្រពះ ពុង ពោះ

한국어 배 복부

Kurdî brû bûk da da da haş leib masû qorîn

Кыргызча курсак

Latina abdomen barathrum follis lura pantex uterum uterus venter

Lingála libumu

ລາວ ທອງ ໂພນ

Lietuvių pilvas

Latviešu vēders

Te Reo Māori kōpū manawa puku

Македонски мев стомак

Монгол гэдэс

Bahasa Melayu perut

Malti zaqq

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဗိုက် ဝမ်း

Nederlands buik

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଦର ପେଟ

Polski bachor bandzioch brzuch brzusiec gzub macica maciek samara żywot

پښتو خېټه نس

Português barriga pança ventre

Română abdomen burtă pântece vintre

Русский брюхо живот пузо

Slovenčina brucho

Slovenščina trebuh

Shqip bark

Српски abdomen bruh buć buk da da da maha mešina mješina perut stomak trbuh живот мешина мјешина стомак шкембе

Sesotho mpa

Svenska buk mage

தமிழ் தொந்தி தொப்பை

తెలుగు కడుపు పొట్ట

Тоҷикӣ шикам

ไทย ครรภ์ ทอง พุง

ትግርኛ ከብዲ

Türkmençe garyn

Tagalog puson tiyan

Setswana mpa

Türkçe göbek karın

Українська живі́т лоно

اردو ادر پیٹ شکم

Oʻzbekcha qorin

Tiếng Việt bụng dạ 夜䏾

Wolof biir

Yorùbá ikùn inu

IsiZulu isisu

Examples

“You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join the gym again.”

“My belly was full of wine.”

“Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; […]”

“There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.”

“the belly of a flask, muscle, violin, sail, or ship”

“[…] I cried by reason of mine affliction vnto the Lord, and hee heard mee; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voyce.”

“At last I got my knife and cut the halyards. The peak dropped instantly, a great belly of loose canvas floated broad upon the water […]”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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