anus

Syllables: a·nal/ˈeɪ.nəs/

anus noun: the external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

Noun

anus (plural anuses or ani)

The external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

Synonyms:

arsehole, asshole
1. (informal outside of sexual contexts) The anus and rectum, considered as a whole.
(derogatory, informal) An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.

Synonyms:

arsehole, asshole, assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot

Proper noun capitalized: Anus

Anus

An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.

anus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

anus in Hindi

lower opening of the digestive tract: गुदा gudā, गांड gāṇḍ, मलद्वार maladvār

anus in Tamil

lower opening of the digestive tract: சூத்து cūttu, எச்சவாய் eccavāy, குதம் kutam, சூறு cūṟu, பீடம் pīṭam, பீறு pīṟu

anus in Marathi

lower opening of the digestive tract: गुदद्वार gudadvār

anus in Urdu

lower opening of the digestive tract: گدا gudā, مقعد maq'ad, گانڈ gāṇḍ

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anus in Bengali: মলদ্বার moldar, পুটকি puṭki
anus in Telugu: గుదము gudamu
anus in Malayalam: ഗുദം gudaṁ, മലദ്വാരം maladvāraṁ
anus in Kannada: ಗುದ guda
anus in Punjabi: ਗੁਦਾ gudā
anus in Gujarati: ગુદા gudā, હંગણી haṅgṇī, ગાંડ gā̃ḍ, મળદ્વાર maḷdvār
anus in Odia: ଭଗ bhaga
anus in Sanskrit: गुद guda, पायु pāyu, भसद् bhasad, लुब्धक lubdhaka
anus in Assamese: পোকৰ pükor
anus in Nepali: गुदा, गुदद्वार
anus in Pashto: مقعد maq'ád, سمباخ sombãx, سوغۍ suǧéy, کونه kwᶕna
anus in Tagalog: butas ng puwit, anus, butas-puwit
anus in Arabic: اِسْت ist, شَرْج šarj
anus in Malay: dubur
anus in Indonesian: dubur, anus, abaimana
anus in Persian: مقعد maq'ad, کون kun
anus in Thai: ทวารหนัก tá-waan-nàk, ตูด dtùut
anus in Vietnamese: hậu môn, lỗ đít
anus in Myanmar: စအို ca.ui, ဖင် hpang, စအိုဝ ca.uiwa.
Dhivehi: ފުރަގަސް ފަރާތު ދޮރު furagas farātu doru

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Forms of anus

plural	anuses
plural	ani

Origin of anus

Either from Middle French anus or Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). First attested in 1658. See also anal, annular, annelid.

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Questions about anus

What does anus mean?: Anus means the external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
What is anus in Hindi?: Anus in Hindi is गुदा (gudā), गांड (gāṇḍ), मलद्वार (maladvār). See Anus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is anus?: Anus can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce anus?: Anus is pronounced /ˈeɪ.nəs/.
What is the plural of anus?: The plural of anus is anuses.

Words near anus in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: anus (page history and authors); Anus (page history and authors); ਗੁਦਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଭଗ (Odia) (page history and authors); পোকৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); anus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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