arse

== English == === Alternative forms === ass (US) === Etymology === From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːs/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɐːs/ (Ireland, Scotland) IPA(key): /aɹs/, /äːɹs/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑɹs/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s === Noun === arse (plural arses) (Commonwealth, now vulgar) A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks, Thesaurus:anus (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant. (vulgar, slang, metonymic, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc. ==== Usage notes ==== The form arse (as opposed to ass) and its derivatives are usually used by speakers and writers in preference to ass in Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth countries, though only regionally in Canada (in the Atlantic provinces). Historically arse was also used in New England but the form has now been superseded by ass throughout the US and in the rest of Canada. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:arse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: lasi ==== Translations ==== === Verb === arse (third-person singular simple present arses, present participle arsing, simple past and past participle arsed) (Commonwealth, slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around. ==== Derived terms ==== === Interjection === arse (Commonwealth) An expression of frustration. Synonym: bum (euphemistic) === Anagrams === Sare, EARs, eras, AREs, Sera, Ersa, ERAs, reas, Sear, sera, sear, ears, RASE, SERA, rase, Ares, ares, sare == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈar.se/ Rhymes: -arse Hyphenation: àr‧se === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== arse f pl feminine plural of arso ==== Participle ==== arse f pl feminine plural of arso === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== arse third-person singular past historic of ardere === Anagrams === Ares, rase, resa, sera == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈar.sɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.se] === Participle === arse vocative masculine singular of arsus == Old Irish == === Etymology === Univerbation of airi (“for the sake of it; therefore”) +‎ se (“this”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈarʲ.sʲe/ === Adverb === arse therefore, for this/that reason Synonym: airi c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12a22 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === ársis === Noun === arse f (plural arses) (poetry, music) arsis (the stronger part of a measure or foot) === Further reading === “arse”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “arse”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈarse] === Adjective === arse inflection of ars: genitive/dative feminine singular nominative/accusative/genitive/dative feminine/neuter plural === Verb === arse third-person singular simple perfect indicative of arde