Meanings
nouncleft chin (plural cleft chins)
plural cleft chins
- anatomyThe presence of a genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.
Synonyms: bum chin, butt chin, chin cleft, chin dimple, superhero chin, mental cleft
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe presence of a genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.
Origin
From cleft + chin. Compare Middle English clove chynne (“cleft chin”, literally “cloven chin”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طَابَع اَلْحُسْن
- طَابَع اَلْحُسْن (ṭabaʕ al-ḥusn)cleft chin
Chinese Mandarin 裂下巴, 顎裂 /颚裂
- 裂下巴 (lièxiàba)cleft chin
- 顎裂 /颚裂 (èliè)cleft chin
Finnish lovileuka, kuoppaleuka
- lovileukacleft chin
- kuoppaleukacleft chin
French menton fendu, menton fourchu
- menton fenducleft chin
- menton fourchucleft chin
German Kinngrübchen
- Kinngrübchencleft chin
Icelandic hökuskarð, pétursskarð
- hökuskarðcleft chin
- pétursskarðcleft chin
- péturssporcleft chin
Italian mento leporino
- mento leporinocleft chin
Japanese 割れ顎
- 割れ顎 (wareago)cleft chin
Russian раздво́енный подборо́док
- раздво́енный подборо́док (razdvójennyj podboródok)cleft chin
Spanish barbilla partida, barba partida
- barbilla partidacleft chin
- barba partidacleft chin
- mentón partidocleft chin
Swedish hakgrop
- hakgropcleft chin
Vietnamese cằm chẻ
- cằm chẻcleft chin
Cite this entry
APA
cleft chin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleft%20chin
MLA
“cleft chin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleft%20chin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cleft chin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleft%20chin.
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