Meanings
alternative glutæal
- not comparableanatomyRelating to the buttocks.
1 more example
These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).
1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
plural gluteals · alternative glutæal
- anatomyAny of the muscles of the buttocks, gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus
Origin
- Englishgluteus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgluteal
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 臀肌
- 臀肌 (túnjī)Any of the three gluteal muscles
Czech hýžďový
- hýžďovýrelating to the buttocks
Finnish pakara-
- pakara-relating to the buttocks
French glutéal
- glutéalrelating to the buttocks
German glutäal, Glutäal-
- glutäalrelating to the buttocks
- Glutäal-relating to the buttocks
- glutealrelating to the buttocks
- Gluteal-relating to the buttocks
- Gesäß-relating to the buttocks
Greek γλουτιαίος
- γλουτιαίος (gloutiaíos)relating to the buttocks
Japanese 臀部の
- 臀部の (denbu no)relating to the buttocks
Polish pośladkowy
- pośladkowyrelating to the buttocks
Spanish glúteo
- glúteorelating to the buttocks
Tagalog pampigi
- pampigirelating to the buttocks
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
gluteal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gluteal
“gluteal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gluteal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gluteal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gluteal.
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