Meanings
noungluteus maximus (plural glutei maximi)
plural glutei maximi
- anatomyThe largest of the muscles of each buttock.
To power our forward motion, we have a distinctly gigantic muscle in our buttocks, the gluteus maximus.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 205 - colloquialhumorousThe buttocks.
Look at the gluteus maximus on that woman!
Origin
- Latingluteus maximus
- Englishgluteus maximus
Borrowed from Latin gluteus maximus.
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Chinese Mandarin 臀大肌
- 臀大肌 (túndàjī)the largest of the muscles of each buttock
Danish store ballemuskel
- store ballemuskelthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Dutch grote bilspier
- grote bilspierthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Finnish iso pakaralihas
- iso pakaralihasthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
French grand fessier
- grand fessierthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
German großer Gesäßmuskel
- großer Gesäßmuskelthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Japanese 大臀筋
- 大臀筋 (daidenkin)the largest of the muscles of each buttock
Latin musculus gluteus maximus
- musculus gluteus maximusthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Māori ua kōtore
- ua kōtorethe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Norwegian Bokmål den store setemuskelen
- den store setemuskelenthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Polish mięsień pośladkowy wielki
- mięsień pośladkowy wielkithe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Portuguese músculo glúteo máximo
- músculo glúteo máximothe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Spanish músculo glúteo mayor
- músculo glúteo mayorthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
Swedish stora sätesmuskeln, säte
- stora sätesmuskelnthe largest of the muscles of each buttock
- sätecolloquial, humorous: the buttocks
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