Ass

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English

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Somali wild ass

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Pronunciation

ăs, /æs/, /{s/
(alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of "stupid person" only): äs, /ɑːs/, /A:s/

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Etymology 1

From the Old English assa, from probable hypocoristic form of Old Irish asan which entered the language through the Northumbrian dialect of O.E. Other Germanic tongues had no such word instead using forms similar to esol which does exist in O.E. The Celtic word comes from Latin asinus and before this, (confer Greek onos. This word has a Semitic origin, probably Hebrew, ahton "she-ass".)

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Noun

Ass (plural Asses)

(zoology) A beast of burden, a donkey.
(slang) A stupid person (passing into Etymology 2)
Damn! That new kid left the cap off of the syrup bottle again! What an ass.

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Synonyms

(beast of burden): donkey
(stupid person): fool, idiot

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Translations

animal

Arabic: حمار (ħumaːr)
Bosnian: magarac m.
Chinese: 驢
Dutch: ezel m.
Esperanto: azeno
Estonian: eesel
Farsi: خر (khar)
Finnish: aasi
French: âne m.
German: Esel m.
Greek: όνος m., γάϊδαρος m.
Indonesian: keledai
Interlingua: asino

Italian: asino m., ciuco m, somaro m
Polish: osioł m.
Portuguese: asno m., burro m., jumento m., besta f.
Romanian: măgar m., asin m.
Russian: осёл m.
Sicilian: sceccu m.
Slovak: somár m., osol m.
Slovene: osel m.
Spanish: asno m.
Swedish: åsna c
Turkish: eşek
Vietnamese: lừa

stupid person

Bosnian: magarac m., magare
Chinese: 笨蛋, 白癡, 智障
Czech: debil m., idiot m.
Esperanto: stultulo
Farsi: خر (khar)
Finnish: aasi
French: âne m., idiot m., imbécile m.
German: Esel m., Idiot m., Trottel m.
Greek: Βλάκας m.
Interlingua: asino
Italian: asino, idiota m., scemo m.

Polish: tuman m, osioł m, idiota m
Portuguese: cú m., burro m., jumento m., besta f.
Russian: осёл m.
Sicilian: sceccu m., scecca f.
Slovak: somár m., osol m., debil m., magor m., chruňo m., chumaj m.
Slovene: osel m.
Spanish: burro m., idiota, imbécil
Swedish: åsna c, idiot c
Vietnamese: người ngu

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Etymology 2

Used chiefly in the US. A vulgar usage of arse (used in the UK and Australia), from a Germanic root thought to be ars-oz. Cognates include the Old High German/Old Norse ars (now Arsch in German), Old Frisian, ers and Greek orrhos.

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Noun

Ass (plural Asses)

((slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})): The buttocks of a person or animal.
(vulgar slang, uncountable): Sex.
I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.
anus
(slang) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
I feel like ass today (I do not feel well.)
This pizza tastes like ass. (This pizza tastes bad.)
(slang) Used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness.
That was one big-ass fish! or That's an expensive-ass car!