see|Ass|as|As|ás
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English
Image:Somali Wild Ass.JPG|thumb|Somali wild ass

Pronunciation
enPR|�s, IPA|/æs/, SAMPA|/{s/
(alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of "stupid person" only): enPR|äs, IPA|/��s/, SAMPA|/A:s/
audio|en-us-ass.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|æs

Etymology 1
From the OE. term|assa|langang, from probable hypocoristic form of OIr. term|asan|langsga which entered the language through the Northumbrian dialect of OE.. Other Germanic tongues had no such word instead using forms similar to term|esol which does exist in OE..

The Celtic word comes from Latin term|asinus|langla and before this, confer Greek term|tronos||langel. This word has a Semitic origin, probably Hebrew, term|trahton|||she-ass|langhe. The Sanskrit term|trashva|||horse|langsa (Prakrit term||trassa) may be related.

Noun
en-noun|es

1. zoology A beast of burden, particularly a donkey.
2. slang A jerk; a mean or rude person.
3. slang A stupid person (passing into Etymology 2)

#:Damn! That new kid left the cap off of the syrup bottle again! What an ass.

Synonyms
sense|beast of burden donkey
sense|stupid person fool, idiot

Hyponyms
sense|beast of burden donkey, onager, wild ass

Derived terms
wild ass

See also
Appendix:Animals
Appendix:Collective nouns

Translations
trans-top|animal
Arabic: ARchar|ح�ار (ħuma�r)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: �ܡܪ� (khm�r�, khmoro) c
:Hebrew: ��ר� (khm�r�, khmoro) c
Armenian: ավանակ (avanak), էշ (�š)
Bosnian: magarac m
Chinese: 驢, 驴 (l�)
Czech: osel m
Danish: æsel m
Dutch: ezel m
Esperanto: azeno
Estonian: eesel
Finnish: aasi
French: âne m
German: Esel m
Greek: �νο� (onos) m, γά�δα�ο� (gaidaros) m
Hungarian: szamár
Icelandic: asni m
Indonesian: keledai
Interlingua: asino
Italian: asino m, ciuco m, somaro m
trans-mid
Korean: �� (nagwi), ��� (dangnagwi)
Latvian: �zelis m
Persian: FAchar|خر (khar)
Polish: osio� m
Portuguese: asno m, burro m, jumento m, besta f
Romanian: m�gar m, asin m
Russian: о��л (os'ól) m, и�ак (išák) m
Sicilian: sceccu m
Slovak: somár m, osol m
Slovene: osel m
Spanish: asno m
Swedish: åsna c
Turkish: e�ek
Vietnamese: lừa
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trans-top|stupid person
Armenian: հիմա� (himar), ապո�շ (a'push), էշ (�š)
Bosnian: magarac m, magare
Chinese: 笨� (bèndàn), ��/�� (báichī), �� (zhì zhàng)
Czech: debil m, idiot m
Esperanto: stultulo
Finnish: aasi
French: âne m, idiot m, imbécile m
German: Esel m, Idiot m, Trottel m
Greek: γά�δα�ο� (gaidaros) m, βλάκα� (vlakas) m|f
Icelandic: asni m, hálviti m, fífl n
Interlingua: asino#Interlingua|asino
Italian: asino#Italian|asino, idiota m, scemo m
trans-mid
Persian: FAchar|خر (khar)
Polish: tuman m, osio� m, idiota m
Portuguese: cú m, burro m, jumento m, besta f
Russian: о��л (osjól) m
Sicilian: sceccu m, scecca f
Slovak: somár m, osol m, debil m, magor m, chru�o m, chumaj m
Slovene: osel m
Spanish: burro m, idiota, imbécil
Swedish: åsna c, idiot#Swedish|idiot c
Vietnamese: ngư�i ngu
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Etymology 2
Used chiefly in the US. A vulgar usage of term|arse (used in the UK and Australia), from a proto|Germanic|ars-oz. Cognates include the Old High German term|ars|langgoh, Old Norse term|ars|langnon (now term|Arsch|langde in German), Old Frisian term|ers|langofs and Greek term||trorrhos|langel.

Noun
en-noun|es

1. slang The buttocks of a person or animal.
2. context|vulgar|slang|uncountable sex|Sex.

#:I�m going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.

1. anus
2. 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.)
#:This room smells like ass. (This room smells bad.)
#:What a bunch of ass. (What a load of crap.)

1. slang Used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness.

#:That was one big-ass fish! or That's an expensive-ass car!

1. slang oneself|Oneself.

#: Get your lazy ass out of bed!

Synonyms
sense|buttocks See WikiSaurus:buttocks
sense|women piece of ass, pussy, skirt, tail

Derived terms
asshole
dumbass
kick ass

Translations
trans-top|buttocks
Armenian: հետո�յ� (hetuyq), �ամակ (k�amak), տո�տո�զ (tutuz), ոռ (vo�)
Catalan: cul m
Cebuano: sampot, dapi-dapi'
Czech: prdel f
Dutch: kont m|f , reet m|f
Esperanto: pugo
Estonian: perse
Finnish: perse
French: cul m
German: Arsch
Greek: ο�ί�θια (opisthia) n|p, κ�λο� (kolos) m, �ι�ιν�� (pisinos) m
Guarani: evi (t-)
Hungarian: segg
Hebrew: �ש�� (yash'van), ת�ת (ta'khat) (slang)
Icelandic: rass
Ilocano: ubet
Interlingua: culo#Interlingua|culo
Irish Gaelic: tóin f
Italian: culo#Italian|culo m
trans-mid
Kurdish: qûn
Leyteno: lubot
Norwegian: ræv f
Persian: FAchar|ک�� (kun)
Polish: dupa f, ty�ek m
Portuguese: cu m, (Brazilian) bunda f
Romanian: fund#Romanian|fund n, popou n, cur#Romanian|cur n
Russian: жопа (žópa) f, попа (pópa) f, задни�а (zádnica) f, зад (zad) m, ��ака (sráka) f
Scots: ers
Scottish Gaelic: màs m, tòin f
Sicilian: culu m
Slovak: riť f, prdel f
Slovene: rit m, zadnjica f
Spanish: culo#Spanish|culo m
Surigaonon: kalibangan, labut
Swedish: arsle n
Tagalog: puwit
Tausug: buli'
Turkish: göt, kıç, mabat, popo
Welsh: tin#Welsh|tin f
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trans-top|sex
Finnish: perse
Greek: ����� (proktos) m
Hebrew: ��� [minn] m
Italian: culo f
trans-mid
Polish: dupa f
Portuguese: xiri m, xibiu m, xoxota f
Spanish: polvo m
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ttbc|Interlingua: vagina#Interlingua|vagina
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Category:English swear words
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Category:Mammals

Latvian

Noun
infl|lv|noun

1. axis

Declension
lv-noun-d6|a|s|s|s

Adjective
infl|lv|adjective

1. sharp

Luxembourgish

Verb
infl|lb|verb

1. is

Manx

Adverb
infl|gv|adverb

1. out

Swedish

Noun
infl|sv|noun

1. music|lang=sv A-flat

abbreviation|Swedish
infl|sv|abbreviation

1. form of|Abbreviation|assurerat.

zh-min-nan:ass
cs:ass
fa:ass
fr:ass
ko:ass
io:ass
it:ass
kk:ass
la:ass
hu:ass
pl:ass
ru:ass
simple:ass
fi:ass
ta:ass
te:ass
vi:ass

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