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Definition: Gluteus |
GluteusNoun1. Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Gluteus \Glu*te"us\, noun. [New Latin]. (references) |
Synonyms: GluteusSynonyms: gluteal muscle (n), gluteus muscle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gluteus |
| English words defined with "gluteus": gluteal. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | That's my girlfriend, gluteus erecti (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Gluteus to the Maximus (1997) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "gluteus": gluteus maximus ♦ gluteus medius ♦ gluteus minimus ♦ gluteus muscle ♦ vena gluteus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "gluteus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | glutæus maximus-reflex (exteroceptive reflex of gluteus maximus muscle), bursa trochanterica subfascialis (trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus muscle), bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei minimi (trochanteric bursa of gluteus minimus muscle), bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei medii posterior (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei medii anterior (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), bursa ischiadica musculi glutaei maximi (ischial bursa of gluteus maximus muscle). (various references) | |
Dutch | bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei medii (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei maximi (trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus muscle). (various references) | |
Finnish | pakaralihas (gluteus muscles). (various references) | |
French | réflexe extéroceptif du grand fessier (exteroceptive reflex of gluteus maximus muscle), muscles fessiers (gluteus muscles), bourse trochantérienne du petit fessier (trochanteric bursa of gluteus minimus muscle), bourse trochantérienne du moyen fessier (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), bourse trochantérienne du grand fessier (trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus muscle), bourse séreuse ischio-fessière (ischial bursa of gluteus maximus muscle), "Coeur de rumsteck" (gluteus muscles). (various references) | |
German | Gluteus-maximus-Fremdreflex (exteroceptive reflex of gluteus maximus muscle), Bursa trochanterica subfascialis (trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus muscle), Bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei minimi (trochanteric bursa of gluteus minimus muscle), Bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei medii posterior (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), Bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei medii anterior (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), Bursa trochanterica musculi glutaei maximi (trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus muscle), Bursa ischiadica musculi glutaei maximi (ischial bursa of gluteus maximus muscle). (various references) | |
Greek | γλουτιαίοι (gluteus muscles), γλουτιαίου μύ προσθιος τροχαντήριος θύλακας (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), ισχιακός θύλακας μείζονα γλουτιαίου μύ (ischial bursa of gluteus maximus muscle), μέσου γλουτιαίου μύ οπίσθιος τροχαντηριαίος θύλακας (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), μικρού γλουτιαίου μύ τροχαντήριος θύλακας (trochanteric bursa of gluteus minimus muscle), εξωδόχο αντανακλαστικό του μέγα γλουτιαίου μυός (exteroceptive reflex of gluteus maximus muscle), τροχαντήριος θύλακας μείζονα γλουτιαίου μυ (trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus muscle). (various references) | |
Italian | gluteo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uteusglay.(various references) | |
Spanish | reflejo exteroceptivo del glúteo mayor (exteroceptive reflex of gluteus maximus muscle), bolsa trocantérica del músculo glúteo menor (trochanteric bursa of gluteus minimus muscle), bolsa trocantérica del músculo glúteo mediano (trochanteric bursa of gluteus medius muscle), bolsa trocantérica del músculo glúteo mayor (trochanteric bursa of gluteus maximus muscle), bolsa del isquion del glúteo (ischial bursa of gluteus maximus muscle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Gluteus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: galeatus, gluteal, gluteous, glutes, glutius, glutus, Luteus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gluteus" (pronounced 'Glu*te"us'): Amphioxus, Antibacchius, Archeus, Bacchius, Chaus, Complexus, Corypheus, Glutaeus, Nexus, Uraeus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-l-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: gelts, glues, gluts, guest, gules, luges, lutes, tules. | |
-3 letters: gels, gelt, gest, gets, glue, glut, guls, gust, guts, legs, lest, lets, lues, luge, lugs, lust, lute, slue, slug, suet, sulu, tegs, tels, tugs, tule, ulus. | |
-4 letters: els, gel, get, gul, gut, leg, let, leu, lug, seg, sel, set, sue, teg, tel, tug, ulu. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-l-s-t-u-u" | |
+2 letters: glutenous, jugulates, ungulates. | |
+3 letters: fulgurates, fulgurites, tumblebugs. | |
+4 letters: bluetongues, sulfureting. | |
+5 letters: agricultures, autogenously, futurologies, outrageously, slaughterous, sulfuretting. | |
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