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ano — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • an article The form of "a" used before a word that starts with a vowel sound.
  • anus noun The opening at the end of the digestive tract through which solid waste leaves the body.
  • bum noun British informal term for the buttocks.
  • ese noun An informal, chiefly Mexican-American term of address for a man, roughly equivalent to "dude" or "man."
  • time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
  • vent noun An opening that allows air, gas, or smoke to pass through or escape.
  • year noun The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun once, about 365 days.

Senses

ano is used for these senses in English:

  • an Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.)
  • ane Variant of -an, usually with differentiation (germane, humane, urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).
  • ese Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.
  • anus (anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
  • bum (informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The buttocks.
  • bum (informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The anus.
  • time (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
  • vent The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.

anus — full definition

  1. noun The opening at the end of the digestive tract through which solid waste leaves the body.
  2. noun (vulgar slang) An obnoxious or unpleasant person.

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