bottom
English
/ˈbɒtəm/, /ˈbɑtəm/
noun
Definitions
- The lowest part of anything.
- (uncountable) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- (now) Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
- The buttocks or anus.
- (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
- (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- (LGBT) A person with a preference for being penetrated during sexual intercourse.
- (physics) A bottom quark.
- (often) The lowest part of a container.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
- An abyss.
- (obsolete) Power of endurance.
- (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
- (usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English botme inherited from Old English botm (bottom) derived from Proto-Germanic *budmaz, *butmaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (bottom, earth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰudʰmḗn
Gloss
bottom, earth
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
底
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- age English
- antibottom English
- bottom-age English
- bottomed English
- bottomedness English
- bottomer English
- bottomhood English
- bottomland English
- bottomless English
- bottomlessly English
- bottomlessness English
- bottommost English
- bottomness English
- bottomonium English
- bottomry English
- bottomward English
- bottomwards English
- bottomy English
- bottonium English
- hard English
- hardbottom English
- land English
- power English
- power bottom English
- rebottom English
- sbottom English
- sbottomonium English
- soft English
- softbottom English
- subbottom English
- unbottomed English
- underbottom English
- *affundāre Latin
- *exfundorāre Latin
- *infundāre Latin
- fundamentum Latin
- fundulus Latin
- fundus Latin
- Ackerboden German
- Beckenboden German
- Blütenboden German
- Boden German
- Bodenart German
- Bodenbakterium German
- Bodenbearbeitung German
- Bodenfarbe German
- Bodengüte German
- Bodenlebewesen German
- Bodennebel German
- Bodennullpunkt German
- Bodennähe German
- Bodenrente German
- Bodensatz German
- Bodenschatz German
- Bodenverdichtung German
- Bodenvereisung German
- Bodenzapfen German
- Dachboden German
- Erdboden German
- Felsboden German
- Fundus German
- Fußboden German
- Kunststoffboden German
- Meeresboden German
- Nachtigallenboden German
- Sandboden German
- Teppichboden German
- bodenlang German
- bodenlos German
- bodennah German
- fondo Italian
- aardbodem Dutch, Flemish
- bodem Dutch, Flemish
- bodembewoner Dutch, Flemish
- bodemerij Dutch, Flemish
- bodemkunde Dutch, Flemish
- bodemloos Dutch, Flemish
- bodemonderzoek Dutch, Flemish
- bodemprijs Dutch, Flemish
- bodemschat Dutch, Flemish
- bodemsoort Dutch, Flemish
- bodemtype Dutch, Flemish
- bodemziekte Dutch, Flemish
- lattenbodem Dutch, Flemish
- oceaanbodem Dutch, Flemish
- oorlogsbodem Dutch, Flemish
- zeebodem Dutch, Flemish
- bottom French
- fond French
- fondo Spanish, Castilian
- fundillo Spanish, Castilian
- fundo Spanish, Castilian
- hondura Spanish, Castilian
- hondón Spanish, Castilian
- πυθμήν Ancient Greek
- πύνδαξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰudʰ-mn Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰudʰno- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- bunn Norwegian Bokmål
- *budm- Proto-Germanic
- *budmaz, *butmaz Proto-Germanic
- *bunī Proto-Germanic
- *butmaz Proto-Germanic
- botn Norwegian Nynorsk
- botnlinje Norwegian Nynorsk
- havbotn Norwegian Nynorsk
- botm Old English
- अबुध्न Sanskrit
- बुध्न Sanskrit
- botemles Middle English
- botme Middle English
- aerbhonn Irish
- bonn Irish
- bonnaonad Irish
- bonneagar Irish
- mórbhonn Irish
- botn Old Norse
- bund Danish
- bundalvorlig Danish
- bundfald Danish
- bundkort Danish
- bundløs Danish
- fundo Esperanto
- fons Catalan, Valencian
- bossi Icelandic
- botn Icelandic
- botnfall Icelandic
- botnlægur Icelandic
- fund Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- بن Persian
- bodem Middle Dutch
- bodam Old High German
- boden Middle High German
- Buedem Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- fund Albanian
- fondo Old Portuguese
- fundo Old Portuguese
- *bundos Proto-Celtic
- *bʰudʰnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- afundu Aromanian
- fundu Aromanian
- fons Occitan
- *funðos Proto-Italic
- fons Romansh
- funs Romansh
- fuond Romansh
- fuonz Romansh
- fùns Romansh
- fondu Asturian
- font Friulian
- *budʰnás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- bonn Middle Irish
- fondo Old Spanish
- *budjā Proto-Albanian
- *būðā Proto-Albanian
- botn Old Danish
- fond Ladin
- *putʰmḗn Proto-Hellenic
- *puntekse urj-fpr-pro
- botom Bislama
- Bodincus Ancient Ligurian
- age
- hard
- soft
- land
- power
- bottomy
- sbottom
- bottomry
- bottomed
- bottomer
- rebottom
- subbottom
- bottonium
- bottom-age
- bottomless
- bottomhood
- softbottom
- antibottom
- bottommost
- hardbottom
- bottomness
- bottomward
- unbottomed
- bottomland
- underbottom
- bottomonium
- bottomwards
- bottomedness
- power bottom
- bottomlessly
- sbottomonium
- bottomlessness