"midriff" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-midriff.ogg Forms: midriffs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krep-}}, {{inh|en|enm|midref}} Middle English midref, {{inh|en|ang|midrif}} Old English midrif, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*middjahrif}} Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif, {{prefix|en|mid|riff}} mid- + riff Head templates: {{en-noun}} midriff (plural midriffs)
  1. (anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part. Wikipedia link: midriff Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: midsection, midrif [obsolete] Related terms: diaphragm Translations (mid section of the human torso): талия (talija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 腹部 (fùbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 肚子 (dùzi) (Chinese Mandarin), middenrif [neuter] (Dutch), keskivartalo (Finnish), ventre [masculine] (French), Bauch [masculine] (German), Taille [feminine] (German), praecordia [neuter, plural] (Latin), половина (polovina) [feminine] (Macedonian), brzuch [masculine] (Polish), ventre [masculine] (Portuguese), abdomen [masculine] (Spanish), vientre [masculine] (Spanish), cintura [feminine] (Spanish)

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