arse

Other forms of arse

plural

arses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arse

What does arse mean?

arse means "the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arse?

arse has 1 syllable: arse. In IPA it is /ˈɑɹs/.

What is another word for arse?

Close synonyms include buttocks, nates, butt, backside, bum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arse a common word?

arse is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.