bellybutton

Other forms of bellybutton

plural

bellybuttons·

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 bellybutton

What does bellybutton mean?

bellybutton means "a scar where the umbilical cord was attached".

How many syllables are in bellybutton?

bellybutton has 4 syllables: bel-ly-but-ton. The stress falls on "ly".

What is another word for bellybutton?

Close synonyms include navel, umbilicus, belly button, omphalos, omphalus. 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 bellybutton a common word?

bellybutton is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.