fanny

Other forms of fanny

plural

fannies·

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 fanny

What does fanny mean?

fanny 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 fanny?

fanny has 2 syllables: fan-ny. The stress falls on "fan". In IPA it is /ˈfæni/.

What is another word for fanny?

Close synonyms include buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside. 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 fanny a common word?

fanny 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.