Showing results for nates. Search instead for natis.

nates

American

[ney-teez] / ˈneɪ tiz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

buttocks; rump.

nates British

/ ˈneɪtiːz /

plural noun

a technical word for the buttocks See buttock

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of nates

1675–85; < Latin natēs, plural of natis; generally used in the plural; akin to Greek nôton the back

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023