humpback

English

Etymology

hump +‎ back

Noun

humpback (plural humpbacks)

A humped back
(Can we find and add a quotation of Tatler to this entry?)
A person with a humpback: hunchback
A person who suffers from kyphosis
A humpback whale
A humpback salmon.

Derived terms

Related terms

humpbacked

Translations

humped back

Bulgarian: гърбица f (gǎrbica)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 駝背 (zh), 驼背 (zh) (tuóbèi)
Finnish: kyttyrä
French: bosse (fr) f
German: Buckel (de) m

Hungarian: púp (hu)
Japanese: 傴僂 (くぐせ, kuguse), 傴僂 (せむし, semushi)
Korean: 곱사 (gopsa), 곱사등 (gopsadeung)
Maori: tuarā hake
Portuguese: corcunda (pt) f
Russian: горб (ru) m (gorb)

humpbacked person

Arabic: أَحْدَب‎ (ar) m (ʾaḥdab), حَدْبَاء‎ f (ḥadbāʾ)
Armenian: կուզիկ (hy) (kuzik)
Bulgarian: гърбушко m (gǎrbuško)
Catalan: geperut (ca) m, geperuda (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 駝背 (zh), 驼背 (zh) (tuóbèi), 駝子 (zh), 驼子 (zh) (tuózi)
Dutch: bultenaar (nl)
Finnish: kyttyräselkä
French: bossu (fr) m, bossue (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Buckliger m, Bucklige f

Greek: καμπούρης (el) m (kampoúris), καμπούρα (el) f (kampoúra)
Ido: gibozo (io), gibiero (io)
Japanese: 傴僂 (くぐせ, kuguse), 傴僂 (せむし, semushi)
Korean: 곱사 (gopsa), 곱사등이 (gopsadeung-i), 꼽추 (kkopchu)
Maori: piari, manau, tāupe
Persian: گوژپشت‎ (fa) (gužpošt)
Portuguese: corcunda (pt) m or f
Russian: горбу́н (ru) m (gorbún), горбу́нья (ru) f (gorbúnʹja), горба́ч (ru) m (gorbáč), горба́тый (ru) m (gorbátyj), горба́тая (ru) f (gorbátaja)
Spanish: jorobado (es) m, corcovado (es), giboso, contrahecho (es)
Tagalog: kuba, kuba

A humpback whale

Bulgarian: гърбав кит m (gǎrbav kit)

See also

kyphosis

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