bulge
English
/bʌldʒ/, /bʌldʒ/
noun
Definitions
- Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
- The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
- (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
- (colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
- (figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bulge (hump, leather bag) derived from boulge (leather bag) derived from Latin bulga (a leathern bag knapsack) derived from Gaulish *bulga (leather bag) derived from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (sack, bag, stomach, belly).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*bolgos
Gloss
sack, bag, stomach, belly
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
腹, 胃
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abulge English
- back English
- backbulge English
- bulgeless English
- bulger English
- bulginess English
- bulgy English
- cock English
- cockbulge English
- fore English
- forebulge English
- man English
- manbulge English
- outbulge English
- protobulge English
- pseudobulge English
- bulga Latin
- Balg German
- Wechselbalg German
- balgen German
- bouge French
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- bulge Middle English
- bolge Old French
- bouge Old French
- bougette Old French
- butxaca Catalan, Valencian
- bolg Old Irish
- balc Middle High German
- *bolgos Proto-Celtic
- *bolɣ Proto-Brythonic
- *bulga Gaulish
- bolgā Gaulish
- boulge ONF.