English
Etymology
From cleft + chin. Compare Middle English clove chynne (“cleft chin”, literally “cloven chin”).
Noun
cleft chin (plural cleft chins)
- (anatomy) The presence of a genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.
- Synonyms: bum chin, butt chin, chin cleft, chin dimple, superhero chin, mental cleft
Translations
cleft chin
- Arabic: طَابَع اَلْحُسْن m (ṭabaʕ al-ḥusn)
- Egyptian Arabic: طابع الحسن m (abeʕ el-ḥusn)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 裂下巴 (lièxiàba), 顎裂 / 颚裂 (zh) (èliè)
- Finnish: lovileuka, kuoppaleuka
- French: menton fendu m, menton fourchu m
- Galician: focha (gl) f
- German: Kinngrübchen n
- Icelandic: hökuskarð, pétursskarð, pétursspor
- Italian: mento leporino m
- Japanese: 割れ顎 (wareago), (informal, lit.: butt chin) ケツあご (ketsuago) (also spelled: ケツ顎 (ketsuago), 尻顎 (ketsuago))
- Russian: раздво́енный подборо́док m (razdvójennyj podboródok)
- Spanish: barbilla partida f, barba partida f, mentón partido m
- Swedish: hakgrop c
- Vietnamese: cằm chẻ
- Yoruba: tọ́ọ́rọ́ àgbọ̀n
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