English

Noun

fesse ‎(plural fesses)

1. Alternative spelling of fess (horizontal band in heraldry)

French

Etymology

From Middle French fesse, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fissa, from Latin fissum, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛs/

Noun

fesse f ‎(plural fesses)

1. (anatomy) buttock
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Quant à mon homme, l'œil collé au trou, une main sur mes fesses, l'autre à son vit qu'il agitait peu à peu, il semblait régler son extase sur celle qu'il surprenait.

     As for my man, eyes glued to my hole, one hand on my buttocks, the other on his dick which he stimulated little by little, he seemed to direct his ecstasy on the one he surprised

Derived terms

• fessé, fessée, fesser, fessier, fesseur, fesseuse

Verb

fesse

1. first-person singular present indicative of fesser
2. third-person singular present indicative of fesser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fesser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of fesser
5. second-person singular imperative of fesser

Italian

Adjective

fesse

1. feminine plural of fesso

Latin

Adjective

fesse

1. vocative masculine singular of fessus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fissa, from Latin fissum.

Noun

fesse f (plural fesses)

1. buttock