The Latin word for cheek is
gena
Translations for cheek and their definitions
| gena | |
| 1. n. cheek | |
| 2. n. eye socket | |
| 3. n. (rare) eye or eyelid |
| bucca | |
| 1. n. the lower part of the cheek. | |
| 2. n. (plural) the jaw. | |
| 3. n. (especially) referring to the puffing of the cheeks. | |
| 4. n. # (figurative) referring to persons. | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) the mouth. | |
| 6. n. a mouthful. | |
| 7. n. applied to anything hollow. | |
| 8. n. a catchword of uncertain meaning used in a game, possibly equivalent to English buck buck. |
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