'Les fesses' is a mainstream noun, while 'bum' is slang (with these days a touch of euphemism about it). Wouldn't you think 'buttocks' would be a better match? Just listen to Tom Hanks saying the word in Forrest Gump for practice!
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Lucien J.Kwiziq community member
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This question relates to:French vocab and grammar list "Parts of the body vocabulary in French"
Asked 3 years ago
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Hi Lucien,
I have changed the ‘les fesses’ translation to the buttocks.
Thank you for pointing this out...
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