anklebone

English

Etymology

From Middle English ancle bone; equivalent to ankle +‎ bone.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋk(ə)lbəʊn/

Noun

anklebone (plural anklebones)

The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
Synonyms: talus, astragalus, astragal, huckle bone
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles iij:[7–8], folio clvii, recto:
  And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.

Translations

bone of the ankle

Afrikaans: enkelbeen
Basque: tortolos
Breton: askorn fer ?
Catalan: astràgal (ca) m, taba (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 距骨 (zh) (jùgǔ)
Czech: hlezenní kost f
Dhivehi: ތަނބި ކަށިގަނޑު (taᵐbi kaṣigaⁿḍu)
Dutch: sprongbeen ?
Finnish: telaluu (fi)
French: talus (fr) m, astragale (fr) m, os astragale m
German: Sprungbein (de) n, Rollbein n
Greek: αστράγαλος (el) m (astrágalos)
Hungarian: ugrócsont (hu)
Indonesian: mata kaki (id)
Irish: cnámh murnáin f, rúitín m
Italian: astragalo (it) m, talo m
Japanese: 距骨 (ja) (きょこつ, kyokotsu)
Lithuanian: šokikaulis ?
Ottoman Turkish: آشیق (aşık), طوپوق (topuk)
Polish: kość skokowa f
Portuguese: astrágalo m (Portugal), tálus m (Brazil)
Russian: тара́нная кость f (taránnaja kostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: gležanjska kost ?
Spanish: taba (es) f
Swedish: språngben n
Tagalog: butumbuol
Turkish: aşık kemiği (tr)
Vietnamese: xương sên

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.