English
Alternative spellings
ancle
Etymology
Old English ancle, anclow, ancleow; akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: compare with Skr. anga limb, anguri finger. Compare with Haunch.
Pronunciation
IPA|WEAE /�æ�.k�l/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æ�k�l|-æ�k�l
Noun
en-noun
- The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
- slang Woman
Translations
trans-top|joint between foot and leg
Arabic: Ù�اØÙ�
Catalan: turmell m
Croatian: t-|hr|gležanj|m
Czech: t-|cs|kotnÃk|m
Danish: t+|da|kno, t-|da|ankel
Dutch: t+|nl|enkel|m
Ewe: af�k�e n
Finnish: t+|fi|nilkka
French: t+|fr|cheville|f
German: t+|de|Knöchel|m, t+|de|Fu�knöchel|m, t-|de|enkel
Greek: t|el|α���άγαλο�|m|sc=Grek
Hebrew: t-|he|קרס��|m|trqarsol|scHebr
Ido: stifto
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Icelandic: ökkla ökli
Italian: t-|it|caviglia|f
Japanese: 足� (���� ashikubi)
Korean: �목 (balmog, -mok)
Old English: ancle, anclow
Persian: ��زک پا (quzak)
Romanian: glezn� f
Russian: t+|ru|лод�жка|f|scCyrl, t+|ru|�иколо�ка|f|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|gleženj|m
Spanish: t+|es|tobillo|m
Swedish: ankel, fotled c, vrist c
Vietnamese: mắt cá chân
Warlpiri: tari
Welsh: t-|cy|migwrn|m|xs=Welsh
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ttbc|Albanian: sy i këmbës
ttbc|Cherokee: ������ (uṣaskwalad�)
ttbc|Esperanto: maleolo
ttbc|Hungarian: boka
Verb
en-verb|ankl|ing
- US slang To walk.
- (bicycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
Derived terms
ankle slapper
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