anklebone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋk(ə)lbəʊn/

Noun

anklebone (plural anklebones)

1. 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 (pt) 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