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