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Shin

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ʃɪn

Definitions

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
A river in Scotland, in the Highlands
A fishplate for a railway

Equivalents

Españolcanilla espinilla tibia

Françaischiné os long shintibia

DeutschSchienbein Schin Tibia

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العربيةالساق شين قصبة

Беларускаягалёнка

Българскипищял

བོད་སྐད།ངར་གདུང

Bosanskicevanica cjevanica golenjačagoljenjača sin голењача гољењача цеваница цјеваница

Catalàcanyella sec

Češtinaholeň kupy

Cymraegcrimog

Danskskinneben

Ελληνικάκαλάμι κνήμη

Esperantokruro

Suomietusääri kavuta kiivetäkivuta saari šin

Gaeilgelorga

Gàidhliglurgann

Galegocanela perna tibia

עבריתשוק שי"ן

Hrvatskicevanica cjevanica golenjačagoljenjača sin голењача гољењача цеваница цјеваница

Magyarlábszár sípcsont

Հայերենսրունք

Bahasa Indonesiabetis depan tulang kering

Íslenskasköflungur

Italianostinco tibia

日本語向こう脛脛臑骭

ქართულიკანჭი წვივი

ភាសាខ្មែរស្មង

한국어정강이

Kurdîincik şîn

Latviešuliels

Македонскиписка

Bahasa Melayutulang kering

Nederlandsscheen

Polskigoleń

Portuguêscanela

Русскийголень карабкаться лазатьшин

Slovenščinagolen piščal

Soomaalixoog

Српскиcevanica cjevanica golenjačagoljenjača sin голењача гољењача цеваница цјеваница

Svenskaskenben

ไทยแข้ง

Tagaloglulod

Türkçeincik kaval kemiği sin

Українськаголінка гомілка гомілковий

Tiếng Việtống đồng ống khuyển ống quyển

Yorùbáojugun

Examples

“Soccer players have ⟳ to wear ⟳ protective gear so they don't injure ⟳ their shins.”

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