Thigh

Definitions

1. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
2. That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

Equivalents

73 more languages

Afrikaansdy

العربيةالفخذفخذورك

Azərbaycan dilibudomba

Беларускаябядросцягно́

Българскибедро́

বাংলাঊরুজা

བོད་སྐད།བརླ་ཤ

Bosanskibedrobutstegnoбедробутсанстегно+ 4 more

Catalàcuixa

Češtinafemorálnístehennístehno

Cymraegclunmorddwyd

Dansklår

Ελληνικάμηρόςμπούτι

Esperantofemuro

Eestireis

Euskaraizter

فارسیران

Suomipaistileikereisi

Gaeilgeceathrúláirigleissliasaid+ 1 more

Gàidhligsliasaid

Galegobragadacoxacoxigóncoxotelomedrozancazanco+ 4 more

ગુજરાતીજાંઘ

עבריתירך

हिन्दीजांघरान

Hrvatskibedrobutstegnoбедробутсанстегно+ 4 more

Magyarcomb

Հայերենազդրբուդզիստ

Bahasa Indonesiapahapukang

Igbootoko

Íslenskalæri

Italianocoscia

日本語つぶしつぶぶしふともも大腿太股股腿+ 4 more

ქართულიბარძაყი

Қазақ тілібұтсан

ភាសាខ្មែរភ្លៅ

ಕನ್ನಡತೊಡೆ

한국어넓적다리대퇴신다리야벅지허벅다리허벅지+ 3 more

Kurdîdijhitareîs

Кыргызчасан

Latinacoxafemurgamba

Lietuviųšlaunis

Latviešuaugšstilbsciska

Македонскибедро

മലയാളംതുട

Монголгуяташаа

Bahasa Melayupaha

Maltikoxxa

မြန်မာပေါင်

Nederlandsbovenbeendij

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੱਟ

Polskikolanoudo

Portuguêscoxa

Românăcoapsă

Русскийбедроляжка

සිංහලඋරුව

Slovenščinabedrostegno

Shqipkofshë

Српскиbedrobutstegnoбедробутсанстегно+ 4 more

Svenskalår

Kiswahilipaja

தமிழ்தொடை

తెలుగుతొడ

Тоҷикӣрон

ไทยขาอ่อน

Tagaloghita

Türkçebutuyluk

Українськастегно

اردوران

O'zbekchason

Tiếng Việtđui

isiXhosaithanga

Yorùbáitan

isiZuluithanga

Examples

“I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her High forehead, and her Scarlet lip, By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie⟳, That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs.”

“About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh.”

“‘Why not pay⟳ up now, kiddo?’ he suggested magnanimously, patting me on the thigh.”

“The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw⟳ with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh.”

“Add⟳ the chicken thighs, close⟳ the bag, and squish the marinade to coat the chicken.”

“The newly discovered dinosaur Brontomerus mcintoshi may have⟳ used its huge muscular thighs to kick⟳ predators and rivals.”

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