ankle

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.kəl/
  Play
• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈæŋ.khəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.khl̩]
  Play
• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈaŋ.kəl/
  Play
• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard, Wales: [ˈaŋ.khəl] ~ [ˈaŋ.khl̩]
  Play
• Scotland: /ˈaŋ.kəl/
  Play
• Scotland: [ˈäŋ.khəl] ~ [ˈäŋ.khl̩]
  Play
• /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.kəl/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  Play
• [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.khəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.khl̩] US, Canada, æ-raising
  Play
• [ˈɛ̃ŋ-] US, Canada, æ-raising
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• Australian: /ˈbæːŋ/
  Play
• Australian: [ˈbæːŋ]
  Play
• Australian: [ˈbɛːŋ] ~ [ˈbeːŋ] æ-raising
  Play
• New-Zealand: /ˈɛŋ.kəl/
  Play
• New-Zealand: [ˈɛŋ.khəl] ~ [ˈɛŋ.khl̩]
  Play
• rhymes with -æŋkəl
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: AE1 NG K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eng- Proto-Germanic *-ulaz Proto-Germanic *ankulaz Proto-West Germanic *ankul Old English *ancol Middle English ancle English ankle From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enkel, enklaauw, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”). Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: enkel — joint between foot and leg
• Albanian: noçkë — joint between foot and leg
• Southern Altai: ажык (ažïk) — joint between foot and leg
• Arabic: كَاحِل (kāḥil) — joint between foot and leg
• Arabic: كَعْب (kaʕb) — joint between foot and leg
• Arabic: بز الرجل (bez er-regl) — joint between foot and leg
• Arabic: انكل (ankel) — joint between foot and leg
• Aramaic: ܩܘܼܪܨܠܵܐ (qurṣlā) — joint between foot and leg
• Armenian: կոճ (koč) — joint between foot and leg
• Armenian: ճան (čan) — joint between foot and leg
• Old Armenian: կոճ (koč) — joint between foot and leg
• Old Armenian: պճեղն (pčełn) — joint between foot and leg
• Asturian: todiellu — joint between foot and leg
• Avar: эгъе (eğe) — joint between foot and leg
• Azerbaijani: topuq — joint between foot and leg
• Basque: orkatila — joint between foot and leg
• Belarusian: шчы́калатка (ščýkalatka) — joint between foot and leg
• Bhojpuri: टखना (ṭakhənā) — joint between foot and leg
• Bau Bidayuh: gelangan betis — joint between foot and leg
• Bulgarian: глезен (glezen) — joint between foot and leg
• Burmese: ဖမျက် (hpa.myak) — joint between foot and leg
• Burmese: ခြေချင်းဝတ် (hkrehkyang:wat) — joint between foot and leg
• Catalan: turmell — joint between foot and leg
• Cebuano: buolbuol — joint between foot and leg
• Chepang: युःमीक् — joint between foot and leg
• Cherokee: ᎤᏣᏍᏆᎳᏛ (utsasqualadv) — joint between foot and leg
• Chinese: 跤目 (zh-min-nan) — joint between foot and leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 脚腕子 (jiǎowànzi) — joint between foot and leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 腿腕子 (tuǐwànzi) — joint between foot and leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 踝 (huái) — joint between foot and leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳腕子 /脚腕子 (jiǎowànzi) — joint between foot and leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳踝 /脚踝 (jiǎohuái) — joint between foot and leg
• Chuvash: пакӑлчак (pak̬ălč̬ak) — joint between foot and leg
• Coptic: ⲓⲛⲓ (ini) — joint between foot and leg
• Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲣⲁⲧ (šmou nrat) — joint between foot and leg
• Cornish: ufern — joint between foot and leg
• Czech: kotník — joint between foot and leg
• Danish: ankel — joint between foot and leg
• Dutch: enkel — joint between foot and leg
• Esperanto: maleolo — joint between foot and leg
• Estonian: pahkluu — joint between foot and leg
• Ewe: afɔkɔe — joint between foot and leg
• Faroese: økil — joint between foot and leg
• Faroese: økul — joint between foot and leg
• Finnish: nilkka — joint between foot and leg
• French: cheville — joint between foot and leg
• North Frisian: wrast — joint between foot and leg
• Saterland Frisian: Onkel — joint between foot and leg
• West-Frisian: ankel — joint between foot and leg
• Friulian: cjavile — joint between foot and leg
• Galician: nocello — joint between foot and leg
• Galician: artello — joint between foot and leg
• Galician: tornecelo — joint between foot and leg
• Galician: noelo — joint between foot and leg
• Galician: nortello — joint between foot and leg
• Georgian: კოჭი (ḳoč̣i) — joint between foot and leg
• German: Knöchel — joint between foot and leg
• German: Fußknöchel — joint between foot and leg
• German: Chnode — joint between foot and leg
• Greek: αστράγαλος (astrágalos) — joint between foot and leg
• Ancient Greek: σφυρόν (sphurón) — joint between foot and leg
• Greenlandic: singerneq — joint between foot and leg
• Hebrew: קרסול \ קַרְסֹל (karsol) — joint between foot and leg
• Hindi: टखना (ṭakhnā) — joint between foot and leg
• Hindi: गुल्फ (gulph) — joint between foot and leg
• White Hmong: pob taws — joint between foot and leg
• Hungarian: boka — joint between foot and leg
• Icelandic: ökkli — joint between foot and leg
• Ido: stifto — joint between foot and leg
• Indonesian: pergelangan kaki — joint between foot and leg
• Irish: rúitín — joint between foot and leg
• Irish: murnán — joint between foot and leg
• Irish: caol na coise — joint between foot and leg
• Irish: alt na coise — joint between foot and leg
• Italian: caviglia — joint between foot and leg
• Ivatan: kasindan — joint between foot and leg
• Japanese: 足首 (ashikubi) — joint between foot and leg
• Japanese: 踝 (kurubushi) — joint between foot and leg
• Jeju: 발모게기 (balmogegi) — joint between foot and leg
• Jeju: 귀마리 (gwimari) — joint between foot and leg
• Kalmyk: шаһа (şağa) — joint between foot and leg
• Khmer: កជើង (kɑɑ cəəng) — joint between foot and leg
• Korean: 발목 (balmok) — joint between foot and leg
• Northern Kurdish: gozek — joint between foot and leg
• Lao: ຂໍ້ເທົ້າ (khǭ thao) — joint between foot and leg
• Lao: ຂໍ້ຕີນ (khǭ tīn) — joint between foot and leg
• Latgalian: povuorška — joint between foot and leg
• Latin: tālus — joint between foot and leg
• Latvian: potīte — joint between foot and leg
• Laz: კონჭი (ǩonç̌i) — joint between foot and leg
• Linngithigh: owru — joint between foot and leg
• Lithuanian: kulkšni̇̀s — joint between foot and leg
• Lithuanian: kulnẽlis — joint between foot and leg
• Low German: Enkel — joint between foot and leg
• Macedonian: глужд (glužd) — joint between foot and leg
• Malay: pergelangan kaki — joint between foot and leg
• Malay: buku lali — joint between foot and leg
• Malayalam: കണങ്കാൽ (kaṇaṅkāl) — joint between foot and leg
• Malayalam: കണ്ണ (kaṇṇa) — joint between foot and leg
• Maltese: għaksa — joint between foot and leg
• Marathi: गोफा (gophā) — joint between foot and leg
• Marathi: गुल्फ (gulpha) — joint between foot and leg
• Central Sierra Miwok: kát·ala·la — joint between foot and leg
• Mongolian: шагай (šagaj) — joint between foot and leg
• Muong: cố chân — joint between foot and leg
• Khiamniungan Naga: tshà — joint between foot and leg
• Navajo: akétsíín — joint between foot and leg
• Nepali: गोलीगाँठो (golīgā̃ṭho) — joint between foot and leg
• Norman: g'vil'ye — joint between foot and leg
• Norwegian Bokmål: ankel — joint between foot and leg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ankel — joint between foot and leg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: okle — joint between foot and leg
• Nyunga: balkart — joint between foot and leg
• Occitan: cavilha — joint between foot and leg
• Old English: anclēow — joint between foot and leg
• Oromo: koomee — joint between foot and leg
• Pamosu: anuma — joint between foot and leg
• Persian: قوزک پا (quzak-e pâ) — joint between foot and leg
• Persian: مچ پا (moč-e pâ) — joint between foot and leg
• Persian: شتالنگ (šetâlang) — joint between foot and leg
• Persian: بجول (bojul) — joint between foot and leg
• Dari: بند پای (band-e pây) — joint between foot and leg
• Polish: kostka — joint between foot and leg
• Portuguese: tornozelo — joint between foot and leg
• Rapa Nui: puku puku — joint between foot and leg
• Romagnol: cavèja — joint between foot and leg
• Romanian: gleznă — joint between foot and leg
• Romansh: ravel — joint between foot and leg
• Romansh: rauer — joint between foot and leg
• Romansh: tganveala — joint between foot and leg
• Romansh: revel — joint between foot and leg
• Russian: лоды́жка (lodýžka) — joint between foot and leg
• Russian: щи́колотка (ščíkolotka) — joint between foot and leg
• Sanskrit: कुल्फ (kulphá) — joint between foot and leg
• Sanskrit: गुल्फ (gulphá) — joint between foot and leg
• Sardinian: cambuciu — joint between foot and leg
• Sardinian: cambutzu — joint between foot and leg
• Sardinian: bultzedhu — joint between foot and leg
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbrann — joint between foot and leg
• Serbo-Croatian: глежањ — joint between foot and leg
• Serbo-Croatian: gležanj — joint between foot and leg
• Serbo-Croatian: člának — joint between foot and leg
• Sicilian: cavigghia — joint between foot and leg
• Slovak: členok — joint between foot and leg
• Slovene: gleženj — joint between foot and leg
• Lower Sorbian: glozonk — joint between foot and leg
• Lower Sorbian: kóstka — joint between foot and leg
• Upper Sorbian: kulka — joint between foot and leg
• Spanish: tobillo — joint between foot and leg
• Sudovian: kulnas — joint between foot and leg
• Swedish: fotled — joint between foot and leg
• Swedish: vrist — joint between foot and leg
• Swedish: ankel — joint between foot and leg
• Tagalog: buol — joint between foot and leg
• Tagalog: bukungbukong — joint between foot and leg
• Tagalog: bukong-bukong — joint between foot and leg
• Tamil: கணுக்கால் (kaṇukkāl) — joint between foot and leg
• Tamil: கரண்டைக்கால் (karaṇṭaikkāl) — joint between foot and leg
• Tamil: கரண்டை (karaṇṭai) — joint between foot and leg
• Tamil: பரடு (paraṭu) — joint between foot and leg
• Tangut: 𗀉 — joint between foot and leg
• Taos: cʼòwowoʼóna — joint between foot and leg
• Thai: ข้อเท้า (kɔ̂ɔ-táao) — joint between foot and leg
• Tibetan: རྐང་ཚིགས (rkang tshigs) — joint between foot and leg
• Tooro: akafumbarume class 12 — joint between foot and leg
• Tooro: akateerarume class 12 — joint between foot and leg
• Tooro: akakongoijo class 12 — joint between foot and leg
• Tooro: akanyamagita class 12 — joint between foot and leg
• Turkish: ayak bileği — joint between foot and leg
• Turkish: bilek — joint between foot and leg
• Ottoman Turkish: آیاق بیلكی (ayak bileği) — joint between foot and leg
• Ukrainian: кі́сточка (kístočka) — joint between foot and leg
• Ukrainian: щи́колотка (ščýkolotka) — joint between foot and leg
• Uzbek: tovon — joint between foot and leg
• Venetan: caùcia — joint between foot and leg
• Venetan: caìcia — joint between foot and leg
• Venetan: caécia — joint between foot and leg
• Venetan: cadìcia — joint between foot and leg
• Vietnamese: mắt cá chân — joint between foot and leg
• Vietnamese: mắt cá — joint between foot and leg
• Vietnamese: cổ chân — joint between foot and leg
• Volapük: futayoin — joint between foot and leg
• Warlpiri: tari — joint between foot and leg
• Welsh: migwrn — joint between foot and leg
• Welsh: pigwrn — joint between foot and leg
• Welsh: ffêr — joint between foot and leg
• Welsh: swrn — joint between foot and leg
• Wolof: wëq — joint between foot and leg
• Yiddish: קנעכל (knekhl) — joint between foot and leg
• Yoruba: ọrùn ẹsẹ̀ — joint between foot and leg
• Yoruba: kókósẹ̀ — joint between foot and leg
• Zhuang: dabaeu — joint between foot and leg