Phrase guide

big toe

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: digitus primus pedis, great toe, hallux, large toe

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, toe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the first largest innermost toe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: great toe, hallux

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: toe

History

Etymology

From big + toe.

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: groottoon — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Armenian: ոտքի բթամատ (otkʻi btʻamat) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Armenian: պպի (ppi) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Aromanian: pilicar — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Bashkir: баш бармаҡ (baş barmaq) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Catalan: hàl·lux — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Chichewa: mphatakala — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腳趾公 /脚趾公 (goek3 zi2 gung1) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Hakka Chinese: 腳趾公 /脚趾公 (kiok-chṳ́-kûng, kiok-chí-kûng) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大腳趾 /大脚趾 (dàjiǎozhǐ) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拇指 (mǔzhǐ) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拇趾 (mǔzhǐ) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大趾 (dàzhǐ) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Czech: palec — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Danish: storetå — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Dieri: thidna ngandri — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Dutch: grote teen — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Esperanto: halukso — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Finnish: isovarvas — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Finnish: pottuvarvas — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Finnish: ukkovarvas — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Finnish: peukalovarvas — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • French: gros orteil — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • French: pouce du pied — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • French: hallux — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • German: große Zehe — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • German: großer Zeh — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Greek: μεγάλο δάκτυλο του ποδιού (megálo dáktylo tou podioú) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Greenlandic: putugoq — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Hindi: अंगूठा (aṅgūṭhā) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Hungarian: nagy lábujj — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Icelandic: stóra tá — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Icelandic: stóra táin — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Ido: haluxo — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Irish: ordóg — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Irish: ordóg coise — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Italian: alluce — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Kazakh: бақай (baqai) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Khmer: មេជើង (meicəəng) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Korean: 엄지발가락 (eomjibalgarak) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Latin: hallus — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Latin: pollex (pedis) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Lithuanian: nykštys — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Lithuanian: didysis pirštas — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Luxembourgish: déck Zéif — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Malay: ibu jari kaki — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Malay: empu kaki — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Māori: kōnui — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Middle English: gret to — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Mongolian: эрхий (erxii) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hōkkhònyù — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Navajo: akétsoh — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stortå — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stortå — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Pitjantjatjara: tjina mama — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Polish: paluch — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Portuguese: hálux — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Portuguese: dedão do pé — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Romanian: degetul mare de la picior — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Russian: большо́й па́лец (bolʹšój pálec) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Scots: tae — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Scottish Gaelic: òrdag mhòr — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Scottish Gaelic: òrdag — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Serbo-Croatian: nožni palac — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Sicilian: jitu buzzeri — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Slovak: palec — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Slovak: palec na nohe — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Spanish: dedo gordo del pie — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Spanish: ortejo mayor — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Swedish: stortå — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Thai: หัวแม่เท้า (hŭa mâe táo) — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Tonkawa: na·tankwa·low — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Turkish: ayak başparmağı — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Unami: kithùkwèsit — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Unami: kwètsit — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Woiwurrung: bababi-djinang — largest of the toes of the foot of a human
  • Xhosa: ubhontsi class 1a/2a — largest of the toes of the foot of a human