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bow-legged

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • US: /ˈboʊ ˌlɛ.ɡɨd/
  • US, uncommon: /ˈboʊ ˌlɛɡd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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adj

Meaning 1

Having bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَفْحَج (ʔafḥaj) — having bowed legs
  • Central Bikol: .sakang — having bowed legs
  • Bulgarian: кривокрак (krivokrak) — having bowed legs
  • Catalan: camatort — having bowed legs
  • Catalan: garrell — having bowed legs
  • Cebuano: bakang — having bowed legs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅圈腿 /罗圈腿 (luóquāntuǐ) — having bowed legs
  • Czech: křivonohý — having bowed legs
  • Czech: s nohama do o — having bowed legs
  • Danish: hjulbenet — having bowed legs
  • Dutch: krombenig — having bowed legs
  • Dutch: o-benig — having bowed legs
  • Finnish: länkisäärinen — having bowed legs
  • Galician: trenco — having bowed legs
  • Galician: zopo — having bowed legs
  • Galician: zoupo — having bowed legs
  • German: krummbeinig — having bowed legs
  • German: o-beinig — having bowed legs
  • Greek: ραιβός (raivós) — having bowed legs
  • Ancient Greek: φολκός (pholkós) — having bowed legs
  • Hungarian: lőcslábú — having bowed legs
  • Hungarian: karikalábú — having bowed legs
  • Hungarian: ó-lábú — having bowed legs
  • Irish: bórach — having bowed legs
  • Irish: camchosach — having bowed legs
  • Kabuverdianu: arkuadu — having bowed legs
  • Kabuverdianu: arkuóde — having bowed legs
  • Latin: valgus — having bowed legs
  • Latin: scambus — having bowed legs
  • Latin: lōripēs — having bowed legs
  • Latin: vatius — having bowed legs
  • Māori: waehaka — having bowed legs
  • Māori: turihaka — having bowed legs
  • Māori: waewae hao — having bowed legs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjulbeint — having bowed legs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjulbent — having bowed legs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjulbeint — having bowed legs
  • Old English: ġehylċed — having bowed legs
  • Polish: krzywonogi — having bowed legs
  • Polish: szpotawy — having bowed legs
  • Romanian: crăcănat — having bowed legs
  • Russian: кривоно́гий (krivonógij) — having bowed legs
  • Russian: косола́пый (kosolápyj) — having bowed legs
  • Russian: но́ги колесо́м (nógi kolesóm) — having bowed legs
  • Scottish Gaelic: balg-chasach — having bowed legs
  • Spanish: arqueado — having bowed legs
  • Spanish: patizambo — having bowed legs
  • Swedish: hjulbent — having bowed legs
  • Tagalog: sakang — having bowed legs
  • Welsh: coesgam — having bowed legs