Phrase guide

calf bone

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fibula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leg bone

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bosht i këmbës — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Arabic: شَظْيَة (šaẓya) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Arabic: شظية (shaẓya) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Bulgarian: малка пищялна кост (malka pištjalna kost) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Catalan: fíbula — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Catalan: peroné — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腓骨 (féigǔ) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Czech: lýtková kost — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Dhivehi: ކުޑަކަޅުވާ ކަށިގަނޑު (kuḍakaḷuvā kaṣiganḍu) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Dutch: kuitbeen — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Dutch: fibula — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Esperanto: fibulo — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Estonian: pindluu — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Finnish: pohjeluu — smaller lower-leg bone
  • French: péroné — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Galician: peroné — smaller lower-leg bone
  • German: Wadenbein — smaller lower-leg bone
  • German: Fibula — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Greek: περόνη (peróni) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Hungarian: szárkapocs — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Hungarian: szárkapocscsont — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Ido: peroneo — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Italian: perone — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Japanese: 腓骨 (hikotsu) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Korean: 종아리뼈 (jong'arippyeo) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Korean: 비골 (bigol) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Northern Kurdish: telezime — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Māori: pūkaka — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Māori: kapiti — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Mongolian: тахилзуур (taxilzuur) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Mongolian: нарийн шилбэний чөмөг (nariin šilbenii čömög) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Polish: kość strzałkowa — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Portuguese: fíbula — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Portuguese: perónio — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Romanian: peroneu — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Russian: малоберцо́вая кость (malobercóvaja kostʹ) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Scots: cauf bane — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh caol na lurgainn — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Spanish: fíbula — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Spanish: peroné — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Tagalog: butumbinti — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Thai: กระดูกน่อง (grà-dùuk-nɔ̂ng) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Turkish: baldır kemiği — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Ottoman Turkish: بالدر كمیكی (baldır kemiği) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Ukrainian: мала гомілкова кістка (mala homilkova kistka) — smaller lower-leg bone
  • Vietnamese: xương mác — smaller lower-leg bone