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clavicle

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/
  • /ˈklæv.ɪk.l̩/
  • rhymes with -ævɪkəl
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  • CMU ARPABET: K L AE1 V AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K L AE1 V IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: collarbone

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bone in fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The upper part of a spiral shell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: biology, conchology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

bone linking the scapula and sternum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: collarbone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bone, os

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).

Across languages

Translations

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sleutelbeen — collar bone
  • Arabic: تَرْقُوَة (tarquwa) — collar bone
  • Arabic: ترقوة (turquwa) — collar bone
  • Armenian: անրակ (anrak) — collar bone
  • Old Armenian: անրակ (anrak) — collar bone
  • Assamese: কাচিহাড় (kasihar) — collar bone
  • Asturian: clavícula — collar bone
  • Aymara: qhiwi ch'aka — collar bone
  • Azerbaijani: körpücük sümüyü — collar bone
  • Bashkir: умрау (umraw) — collar bone
  • Bashkir: умрау һөйәге (umraw höyəge) — collar bone
  • Basque: lepauztai — collar bone
  • Central Bikol: baliwang — collar bone
  • Breton: ibil-skoaz — collar bone
  • Bulgarian: ключица (ključica) — collar bone
  • Burmese: ညှပ်ရို (hnyap-rui) — collar bone
  • Catalan: clavícula — collar bone
  • Cebuano: balikhaw — collar bone
  • Chechen: динбухка (dinbuxka) — collar bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎖骨 /锁骨 (suǒgǔ) — collar bone
  • Crimean Tatar: köprüçik kemigi — collar bone
  • Czech: klíční kost — collar bone
  • Danish: kraveben — collar bone
  • Danish: nøgleben — collar bone
  • Dhivehi: ކޮނޑުކަށި (konḍukaṣi) — collar bone
  • Dutch: sleutelbeen — collar bone
  • Erzya: мештеловажа (meštelovaža) — collar bone
  • Esperanto: klaviklo — collar bone
  • Estonian: rangluu — collar bone
  • Evenki: ороко̄н (orokōn) — collar bone
  • Evenki: комурган (komurgan) — collar bone
  • Evenki: гэмургэн (gəmurgən) — collar bone
  • Faroese: óstbein — collar bone
  • Finnish: solisluu — collar bone
  • French: clavicule — collar bone
  • Galician: clavícula — collar bone
  • Georgian: ლავიწი (lavic̣i) — collar bone
  • German: Schlüsselbein — collar bone
  • German: Klavikula — collar bone
  • German: Klavikel — collar bone
  • Greek: κλείδα (kleída) — collar bone
  • Gujarati: હાંસડી (hā̃sḍī) — collar bone
  • Hebrew: עצם הבריח (etsem ha-brikhe) — collar bone
  • Hindi: हंसली (hanslī) — collar bone
  • Hungarian: kulcscsont — collar bone
  • Iban: tulang banga — collar bone
  • Icelandic: viðbein — collar bone
  • Ido: klavikulo — collar bone
  • Indonesian: tulang selangka — collar bone
  • Indonesian: tulang cenak — collar bone
  • Indonesian: klavikula — collar bone
  • Ingrian: kljucitsa — collar bone
  • Ingrian: kaglaluu — collar bone
  • Irish: dealrachán — collar bone
  • Irish: branra brád — collar bone
  • Irish: cnámh smiolgadáin — collar bone
  • Italian: clavicola — collar bone
  • Japanese: 鎖骨 (sakotsu) — collar bone
  • Javanese: ꦧꦭꦸꦁꦱꦼꦭꦁꦏ (balungselangka) — collar bone
  • Kalmyk: күңкрг (küñkrg) — collar bone
  • Kalmyk: товчлур (tovçlur) — collar bone
  • Kazakh: ашасүйек (aşasüiek) — collar bone
  • Korean: 쇄골 (swaegol) — collar bone
  • Korean: 빗장뼈 (bitjangppyeo) — collar bone
  • Northern Kurdish: pirika mil — collar bone
  • Latin: iugulum — collar bone
  • Latin: clāvicula — collar bone
  • Macedonian: клучна коска (klučna koska) — collar bone
  • Malagasy: taolampanavy — collar bone
  • Malay: tulang selangka — collar bone
  • Malay: klavikel — collar bone
  • Malay: tulang cenak — collar bone
  • Manchu: ᠠᠯᠠᠵᠠᠨ (alajan) — collar bone
  • Māori: ā — collar bone
  • Māori: āhei — collar bone
  • Central Melanau: tuleang bagei — collar bone
  • Mongolian: эгэм (egem) — collar bone
  • Khiamniungan Naga: lāng-ū-nyū — collar bone
  • Navajo: atʼog — collar bone
  • Old English: wiþobān — collar bone
  • Ossetian: бӕхбӕттӕн (bæxbættæn) — collar bone
  • Polish: obojczyk — collar bone
  • Portuguese: clavícula — collar bone
  • Romanian: claviculă — collar bone
  • Russian: ключи́ца (ključíca) — collar bone
  • Scots: hausebane — collar bone
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh an uga — collar bone
  • Serbo-Croatian: ključnjača — collar bone
  • Slovene: ključnica — collar bone
  • Spanish: clavícula — collar bone
  • Swahili: mtulinga — collar bone
  • Swedish: nyckelben — collar bone
  • Tagalog: balagat — collar bone
  • Tamil: காறை எலும்பு (kāṟai elumpu) — collar bone
  • Telugu: జత్రుక (jatruka) — collar bone
  • Telugu: జత్రువు (jatruvu) — collar bone
  • Thai: กระดูกไหปลาร้า (grà-dùuk-hǎi-bplaa-ráa) — collar bone
  • Turkish: köprücük kemiği — collar bone
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوپریجك (köpricik) — collar bone
  • Ukrainian: ключи́ця (ključýcja) — collar bone
  • Vietnamese: xương đòn — collar bone
  • Vietnamese: xương quai xanh — collar bone
  • Volapük: klavikul — collar bone
  • Waray-Waray: balawak — collar bone
  • Warrwa: baanima — collar bone
  • Welsh: pont ysgwydd — collar bone