Standard Lemma guide

elbow

noun · verb · 17 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛlbəʊ̯/
  • [ˈæ̝wbɐw] dialectal, Southern England, West Midlands, l-vocalization
  • General-American: /ˈɛlboʊ̯/
  • General-American: [ˈɛɫboʊ̯]
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈe̞lbəʉ̯/
  • Australian: [ˈe̞ɫbəʉ]
  • /ˈæ̝lbəʊ̯/ Victoria, salary-celery
  • /ˈe̞ʊ̯bəʉ̯/ South Australia, Western Australia, l-vocalization
  • rhymes with -ɛlbəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 L B OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elbow joint

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A detective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, dated

Qualifier: early 20th-century slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Two nearby crossings of a rope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: knots

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He elbowed his way through the crowd.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To strike with the elbow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To nudge, jostle or push.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To force (someone) to quit or lose their job so that someone else can be hired.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • The president was elbowed out of power by members of her own party.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: joint, articulation, articulatio

12

noun

Meaning 12

the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his coat had patches over the elbows

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cloth covering

13

noun

Meaning 13

a sharp bend in a road or river

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bend, curve

14

noun

Meaning 14

a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pipe, pipage, piping

15

noun

Meaning 15

hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elbow joint, human elbow, cubitus, cubital joint, articulatio cubiti

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hinge joint, ginglymus, ginglymoid joint

16

verb

Meaning 16

shove one's elbow into another person's ribs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nudge, poke at, prod

17

verb

Meaning 17

push one's way with the elbows

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jostle, shove

History

Etymology

From Middle English elbowe (“elbow”), from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål albue (“elbow”), Norwegian Nynorsk olboge (“elbow”), Faroese albogi, Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”), Swedish armbåge (“elbow”).

Across languages

Translations

371 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: а-машьхәы́лҵ (a-mašxwə́lcʼ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Afar: sucúl — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Afar: cusul — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Afrikaans: elmboog — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Albanian: bërryl — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Aleut: tulax̂ — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Southern Altai: чаганак (čaganak) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肘 (hiji) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肘 (sïzï) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Amharic: ክርን (kərn) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Arabic: كُوع (kūʕ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Arabic: مِرْفَق (mirfaq) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Arabic: كوع (kūʕ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Arabic: كوع (kūʕ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Iraqi Arabic: عكس (ʕekes) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Arabic: مرفق (marfaq) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Arabic: كوع (kūʕ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Aragonese: codo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Classical Mandaic: ࡉࡀࡑࡉࡋࡀ (iaṣila) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Armenian: արմունկ (armunk) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Armenian: արմուկն (armukn) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Aromanian: cot — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ashkun: ořiŋ — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Assamese: কিলাকুটি (kilakuti) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Assamese: কিল (kil) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Asturian: coldu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Avar: гӏункӏрукъ (ʻunkʼruqxʼ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Aymara: mujlli — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Azerbaijani: dirsək — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bashkir: терһәк (terhək) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bashkir: сығанаҡ (sığanaq) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Basque: ukondo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bats: ოლოკ (oloḳ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Belarusian: ло́каць (lókacʹ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bengali: বাঁক (bãk) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bengali: মোড় (mōṛ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bhojpuri: कोहनी (kōhənī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bau Bidayuh: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Breton: ilin — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Buginese: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Bulgarian: ла́кът (lákǎt) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Burmese: တံတောင် (tamtaung) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Catalan: colze — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Cebuano: siko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chamicuro: takolo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chechen: гола (gola) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chichewa: gongono — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肘 (zhǒu) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肘部 (zhǒubù) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胳膊肘兒 /胳膊肘儿 (gēbozhǒur) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胳膊肘子 (gēbozhǒuzi) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手肘 (shǒuzhǒu) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Coptic: ⲕⲱⲓ (kōi) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Cornish: elin — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Cornish: elyn — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Plains-Cree: tôskwan — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Czech: loket — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Danish: albue — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Dhivehi: އުޅަބޮށި (uḷaboṣi) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Dutch: elleboog — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Esperanto: kubuto — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Estonian: küünarliiges — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Estonian: küünarnukk — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Even: ечэн (jecən) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Evenki: ичэн (içən) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Faroese: albogi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Faroese: albógvi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Finnish: kyynärnivel — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Finnish: kyynärpää — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • French: coude — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • North Frisian: eelemböög — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • West-Frisian: earmtakke — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Friulian: comedon — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Galician: cóbado — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Galician: cotobelo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Galician: cotomelo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Galician: coldo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Georgian: იდაყვი (idaq̇vi) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • German: Ellbogen — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Greek: αγκώνας (agkónas) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Greek: ωλένη (oléni) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ancient Greek: ἀγκών (ankṓn) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ancient Greek: ὠλένη (ōlénē) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Greenlandic: ikusik — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Haitian Creole: koud — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Hebrew: מַרְפֵּק (marpek) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Higaonon: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Hiligaynon: siko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Hindi: कुहनी (kuhnī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Hindi: कोहनी (kohnī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • White Hmong: luj tshib — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Hungarian: könyök — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Icelandic: olnbogi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ido: kudo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ilocano: siko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Indonesian: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ingrian: kynsvars — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ingush: пхьарса гола (pḥrarsa gola) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ingush: гола (gola) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Interlingua: cubito — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Inuktitut: ᐁᑯᓯᒃ (ekosik) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᑯᓯᒃ (ikosik) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Irish: uillinn — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Istriot: cumio — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Istro-Romanian: cot — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Italian: gomito — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ivatan: sichu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Japanese: 肘 (hiji) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Javanese: sikut — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Javanese: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kabuverdianu: kutubélu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kamkata-viri: āřa — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kapampangan: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kazakh: шынтақ (şyntaq) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Khmer: កែង (kaeng) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Khmer: ដុំដៃ (dom day) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Khmer: កែងដៃ (kaeng day) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kikai: 肘 (piji) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kikuyu: kĩgokora — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Komi-Permyak: гырддза (gyrddźa) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Korean: 팔꿈치 (palkkumchi) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kunigami: 肘 (pijī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Central Kurdish: ئانیشک (anîşk) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Northern Kurdish: enîşk — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Northern Kurdish: aren aren — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Kyrgyz: чыканак (cıkanak) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ladin: cumedon — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Lao: ສອກ (sǭk) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Latgalian: alkiune — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Latin: cubitum — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Latin: cubitus — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Latin: ulna — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Latvian: elkonis — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Laz: დუყუ (duqu) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ligurian: gommio — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Limburgish: èllebaog — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Linngithigh: 'ondh — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Lithuanian: alkūnė — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Lombard: gombet — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Low German: Ellbaag — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • : ᦉᦸᧅ (ṡoak) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • : ᦉᦸᧅᧈ (ṡoak1) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Lutuv: kuvcakhiy — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Luxembourgish: Ielebou — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Macedonian: лакт (lakt) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Magahi: 𑂍𑂵𑂯𑂳𑂢𑂲 (kehuni) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Maguindanao: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Maithili: केहुनी (kēhunī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Maithili: केङ्हुनी (kēṅhunī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Makasar: jiku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Malay: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Manchu: ᠮᠠᠶᠠᠨ (mayan) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Mandinka: nonkoŋo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Mansaka: siko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Manx: uillin — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Māori: tuke — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Maranao: siko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Marathi: कोपर (kopar) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Eastern Mari: кынервуй (kyńervuj) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Western Mari: кӹнервуй (kÿńervuj) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Mauritian Creole: koud — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Megleno-Romanian: cot — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Central Melanau: basikou — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Minangkabau: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Mingrelian: დუჸი (duʾi) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Miyako: 肘 (pizu) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Mongo: litonga — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Mongolian: тохой (toxoj) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Khiamniungan Naga: phǖkàuh — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Nahuatl: moliktli — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Nanai: хуйчэн (hujčen) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Navajo: achʼoozhlaaʼ — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Neapolitan: gùveto — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Neapolitan: vuto — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Nepali: कुहिनो (kuhino) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Nivkh: тоӈӄ (toŋq) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Norman: coute — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Northern Sotho: setšu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: albue — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: olboge — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Occitan: coide — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ojibwe: indooskwan — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Okinawan: 肘 (hiji) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Okinoerabu: 肘 (hiji) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Church Slavic: лакъть (lakŭtĭ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old East Slavic: локъть (lokŭtĭ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old East Slavic: лакъть (lakŭtĭ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old English: elnboga — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Norse: alnbogi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Norse: albogi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Norse: ǫlnbogi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Norse: ǫlbogi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Prussian: alkūns — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Omaha-Ponca: astúhi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • O'odham: sihsh — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Oromo: ciqilee — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ossetian: рӕмбын (ræmbyn) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Pangasinan: siko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Pannonian Rusyn: локец (lokec) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Pashto: څنګل (śangël) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Pennsylvania German: Ellboge — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Dari: آرَنْج (āranj) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Iranian Persian: آرَنْج (âranj) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Piedmontese: gomo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Plautdietsch: Alboagen — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Polabian: lüťit — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Polish: łokieć — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Portuguese: cotovelo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Prasuni: vuẓo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Rapa Nui: turi rima — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Romagnol: gòmt — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Romani: कुनी (kunī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Romanian: cot — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Romansh: cumbel — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Romansh: cundun — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Romansh: combel — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Romansh: chandun — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Russian: ло́коть (lókotʹ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Rwanda-Rundi: inkokora — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Saho: xullufta — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Inari-Sami: käŋŋir — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Northern Sami: gaigŋir — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Northern Sami: gardnjil — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Northern Sami: gargŋil — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Skolt-Sami: kõõnjâr — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Samoan: tualima — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sanskrit: कूर्पर (kūrpara) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sardinian: cuidu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sardinian: cuitu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sardinian: cúvidu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sardinian: guidu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sardinian: cuidale — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sardinian: coidale — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Savosavo: bulikaku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Scots: elbae — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Scots: elbi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Scottish Gaelic: uileann — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sebop: cikun — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Serbo-Croatian: ла̏кат — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȁkat — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sherpa: གྲེ་མུང (gre mung) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sicilian: gùvitu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sicilian: ùvitu — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sinhalese: වැලමිට (wælamiṭa) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Slovak: lakeť — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Slovene: komolec — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Somali: suxul — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Lower Sorbian: łokś — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Upper Sorbian: łochć — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sotho: setswe — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Spanish: codo — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Sudovian: alkunas — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Svan: უღუ̂ნა (uɣûna) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Swahili: kisugudi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Swahili: kiwiko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Swedish: armbåge — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Swedish: alnboghi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Swedish: alboghi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Swedish: albughi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Old Swedish: albwghi — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tagalog: sìko — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tajik: оринҷ (orinj) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tamil: முழங்கை (muḻaṅkai) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tarantino: gomite — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tarifit: taɣmart — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tatar: терсәк (tersäk) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tausug: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Telugu: మోచేయి (mōcēyi) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tetum: sikun — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Thai: ข้อศอก (kɔ̂ɔ-sɔ̀ɔk) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Thai: ศอก (sɔ̀ɔk) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tibetan: གྲུ་མོ (gru mo) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tigrinya: ኩርናዕ (kurnaʿ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tok Pisin: skru — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tok Pisin: skru bilong han — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tokunoshima: 肘 (sïzï) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tongan: tui'inima — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Tooro: enkokera — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Turkish: dirsek — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیرسك (dirsek) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ottoman Turkish: مرفق (mirfak) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Turkmen: tirsek — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Udi: сун (sun) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Udmurt: гырпум (gyrpum) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Ukrainian: лі́коть (líkotʹ) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Urdu: کُہْنی (kuhnī) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Uyghur: جەينەك (jeynek) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Uzbek: tirsak — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Venetan: gùmio — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Venetan: gòmio — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Venetan: gòmbio — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Venetan: comio — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Venetan: comet — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Vietnamese: khuỷu tay — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Vilamovian: ełböga — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Volapük: kubit — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Waigali: avřa — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Walloon: keute — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Walloon: cotiron — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Welsh: penelin — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Winnebago: aišak — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Wiradjuri: ngunha — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Woiwurrung: paluth — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Woiwurrung: kuRun — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Wolof: cóñcó — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Xhosa: ingqiniba — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Yaeyama: 肘 (pizï) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Yakan: siku — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Yiddish: עלנבויגן (elnboygn) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Yonaguni: 肘 (hidinka) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Yoron: 肘 (piji) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Yucatec Maya: kuuk — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Zazaki: bazî — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Zazaki: bazı (diq) — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Zhuang: gencueg — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Zhuang: genfwngz — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Zhuang: doegsok — joint between upper arm and forearm
  • Arabic: كُوعٌ (kūʕun) — pipe fitting
  • Bulgarian: коля́но (koljáno) — pipe fitting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彎頭 /弯头 (wāntóu) — pipe fitting
  • Estonian: põlv — pipe fitting
  • Estonian: põlvis — pipe fitting
  • Estonian: torupõlv — pipe fitting
  • Finnish: mutka — pipe fitting
  • French: coude — pipe fitting
  • Galician: cóbado — pipe fitting
  • German: Rohrbogen — pipe fitting
  • Irish: uillinn píopa — pipe fitting
  • Italian: raccordo — pipe fitting
  • Latvian: līkums — pipe fitting
  • Norwegian: bend — pipe fitting
  • Portuguese: cotovelo — pipe fitting
  • Romanian: cot — pipe fitting
  • Russian: коле́но (koléno) — pipe fitting
  • Spanish: codo — pipe fitting
  • Swahili: kisigino — pipe fitting
  • Walloon: keute — pipe fitting
  • Walloon: djino — pipe fitting
  • Catalan: cop de colze — a hit with the elbow
  • Finnish: isku kyynärpäällä — a hit with the elbow
  • French: coup de coude — a hit with the elbow
  • Galician: cobadazo — a hit with the elbow
  • Galician: cotobelada — a hit with the elbow
  • German: Ellbogenstoß — a hit with the elbow
  • Italian: gomitata — a hit with the elbow
  • Portuguese: cotovelada — a hit with the elbow
  • Portuguese: cotovelão — a hit with the elbow
  • Romanian: lovitură de cot — a hit with the elbow
  • Spanish: codazo — a hit with the elbow
  • Finnish: kierre — two nearby crossings of a rope
  • Galician: cote — two nearby crossings of a rope
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用肘推 (yòng zhǒu tuī) — to push with the elbow
  • Danish: albue — to push with the elbow
  • Finnish: käyttää kyynärpäitään — to push with the elbow
  • Finnish: tunkea — to push with the elbow
  • French: jouer des coudes — to push with the elbow
  • Galician: cotobelar — to push with the elbow
  • German: ellbögeln — to push with the elbow
  • German: but see mit dem Ellbogen stoßen — to push with the elbow
  • Italian: sgomitare — to push with the elbow
  • Malay: menyiku — to push with the elbow
  • Mokilese: pwuji — to push with the elbow
  • Norwegian: albue seg — to push with the elbow
  • Polish: uderzyć z łokcia — to push with the elbow
  • Portuguese: cotovelar — to push with the elbow
  • Portuguese: acotovelar — to push with the elbow
  • Swahili: kisigino — to push with the elbow
  • Swedish: armbåga — to push with the elbow
  • Thai: ถอง (tɔ̌ɔng) — to push with the elbow
  • Thai: ศอก (sɔ̀ɔk) — to push with the elbow
  • Turkish: dirsek atmak — to push with the elbow
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