flank

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• Canada, US: /ˈfleɪ̯ŋk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈfleɪ̯ŋk]
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• Canada, US: /ˈflɛ̃ŋk/
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From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَاصِرَة (ḵāṣira) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Arabic: كَشْح (kašḥ) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Bulgarian: хълбок (hǎlbok) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Burmese: နံ (nam) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏆᎨᏂ (asquageni) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Chinese Mandarin: 胁腹 (xiéfù) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Chinese Mandarin: 腰窝 (yāowō) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Czech: slabina — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Czech: bok — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Danish: flanke — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Estonian: külg — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Finnish: kylki — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Finnish: kuve — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• French: flanc — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Galician: illarga — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Galician: vao — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Galician: vougo — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• German: Flanke — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Greek: πλευρά (plevrá) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Ancient Greek: κενεών (keneṓn) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Ancient Greek: λαγών (lagṓn) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Ancient Greek: λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ (lăpắrā) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Ancient Greek: πλευρόν (pleurón) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Hungarian: lágyék — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Hungarian: véknya — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Hungarian: horpasz — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Icelandic: huppur — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Italian: fianco — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Japanese: 脇腹 (wakibara) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Japanese: 横腹 (yokobara) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Latin: latus — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Lithuanian: šónas — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Māori: kaokao — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Māori: hūhā — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Māori: papa — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Plautdietsch: Flank — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Polish: bok — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Portuguese: flanco — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Romanian: flanc — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Romanian: latură — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Russian: бочо́к (bočók) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Scottish Gaelic: slios — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Sicilian: ciancu — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Spanish: costado — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Tagalog: hipik-hipikan — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Turkish: böğür — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Ottoman Turkish: بوگور (böğür) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Ottoman Turkish: پهلو (pehlu) — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Waigali: puṇë — anatomy: flesh between the last rib and the hip
• Czech: bůček — cut of meat
• Danish: flanke — cut of meat
• Finnish: kuve — cut of meat
• Finnish: kuvepaisti — cut of meat
• Finnish: kylki — cut of meat
• French: flanchet — cut of meat
• Galician: faldra — cut of meat
• Greek: πλευρό (plevró) — cut of meat
• Italian: soccoscio — cut of meat
• Italian: noce — cut of meat
• Italian: rosa — cut of meat
• Māori: hūhā — cut of meat
• Polish: łata — cut of meat
• Russian: бочо́к (bočók) — cut of meat
• Swedish: sida — cut of meat
• Arabic: جِنَاح (jināḥ) — edge of military formation
• Armenian: թեւ (tʻew) — edge of military formation
• Bulgarian: фланг (flang) — edge of military formation
• Catalan: flanc — edge of military formation
• Chinese Mandarin: 侧翼 (cèyì) — edge of military formation
• Czech: křídlo — edge of military formation
• Danish: flanke — edge of military formation
• Egyptian: a-b-db (ꜥb) — edge of military formation
• Finnish: sivusta — edge of military formation
• Finnish: sivu — edge of military formation
• French: flanc — edge of military formation
• Galician: flanco — edge of military formation
• German: Flanke — edge of military formation
• Hungarian: szárny — edge of military formation
• Italian: fianco — edge of military formation
• Latin: cornu — edge of military formation
• Polish: flanka — edge of military formation
• Polish: skrzydło — edge of military formation
• Portuguese: flanco — edge of military formation
• Russian: фланг (flang) — edge of military formation
• Sicilian: ciancu — edge of military formation
• Spanish: flanco — edge of military formation
• Spanish: citara — edge of military formation
• Swedish: sida — edge of military formation
• Swedish: flank — edge of military formation
• Ottoman Turkish: پهلو (pehlu) — edge of military formation
• Ukrainian: фланг (flanh) — edge of military formation
• Finnish: sivu — side of a bastion
• Arabic: جَانِب (jānib) — side of something
• Bulgarian: страна (strana) — side of something
• Czech: strana — side of something
• Danish: flanke — side of something
• Finnish: kylki — side of something
• Finnish: sivu — side of something
• French: flanc — side of something
• Galician: lado — side of something
• German: Seite — side of something
• Greek: πλευρά (plevrá) — side of something
• Hungarian: szárny — side of something
• Hungarian: oldal — side of something
• Italian: lato — side of something
• Japanese: 横 (yoko) — side of something
• Japanese: 脇 (waki) — side of something
• Japanese: 横腹 (yokobara) — side of something
• Latin: latus — side of something
• Lithuanian: šónas — side of something
• Māori: kaokao — side of something
• Russian: бок (bok) — side of something
• Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — side of something
• Scottish Gaelic: slios — side of something
• Sicilian: ciancu — side of something
• Spanish: flanco — side of something
• Swedish: sida — side of something
• Bulgarian: банкет (banket) — outermost strip of road
• Czech: strana — outermost strip of road
• Czech: úbočí — outermost strip of road
• Finnish: piennar — outermost strip of road
• Sicilian: ciancu — outermost strip of road
• Finnish: laita — soccer: wing
• Finnish: päästöpinta — part of the gear wheel
• Catalan: flanquejar — to attack the flank(s)
• Finnish: hyökätä sivustaan — to attack the flank(s)
• German: in der Flanke angreifen — to attack the flank(s)
• Hungarian: oldalról támad — to attack the flank(s)
• Italian: aggirare il fianco — to attack the flank(s)
• Polish: flankować — to attack the flank(s)
• Polish: oskrzydlać — to attack the flank(s)
• Portuguese: flanquear — to attack the flank(s)
• Russian: обойти с флангов (obojti s flangov) — to attack the flank(s)
• Sicilian: pigghiari i cianchi — to attack the flank(s)
• Spanish: flanquear — to attack the flank(s)
• Bulgarian: пазя фланга (pazja flanga) — to defend the flank(s)
• Catalan: flanquejar — to defend the flank(s)
• French: flanquer — to defend the flank(s)
• Italian: proteggere il fianco — to defend the flank(s)
• Portuguese: flanquear — to defend the flank(s)
• Russian: фланкировать (flankirovatʹ) — to defend the flank(s)
• Sicilian: difènniri u ciancu — to defend the flank(s)
• Spanish: flanquear — to defend the flank(s)
• Catalan: flanquejar — to place to the side(s) of something
• Danish: flankere — to place to the side(s) of something
• German: flankieren — to place to the side(s) of something
• Italian: fiancheggiare — to place to the side(s) of something
• Sicilian: acciancari — to place to the side(s) of something
• Spanish: flanquear — to place to the side(s) of something
• Swedish: flankera — to place to the side(s) of something
• Tarifit: aɣezdis — to place to the side(s) of something
• Bulgarian: гранича (graniča) — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Catalan: flanquejar — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Danish: flankere — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Hungarian: szegélyez — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Italian: affiancare — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Portuguese: ladear — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Portuguese: flanquear — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Sicilian: acciancari — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Spanish: estar flanqueado — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Spanish: estar al flanco — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Spanish: ladear — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Spanish: flanquearse — to be placed to the side(s) of something
• Swedish: flankera — to be placed to the side(s) of something