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foreleg

noun · 2 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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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈfɔrˌlɛɡ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forelimb

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the forelimb of a quadruped

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: forelimb

History

Etymology

From fore- + leg.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 前腳 /前脚 (qiánjiǎo) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前腿 (qiántuǐ) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前肢 (qiánzhī) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Danish: forben — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Egyptian: x*p:S-F24 (ḫpš) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Esperanto: antaŭ-kruro — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Finnish: etujalka — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • French: patte de devant — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • French: patte avant — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • German: Vorderlauf — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • German: Vorderbein — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Hungarian: mellső láb — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Ingrian: etujalka — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Ingrian: esijalka — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Japanese: 前肢 (zenshi) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Japanese: 前脚 — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Korean: 앞다리 (apdari) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Korean: 앞발 (apbal) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forbein — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forbein — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frambein — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Occitan: pata de davant — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Occitan: pata avant — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Russian: пере́дняя нога́ (perédnjaja nogá) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Russian: пере́дняя ла́па (perédnjaja lápa) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Swedish: framben — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Tamil: முன்னங்கால் (muṉṉaṅkāl) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Telugu: ముంగాలు (muṅgālu) — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
  • Tok Pisin: han — either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal