haunch

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hɔːn(t)ʃ/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /hoːn(t)ʃ/
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• hônch without the cot–caught merger
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• -sh without the cot–caught merger
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• /hɔn(t)ʃ/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: hänch
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• cot-caught-merger: -sh
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• cot-caught-merger: /hɑn(t)ʃ/
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• Scotland: /hɔn(t)ʃ/
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• rhymes with -ɔːntʃ
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From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ազդր (azdr) — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Armenian: զիստ (zist) — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Armenian: բարձ (barj) — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Asturian: ancla — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Asturian: encontu — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Bulgarian: ханш (hanš) — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Catalan: anca — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Cebuano: balikawang — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Finnish: lonkka — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Finnish: lanne — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Galician: garupa — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Galician: ancas — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Ancient Greek: ἰσχίον (iskhíon) — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Ingrian: lonkka — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Irish: gorún — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Latin: femur — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Plautdietsch: Hoft — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Russian: ля́жка (ljážka) — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Slovak: bedro — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Slovak: šunka — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Spanish: anca — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Spanish: cuadril — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Tagalog: sasapnan — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Tagalog: balisakang — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Vietnamese: vùng hông — area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks
• Armenian: բուդ (bud) — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food
• Bulgarian: бут (but) — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food
• Czech: kýta — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food
• Dutch: bout — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food
• Finnish: takaneljännes — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food
• Ancient Greek: γλουτός (gloutós) — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food
• Italian: coscia — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food
• Slovak: stehienko — loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food