noun
Meaning 1
The large bone making up the heel of the human foot.
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Phrase guide
heel bone
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: calcani — heel bone
- Catalan: calcany — heel bone
- Finnish: kantaluu — heel bone
- French: calcanéum — heel bone
- Galician: calcaño — heel bone
- Galician: calcañar — heel bone
- Hungarian: sarokcsont — heel bone
- Japanese: 踵骨 (shōkotsu) — heel bone
- Korean: 발꿈치뼈 (balkkumchippyeo) — heel bone
- Malay: tulang tumit — heel bone
- Malay: kalkaneus — heel bone
- Malay: kalkaneum — heel bone
- Navajo: akétal — heel bone
- Portuguese: calcâneo — heel bone
- Russian: пя́точная кость (pjátočnaja kostʹ) — heel bone
- Spanish: calcáneo — heel bone
- Spanish: zancajo — heel bone
- Spanish: cangallo — heel bone
- Spanish: chambaril — heel bone
- Swedish: hälben — heel bone
- Tagalog: buto ng sakong — heel bone
- Turkish: topuk kemiği — heel bone
- Ottoman Turkish: ابره (ibre) — heel bone