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humerus

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: hyo͞o'mərəs
  • UK: /ˈhjuːməɹəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈhjuːməɹəs/
  • homophone: humorous
  • CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 M ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The bone of the upper arm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

bone extending from the shoulder to the 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: arm bone

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓmsder. Latin umerus Late Latin humeruslbor. English humerus Learned borrowing from Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَضُد (ʕaḍud) — bone of the upper arm
  • Arabic: عضد (ʕaḍud) — bone of the upper arm
  • Bulgarian: раменна кост (ramenna kost) — bone of the upper arm
  • Catalan: húmer — bone of the upper arm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肱骨 (gōnggǔ) — bone of the upper arm
  • Czech: kost pažní — bone of the upper arm
  • Danish: overarmsknogle — bone of the upper arm
  • Dutch: opperarmbeen — bone of the upper arm
  • Esperanto: humero — bone of the upper arm
  • Estonian: õlaluu — bone of the upper arm
  • Finnish: olkaluu — bone of the upper arm
  • French: humérus — bone of the upper arm
  • Galician: úmero — bone of the upper arm
  • German: Oberarmknochen — bone of the upper arm
  • Greek: βραχιόνιο οστό (vrachiónio ostó) — bone of the upper arm
  • Hungarian: felkarcsont — bone of the upper arm
  • Italian: omero — bone of the upper arm
  • Japanese: 上腕骨 (jōwankotsu) — bone of the upper arm
  • Korean: 위팔뼈 (wipalppyeo) — bone of the upper arm
  • Korean: 상완골 (sang'wan'gol) — bone of the upper arm
  • Northern Kurdish: hestiyê baskê — bone of the upper arm
  • Northern Kurdish: hestiyê bazû — bone of the upper arm
  • Latin: umerus — bone of the upper arm
  • Māori: pūkaka — bone of the upper arm
  • Māori: peke — bone of the upper arm
  • Mongolian: бугалга (bugalga) — bone of the upper arm
  • Mongolian: атгаал яс (atgaal jas) — bone of the upper arm
  • Khiamniungan Naga: phǖshāng-ù — bone of the upper arm
  • Pannonian Rusyn: плєцова косц (pljecova kosc) — bone of the upper arm
  • Polish: kość ramienna — bone of the upper arm
  • Portuguese: úmero — bone of the upper arm
  • Russian: плечева́я кость (plečevája kostʹ) — bone of the upper arm
  • Spanish: húmero — bone of the upper arm
  • Swedish: överarmsben — bone of the upper arm
  • Tagalog: kabiyasan — bone of the upper arm
  • Tagalog: biyas ng kamay — bone of the upper arm
  • Thai: กระดูกต้นแขน (grà-dùuk-dtôn-kɛ̌ɛn) — bone of the upper arm
  • Turkish: karaca kemiği — bone of the upper arm
  • Turkish: kol kemiği — bone of the upper arm
  • Turkish: pazı kemiği — bone of the upper arm
  • Vietnamese: xương cánh tay — bone of the upper arm