mandible

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From late Middle English, from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: mandíbula — lower jaw
• Chinese Mandarin: 下頜 /下颌 — lower jaw
• Chinese Mandarin: 下頜骨 /下颌骨 — lower jaw
• Czech: dolní čelist — lower jaw
• Czech: sanice — lower jaw
• Dutch: onderkaak — lower jaw
• Esperanto: mandiblo — lower jaw
• Estonian: alalõualuu — lower jaw
• Finnish: alaleuka — lower jaw
• Finnish: leuka — lower jaw
• Finnish: alaleuanluu — lower jaw
• French: mandibule — lower jaw
• German: Unterkiefer — lower jaw
• German: Unterkieferknochen — lower jaw
• Greek: κάτω γνάθος (káto gnáthos) — lower jaw
• Hungarian: állkapocscsont — lower jaw
• Icelandic: neðri kjálki — lower jaw
• Italian: mandibola — lower jaw
• Latvian: apakšžoklis — lower jaw
• Malay: mandibel — lower jaw
• Navajo: ayaatsʼiin — lower jaw
• Polish: żuchwa — lower jaw
• Portuguese: mandíbula — lower jaw
• Portuguese: queixada — lower jaw
• Russian: ни́жняя че́люсть (nížnjaja čéljustʹ) — lower jaw
• Scottish Gaelic: pìos ìosal a' ghuib — lower jaw
• Slovak: sánka — lower jaw
• Spanish: mandíbula — lower jaw
• Spanish: quijada — lower jaw
• Swedish: underkäke — lower jaw
• Swedish: mandibel — lower jaw
• Tagalog: babasihang — lower jaw
• Tamil: தாடை (tāṭai) — lower jaw
• Telugu: హనువు (hanuvu) — lower jaw
• Afrikaans: kaak — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Catalan: mandíbula — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Czech: kusadlo — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Dutch: kaak — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Finnish: leukaraaja — mouthpart of an arthropod
• German: Mandibel — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Greek: δαγκάνα (dagkána) — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Malay: mandibel — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Russian: манди́була (mandíbula) — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Russian: жва́ло (žválo) — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Slovak: hryzadlo — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Spanish: mandíbula — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Swedish: käke — mouthpart of an arthropod
• Swedish: mandibel — mouthpart of an arthropod