noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
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
A segment of an insect's leg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tibia, shin bone, shin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leg bone
History
Etymology
From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Amharic:
ቅልጥም
(ḳəlṭəm)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Arabic:
قَصَبَة
(qaṣaba)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Arabic:
قصبة الرجل
(ʔaṣabet er-regl)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Armenian:
ոլոք
(olokʻ)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Aromanian:
fluir
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Aromanian:
aridã
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Aromanian:
cãlami
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Aromanian:
chilunghi
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Basque:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Bau Bidayuh:
togeg
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Bulgarian:
голям пищял
(goljam pištjal)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Bulgarian:
костен гонг
(kosten gong)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Catalan:
tíbia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Chamicuro:
to'sona
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Chinese Mandarin:
脛骨 /胫骨
(jìnggǔ)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Czech:
holenní kost
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Danish:
skinneben
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Dutch:
scheenbeen
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Esperanto:
tibio
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Finnish:
sääriluu
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
French:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Galician:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Georgian:
წვივი
(c̣vivi)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
German:
Schienbein
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
German:
Schinbein
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Ancient Greek:
προκνήμιον
(proknḗmion)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Gujarati:
નળો
(naḷo)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Hebrew:
שוֹקָה
(shoká)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Hungarian:
sípcsont
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Ido:
tibio
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Indonesian:
tulang kering
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Indonesian:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Italian:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Japanese:
脛骨
(keikotsu)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Kapampangan:
lulud
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Korean:
정강이뼈
(jeonggang'ippyeo)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Korean:
경골
(gyeonggol)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Northern Kurdish:
qamîşe
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Latin:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Lithuanian:
blauzdikaulis
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Macedonian:
цеваница
(cevanica)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Malay:
tulang kering
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Malay:
tulang betis
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Malay:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Manx:
craue lurgey
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Māori:
takakaha
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Central Melanau:
wud
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Mongolian:
шаант
(šaant)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Mongolian:
шилбэний чөмөг
(šilbenii čömög)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Khiamniungan Naga:
shīngkíng-ū
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Norwegian:
skinneben
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Old English:
sċinbān
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Persian:
درشتنی
(doroštney)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Polish:
piszczel
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Polish:
kość piszczelowa
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Portuguese:
tíbia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Romanian:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Romanian:
fluier
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Russian:
большеберцо́вая кость
(bolʹšebercóvaja kostʹ)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Scottish Gaelic:
cnàimh-mòr-na-lurgainn
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
golen
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
golenica
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Serbo-Croatian:
cevanica
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Slovene:
golenica
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Spanish:
tibia
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Swedish:
skenben
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Tagalog:
butunlulod
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Lower Tanana:
-drotth'ena'
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Thai:
กระดูกแข้ง
(grà-dùuk-kɛ̂ng)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Turkish:
kaval kemiği
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Turkish:
bacakkalemi
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Turkish:
bacak kemiği
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Ottoman Turkish:
اینجك
(incik)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Ukrainian:
велика гомілкова кістка
(velyka homilkova kistka)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Ukrainian:
великогомілкова кістка
(velykohomilkova kistka)
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Vietnamese:
xương chày
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Vietnamese:
xương ống chân
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Volapük:
tibiad
— inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
