noun
Meaning 1
The bone of the ankle.
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
Standard Lemma guide
talus
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈteɪləs/
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rhymes with -eɪləs
noun
Meaning 2
A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, astragalus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bone, os
noun
Meaning 5
a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scree
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geological formation, formation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh2g- Proto-Indo-European *téh2g-s-los? Proto-Italic *tākslos Latin tālusbor. English talus Borrowed from Latin tālus.
Borrowed from French talus.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahtna: tseziił — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Bulgarian: сипей (sipej) — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Catalan: talús — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Czech: osyp — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Danish: ur — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Faroese: urð — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Irish: scileach — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Irish: sceallach — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Norwegian: ur — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Norwegian Nynorsk: steinrøys — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Russian: о́сыпь (ósypʹ) — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Slovak: suť — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Slovene: melišče — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
- Swedish: taluskon — A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice