noun
Meaning 1
The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
thigh
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noun
Meaning 2
That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: limb
Narrower terms: lap
noun
Meaning 4
the upper joint of the leg of a fowl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: second joint
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: helping, portion, serving
History
Etymology
From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).
Across languages
Translations
364 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abaza: жвдзхъа́ (žwdzqá) — upper leg
- Abenaki: mikwa — upper leg
- Abkhaz: ауаҭәа (awatwa) — upper leg
- Afrikaans: dy — upper leg
- Dupaningan Agta: pukal — upper leg
- Ainu: オㇺ (om) — upper leg
- Ainu: オミ (omi) — upper leg
- Ainu: オミヒ (omihi) — upper leg
- Akan: srɛ — upper leg
- Aklanon: paa — upper leg
- Alabama: obi — upper leg
- Albanian: kofshë — upper leg
- Southern Altai: тӧҥмӧк (töŋmök) — upper leg
- Southern Altai: јалмаш (ǰalmaš) — upper leg
- Southern Altai: кенек (kenek) — upper leg
- Southern Altai: сабат (sabat) — upper leg
- Southern Altai: алгый (algïy) — upper leg
- Southern Altai: сан (san) — upper leg
- Arabic: فَخِذ (faḵiḏ) — upper leg
- Arabic: فَخْذ (faḵḏ) — upper leg
- Arabic: فخد (faxd) — upper leg
- Arabic: فخذ (faḵd, faḵḏ) — upper leg
- Arabic: فخد (faḵd, fḵad) — upper leg
- Aragonese: cuixa — upper leg
- Aramaic: ܥܛܡܐ — upper leg
- Armenian: ազդր (azdr) — upper leg
- Armenian: զիստ (zist) — upper leg
- Armenian: բուդ (bud) — upper leg
- Aromanian: coapsã — upper leg
- Assamese: ঊৰত (urot) — upper leg
- Asturian: cadril — upper leg
- Asturian: muslu — upper leg
- Avar: мачӏчӏ (maččʼ) — upper leg
- Aymara: lankhu chara — upper leg
- Azerbaijani: bud — upper leg
- Azerbaijani: omba — upper leg
- West Coast Bajau: poo — upper leg
- Baluchi: ران — upper leg
- Bambara: woro — upper leg
- Banjarese: paha — upper leg
- Bashkir: бот (bot) — upper leg
- Basque: izter — upper leg
- Belarusian: сцягно́ (scjahnó) — upper leg
- Belarusian: бядро́ (bjadró) — upper leg
- Bengali: ঊরু (uru) — upper leg
- Bengali: জাং (jaṅ) — upper leg
- Bhojpuri: जांघ (jāṅgh) — upper leg
- Bau Bidayuh: kupang — upper leg
- Breton: morzhed — upper leg
- Bulgarian: бедро́ (bedró) — upper leg
- Burmese: ပေါင် (paung) — upper leg
- Buryat: можо (možo) — upper leg
- Catalan: cuixa — upper leg
- Chamicuro: peeyi — upper leg
- Chamorro: chachaga' — upper leg
- Chechen: г1арт (g1art) — upper leg
- Chechen: варе (vare) — upper leg
- Cherokee: ᎦᎦᎶᎢ (gagaloi) — upper leg
- Chinese Cantonese: 大腿 (daai6 teoi2) — upper leg
- Chinese Cantonese: 大髀 (daai6 bei2) — upper leg
- Literary Chinese: 髀 (bì) — upper leg
- Chinese Mandarin: 大腿 (dàtuǐ) — upper leg
- Chukchi: аймалк’ыл — upper leg
- Chukchi: ягначьын — upper leg
- Chukchi: ягнарылгын — upper leg
- Chuvash: пӗҫӗ (pĕś̬ĕ) — upper leg
- East Circassian: куэ (kwɛ) — upper leg
- East Circassian: копкъ (kwopq) — upper leg
- West Circassian: ко (kwo) — upper leg
- Cornish: mordhos — upper leg
- Corsican: coscia — upper leg
- Plains-Cree: ᒥᐹᐧᒼ (mipwâm) — upper leg
- Crimean Tatar: сан (san) — upper leg
- Czech: stehno — upper leg
- Dalmatian: copsa — upper leg
- Danish: lår — upper leg
- Dhivehi: ފަލަމަސްގަނޑު (falamasganḍu) — upper leg
- Dinka: ɣäm — upper leg
- Dusun: poo (Tambunan Dusun) — upper leg
- Dutch: dij — upper leg
- Dutch: bovenbeen — upper leg
- Dzongkha: བརླད་དོ། (brlad do) — upper leg
- Egyptian: mn:n:t-rd (mnt) — upper leg
- Erzya: качо (kačo) — upper leg
- Esperanto: femuro — upper leg
- Estonian: reis — upper leg
- Evenki: бо̄ка̄н (bōkān) — upper leg
- Evenki: гулдука (gulduka) — upper leg
- Evenki: умэкӣ (uməkī) — upper leg
- Extremaduran: muhlu — upper leg
- Extremaduran: cacha — upper leg
- Faroese: lær — upper leg
- Fijian: saga-na — upper leg
- Fijian: ogavae — upper leg
- Finnish: reisi — upper leg
- French: cuisse — upper leg
- Old French: cuisse — upper leg
- Old French: quisse — upper leg
- Old Frisian: thiāch — upper leg
- West-Frisian: bil — upper leg
- Friulian: cuesse — upper leg
- Galician: coxa — upper leg
- Galician: lomedro — upper leg
- Galician: coxote — upper leg
- Galician: moledo — upper leg
- Galician: coxigón — upper leg
- Galician: zanco — upper leg
- Galician: cuxote — upper leg
- Gallo: qhesse — upper leg
- Gamilaraay: tharra — upper leg
- Georgian: ბარძაყი (barʒaq̇i) — upper leg
- German: Oberschenkel — upper leg
- Gilbertese: ranga — upper leg
- Greek: μηρός (mirós) — upper leg
- Ancient Greek: μηρός (mērós) — upper leg
- Greenlandic: quttoraq — upper leg
- Gujarati: જાંઘ (jā̃gh) — upper leg
- Haitian Creole: kwis — upper leg
- Hawaiian: ʻūhā — upper leg
- Hebrew: יָרֵךְ (yarekh) — upper leg
- Higaonon: babun — upper leg
- Hindi: जांघ (jāṅgh) — upper leg
- Hindi: रान (rān) — upper leg
- Hungarian: comb — upper leg
- Hungarian: felsőcomb — upper leg
- Icelandic: læri — upper leg
- Ido: kruro — upper leg
- Igbo: otoko — upper leg
- Ilocano: luppo — upper leg
- Indonesian: paha — upper leg
- Ingrian: reis — upper leg
- Ingrian: sapso — upper leg
- Ingush: ворув (voruv) — upper leg
- Ingush: ха (xa) — upper leg
- Interlingua: coxa — upper leg
- Inuktitut: ᖁᑦᑐᕌᒃ (qottoraak) — upper leg
- Inupiaq: quktuġaq — upper leg
- Iranun: bubun — upper leg
- Irish: leis — upper leg
- Irish: ceathrú — upper leg
- Irish: láirig — upper leg
- Irish: sliasaid — upper leg
- Istriot: cosa — upper leg
- Italian: coscia — upper leg
- Japanese: 腿 (momo) — upper leg
- Japanese: 股 (momo) — upper leg
- Japanese: 太股 (futomomo) — upper leg
- Javanese: pupu — upper leg
- Kabuverdianu: koxa — upper leg
- Kalmyk: таша (taşa) — upper leg
- Kannada: ತೊಡೆ (toḍe) — upper leg
- Karakalpak: şelek — upper leg
- Karakalpak: şeker — upper leg
- Karelian: pirdu — upper leg
- Karelian: reiži — upper leg
- Kashmiri: रान् (rān) — upper leg
- Kaurna: kanthi — upper leg
- Kazakh: бұт (būt) — upper leg
- Kazakh: сан (san) — upper leg
- Khakas: пут (put) — upper leg
- Khmer: ភ្លៅ (phlɨw) — upper leg
- Kimaragang: poo — upper leg
- Komi-Zyrian: лядьвей (ľaďvej) — upper leg
- Komi-Zyrian: бек (bek) — upper leg
- Komi-Zyrian: зад (zad) — upper leg
- Kongo: kito — upper leg
- Korean: 허벅지 (heobeokji) — upper leg
- Korean: 허벅다리 (heobeokdari) — upper leg
- Korean: 넓적다리 (neopjeokdari) — upper leg
- Koryak: ынмалӈыт (ənmalŋət) — upper leg
- Central Kurdish: ڕان (ran) — upper leg
- Northern Kurdish: hêt — upper leg
- Kyrgyz: сан (san) — upper leg
- Ladin: galón — upper leg
- Lak: жира (žira) — upper leg
- Lao: ກົກຂາ (kok khā) — upper leg
- Latgalian: lytka — upper leg
- Latin: femur — upper leg
- Latvian: ciska — upper leg
- Latvian: augšstilbs — upper leg
- Laz: mesoğoni — upper leg
- Lezgi: ятур (ätur) — upper leg
- Lezgi: ютур (jutur) — upper leg
- Ligurian: chéuscia — upper leg
- Limburgish: die — upper leg
- Lingala: ebɛlɔ — upper leg
- Lingala: lokondó class 11/10 — upper leg
- Lithuanian: šlaunis — upper leg
- Livonian: raigā — upper leg
- Lotud: poo — upper leg
- Luganda: ekisambi — upper leg
- Luxembourgish: Uewerschenkel — upper leg
- Macedonian: бедро (bedro) — upper leg
- Maguindanao: bubun — upper leg
- Malagasy: fe — upper leg
- Malagasy: tsobe — upper leg
- Malay: paha — upper leg
- Malayalam: തുട (tuṭa) — upper leg
- Maltese: koxxa — upper leg
- Manchu: ᠰᡠᡴᠰᠠᡥᠠ (suksaha) — upper leg
- Mandinka: wutoo — upper leg
- Mangarevan: uha — upper leg
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: buvun — upper leg
- Mansaka: paa — upper leg
- Manx: maaish — upper leg
- Manx: shleayst — upper leg
- Manx: shleeast — upper leg
- Māori: hūwhā — upper leg
- Māori: kūwhā — upper leg
- Māori: kūhā — upper leg
- Māori: hūhā — upper leg
- Māori: koihanga — upper leg
- Maranao: bobon — upper leg
- Marathi: मांडी (māṇḍī) — upper leg
- Western Mari: ӓрдӹн (ärdÿn) — upper leg
- Mazanderani: اشکل (eškel) — upper leg
- Central Melanau: laip — upper leg
- Central Melanau: beteh — upper leg
- Mirandese: coixa — upper leg
- Mongolian: гуя (guja) — upper leg
- Mongolian: ташаа (tašaa) — upper leg
- Muna: fagha — upper leg
- Tagal Murut: paa — upper leg
- Timugon Murut: paa — upper leg
- Mwani: mpaja — upper leg
- Nahuatl: tometz — upper leg
- Nahuatl: metzquauhyotl — upper leg
- Classical Nahuatl: metztli — upper leg
- Nanai: талпи (talpi) — upper leg
- Navajo: ajáád dah ditánígíí — upper leg
- Neapolitan: coscia — upper leg
- Nepali: तिघ्रिा (tighriā) — upper leg
- Nepali: तिघ्रा (tighrā) — upper leg
- Nogai: бут (but) — upper leg
- Nogai: сан (san) — upper leg
- Norman: tchuisse — upper leg
- Norman: tchusse — upper leg
- Norman: tchiêsse — upper leg
- Norman: tchiesse — upper leg
- Norman: kyis — upper leg
- Norwegian: lår — upper leg
- Occitan: cuèissa — upper leg
- Odia: ଜଘଂ (jaghaṁ) — upper leg
- Ojibwe: nibwaam — upper leg
- Ojibwe: injiingwan — upper leg
- Old Church Slavonic: бедра (bedra) — upper leg
- Old English: þēoh — upper leg
- Old Norse: þjó — upper leg
- Old Saxon: thio — upper leg
- Ossetian: син (sin) — upper leg
- Ossetian: агъд (aǧd) — upper leg
- Pali: satthi — upper leg
- Pali: ūru — upper leg
- Palula: گُڑیۡ — upper leg
- Palula: gúṛi — upper leg
- Pangasinan: ulpo — upper leg
- Papiamentu: bel — upper leg
- Pashto: ورون (woroon) — upper leg
- Pashto: ادوم (adaum) — upper leg
- Pazeh: sasarisan — upper leg
- Persian: ران (rân) — upper leg
- Piedmontese: cheussa — upper leg
- Plautdietsch: Bowabeen — upper leg
- Plautdietsch: Schinkjen — upper leg
- Polish: udo — upper leg
- Portuguese: coxa — upper leg
- Punjabi: ਪੱਟ (paṭṭa) — upper leg
- Quechua: chanka — upper leg
- Rapa Nui: hūhǎ — upper leg
- Romanian: coapsă — upper leg
- Romansh: coissa — upper leg
- Romansh: quiessa — upper leg
- Romansh: cuissa — upper leg
- Romansh: cossa — upper leg
- Rungus: po'o — upper leg
- Russian: бедро́ (bedró) — upper leg
- Russian: ля́жка (ljážka) — upper leg
- Rwanda-Rundi: ikibero — upper leg
- Sabah Bisaya: tobing — upper leg
- Samoan: tega — upper leg
- Sanskrit: ऊरूः (ūrūḥ) — upper leg
- Sardinian: coscia — upper leg
- Sardinian: cossa — upper leg
- Scots: thee — upper leg
- Scottish Gaelic: sliasaid — upper leg
- Sebop: pa'an — upper leg
- Serbo-Croatian: бѐдро — upper leg
- Serbo-Croatian: бу̀тина — upper leg
- Serbo-Croatian: bèdro — upper leg
- Serbo-Croatian: bùtina — upper leg
- Shona: zvidya — upper leg
- Shor: устук — upper leg
- Sicilian: còscia — upper leg
- Sicilian: cùoscia — upper leg
- Sinhalese: කලව (kalawa) — upper leg
- Sinhalese: ඌරුව (ūruwa) — upper leg
- Slovak: stehno — upper leg
- Slovene: stegno — upper leg
- Slovene: bêdro — upper leg
- Somali: bawdo — upper leg
- Somali: cajar — upper leg
- Lower Sorbian: sćogno — upper leg
- Spanish: muslo — upper leg
- Spanish: muslamen — upper leg
- Spanish: tuto — upper leg
- Spanish: cuja — upper leg
- Spanish: trutro — upper leg
- Sranan Tongo: bowtu — upper leg
- Swahili: paja — upper leg
- Swedish: lår — upper leg
- Tabasaran: буд (bud) — upper leg
- Tagalog: hita — upper leg
- Tahitian: hūhā — upper leg
- Tajik: рон (ron) — upper leg
- Tamil: தொடை (toṭai) — upper leg
- Tarifit: tameṣṣaṭṭ — upper leg
- Tatar: бот (bot) — upper leg
- Tatar: bot — upper leg
- Tausug: paa — upper leg
- Tày: cộ cam — upper leg
- Telugu: తొడ (toḍa) — upper leg
- Tetum: ain-kelen — upper leg
- Thai: ขาอ่อน (kǎa-ɔ̀ɔn) — upper leg
- Tibetan: བརླ་ཤ (brla sha) — upper leg
- Tocharian B: mlyuwe — upper leg
- Tongan: tega — upper leg
- Turkish: uyluk — upper leg
- Turkish: but — upper leg
- Ottoman Turkish: بوت (but) — upper leg
- Ottoman Turkish: اویلق (uyluk) — upper leg
- Ottoman Turkish: باجاق (bacak) — upper leg
- Turkmen: but — upper leg
- Tuvan: дөңмек (döñmek) — upper leg
- Udmurt: макес (makes) — upper leg
- Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎖 (šq) — upper leg
- Ukrainian: стегно́ (stehnó) — upper leg
- Ukrainian: бедро́ (bedró) — upper leg
- Urdu: جانگھ (jāṅgh) — upper leg
- Urdu: ران (rān) — upper leg
- Uyghur: son — upper leg
- Uzbek: son — upper leg
- Venetan: cosa — upper leg
- Veps: landeh — upper leg
- Veps: riiže — upper leg
- Vietnamese: đùi — upper leg
- Volapük: küid — upper leg
- Võro: reis — upper leg
- Walloon: cwisse — upper leg
- Walloon: coxhe — upper leg
- Waray-Waray: hita — upper leg
- Welsh: morddwyd — upper leg
- Welsh: clun — upper leg
- Woiwurrung: ngarrge-jerrin — upper leg
- Woiwurrung: dharrang — upper leg
- Wolof: luppa — upper leg
- Wolof: pooj — upper leg
- Xhosa: ithanga — upper leg
- Yakut: буут (buut) — upper leg
- Yiddish: דיך (dikh) — upper leg
- Yoruba: itan — upper leg
- Zazaki: hête — upper leg
- Zulu: ithanga — upper leg
- Zyphe: bong — upper leg
- ǃXóõ: ǂqhàla — upper leg
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