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The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.
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
the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: femur, femoris
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leg bone
From late Middle English. Equivalent to thigh + bone.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
dybeen
— femur
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Arabic:
عَظْم اَلْفَخِذ
(ʕaẓm al-faḵiḏ)
— femur
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Arabic:
عضم الفخد
(ʕaḍm el-faxid)
— femur
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Armenian:
ազդրոսկր
(azdroskr)
— femur
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Asturian:
fémur
— femur
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Aymara:
chara ch'aka
— femur
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Bambara:
worokolo
— femur
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Bambara:
tɔgɔkala
— femur
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Basque:
izterrezur
— femur
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Bengali:
ঊর্বস্থি
(urbosthi)
— femur
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Bulgarian:
бедро
(bedro)
— femur
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Bulgarian:
бедрена кост
(bedrena kost)
— femur
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Catalan:
fèmur
— femur
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Literary Chinese:
髀
(bì)
— femur
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Chinese Mandarin:
股骨
(gǔgǔ)
— femur
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Czech:
stehenní kost
— femur
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Danish:
lårben
— femur
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Danish:
lårbensknogle
— femur
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Dhivehi:
މާކަޅުވާ ކަށިގަނޑު
(mākaḷuvā kaṣiganḍu)
— femur
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Dutch:
dijbeen
— femur
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Esperanto:
femurosto
— femur
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Estonian:
reieluu
— femur
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Finnish:
reisiluu
— femur
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French:
fémur
— femur
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Galician:
fémur
— femur
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Georgian:
ბარძაყის ძვალი
(barʒaq̇is ʒvali)
— femur
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German:
Oberschenkelknochen
— femur
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German:
Femur
— femur
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Greek:
μηριαίο οστό
(miriaío ostó)
— femur
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Hebrew:
קוּלִית
(qúlit)
— femur
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Hungarian:
combcsont
— femur
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Ido:
femuro
— femur
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Indonesian:
tulang paha
— femur
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Indonesian:
femur
— femur
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Italian:
femore
— femur
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Japanese:
大腿骨
(daitaikotsu)
— femur
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Kazakh:
ортан жілік
(ortan jılık)
— femur
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Korean:
넓적다리뼈
(neopjeokdarippyeo)
— femur
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Korean:
대퇴골
(daetoegol)
— femur
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Northern Kurdish:
ran
— femur
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Latin:
femur
— femur
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Malagasy:
taolam-pe
— femur
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Malay:
tulang paha
— femur
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Malay:
femur
— femur
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Malayalam:
തുടയെല്ല്
(tuṭayellŭ)
— femur
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Māori:
pūkaka
— femur
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Mongolian:
дунд чөмөг
(dund čömög)
— femur
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Khiamniungan Naga:
shîu-ù
— femur
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lårbein
— femur
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lårben
— femur
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
lårbein
— femur
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Occitan:
amaluc
— femur
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Occitan:
femur
— femur
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Polish:
kość udowa
— femur
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Brazilian Portuguese:
fêmur
— femur
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European Portuguese:
fémur
— femur
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Romanian:
femur
— femur
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Russian:
бе́дренная кость
(bédrennaja kostʹ)
— femur
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Scots:
thee-bane
— femur
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Scottish Gaelic:
cnàimh na sliasaid
— femur
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Scottish Gaelic:
sliasaid
— femur
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Serbo-Croatian:
bedrenjača
— femur
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Serbo-Croatian:
butnjača
— femur
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Spanish:
fémur
— femur
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Swedish:
lårben
— femur
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Tagalog:
butong-hita
— femur
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Tamil:
தொடையெலும்பு
(toṭaiyelumpu)
— femur
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Lower Tanana:
-ghwthtth'ena'
— femur
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Telugu:
తొడ ఎముక
(toḍa emuka)
— femur
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Thai:
กระดูกต้นขา
(grà-dùuk-dtôn-kǎa)
— femur
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Turkish:
femur
— femur
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Turkish:
uyluk kemiği
— femur
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Vietnamese:
xương đùi
— femur
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Volapük:
femur
— femur
