Meaning

2 senses
  1. The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.

    große Zehe, großer Zeh

    большо́й па́лецbolʹšój pálec

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, toe.

More definitions
  • the first largest innermost toe

Examples

23 sentences
  1. The big toe on my right foot hurts.

    ruУ меня болит большой палец правой ноги.

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  2. I felt excruciating pain in my left big toe.

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  3. Tom also broke his big toe on his right foot.

    deTom brach sich auch den großen Zeh am rechten Fuß.

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  4. Tom has a pain in his big toe on his right foot.

    ruУ Тома болит большой палец на правой ноге.

    deTom tut der große Zeh seines rechten Fußes weh.

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  5. I have a pain in my big toe on my right foot.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
largest of the toes of the foot of a human:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
largest of the toes of the foot of a human:

Origin

From big + toe.

From big + toe.

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Forms

plural: big toes
Singularbig toe
Pluralbig toes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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