thigh
The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the kneeThe upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
» Tom fell and broke his thigh.
Том упав і зламав стегно.
Meaning
2 sensesThe upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
Oberschenkel
бедро́bedró, ля́жкаljážka
стегно́stehnó, бедро́bedró
the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
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.
Examples
67 sentencesTom fell and broke his thigh.
Том упав і зламав стегно.
Tom hiked his skirt up to mid-thigh and dipped his toes in the water.
Tom laid his arm on Mary's thigh.
John gained fat on his thighs.
The ball ricocheted off her thigh.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, fFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: thighsSynonyms
1 synonyms- the upper joint of the leg of a fowl:second joint