groin

(Englisch)

Noun

1. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
2. The area adjoining this fold or depression.
3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
4. The surface formed by two such vaults.
5. (euphemistic) The genitals.

Verb

1. To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
2. To build with groins.
3. (literary, transitive) To hollow out; to excavate.

Verb

To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡɹɔɪn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: grinde

Geerbt von Altenglisch: grynde

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: groynen

Geerbt von Altenglisch: grunnian

In summary

From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.

Konzepte

Leiste

Leistengegend

Zwickel

Weiche

Schoß

Buhne

Leisten

Hüftbeuge

Leistenbeuge

Bein

Leistenregion

Grat

Hüfte

Schenkel

Synonyme

crotch

groyne

inguen

breakwater

mole

seawall

inguinal region

jetty

bulwark

gore

gusset

flank

pubic region

thigh

sea wall

loins

snout

wall

groin region

inguinal glands

coffering

lower belly

sea dyke

sea bank

groin arch

sea embankment

coastal levee

abdomen

groyne

armpit

coffer

crutch

🩼

dam

dike

earthwork

embankment

hip

lap

leg

🦵

levee

loin

pope

pubis

retrenchment

Übersetzungen

aine

inguine

ingle

pachwina

lies

engonal

virilha

βουβώνας

bas-ventre

αχαμνά

listello

coscia

jetée

inguen

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