Féminin

Achsel

(Anglais)

  1. (feminine) armpit, axilla (cavity under the shoulder)
  2. (feminine) shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)

Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

canton de Bâle-Campagne

aggsle

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈaksəl/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Old High German ahsala, ahsla, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Cognate with Old Norse ǫxl (“shoulder”) and ǫxull (“axle”) (whence Danish aksel, Icelandic öxl), English axle. Also cognate with Latin āxilla (“shoulder joint”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”).

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