groin

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

aine

bas-ventre

arête

🦴

jetée

mole

taupe

arête de voûte

embarcadère

entrejambe

entre-jambes

région inguinale

région de l’aine

brise-lames

digue

épi

👂

Synonymes

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

Traductions

inguine

ingle

Leiste

lies

engonal

virilha

βουβώνας

Leistengegend

αχαμνά

listello

Zwickel

coscia

βουβωνική χώρα

inguen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɹɔɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: grinde

Hérité de ancien anglais: grynde

Hérité de moyen anglais: groynen

Hérité de ancien anglais: 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.