elbow

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
2. (broadly) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
3. (US, dated) A detective.
4. Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
5. A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.
6. Two nearby crossings of a rope.

Verb

1. (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
2. To strike with the elbow.
3. To nudge, jostle or push.
4. (informal) To force (someone) to quit or lose their job so that someone else can be hired.

Concepts

coude

genou

coudoyer

tournant

jouer des coudes

pousser du coude

Synonymes

nudge

jostle

knee

push

joint

knock

wrist

thrust

hustle

shoulder

human elbow

cubitus

elbow pipe

shove

bend

cranked

knee joint

finger

knuckle

heel

horn

wrist joint

poke

curve

drive

propel

elbow joint

force

articulatio cubiti

cubital joint

send

sideswipe

springer

square

stovepipe

ten

tongs

turn

twist

wangle

wheedle

wristbands

back of hand

elbow-shaped bend

back elbow

downward elbow

side elbow

upper elbow

genu

bent tube

Traductions

codo

gomito

Ellbogen

cotovelo

elleboog

colze

Ellenbogen

αγκώνας

dirsek

cubitus

Knie

ancon

Elle

كوع

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛlbəʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: elbowe

Hérité de ancien anglais: elboga

Appartenant à écossais: elbuck

Appartenant à saterlandais: Älbooge

Appartenant à néerlandais: elleboog

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Ellebage

Appartenant à allemand: Ellbogen

Appartenant à danois: albue

Appartenant à islandais: olbogi

In summary

From Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish albue (“elbow”), Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”).