Significado (Inglés)
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- To attack the flank(s) of.
- To defend the flank(s) of.
- To place to the side(s) of.
- To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
Sinónimos
side of body
hand gear
hypocondrium
side face
lateral face
body’s side
abdomen
lateral surface profile plane
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/flæŋk/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
In summary
From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankō (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.
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