elbow

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

gomito

ginocchio

polso

pugno

✊

articolazione

congiuntura

raccordo

sgomitare

caviglia

articolazione del gomito

curva

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

coude

codo

Ellbogen

cotovelo

elleboog

colze

Ellenbogen

αγκώνας

dirsek

cubitus

Knie

genou

ancon

Elle

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɛlbəʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: elbowe

Ereditato da inglese antico: elboga

Affine scozzese: elbuck

Affine saterfriesisch: Älbooge

Affine olandese: elleboog

Affine basso tedesco: Ellebage

Affine tedesco: Ellbogen

Affine danese: albue

Affine islandese: 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”).