colze

Meaning

1. (masculine) elbow
2. (masculine) cubit, an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand
3. (historical, masculine) codo, Spanish cubit, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm
4. (masculine) dogleg

Concepts

elbow

cubit

elbow joint

nook

cubitus

articulatio cubiti

cubital joint

corner

human elbow

Synonyms

angle

racó

Translations

coude

cotovelo

codo

gomito

αγκώνας

elleboog

Ellbogen

dirsek

coide

Ellenbogen

cubitus

كوع

cubitum

ulna

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkol.zə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cubitum

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan colde, from pre-literary *coude (with hypercorrection of coda [w] to [ɫ]), from Latin cubitum. Compare the development of Catalan malalt, delme from original malaute, deume (Latin male habitus, decimus). The subsequent change from /d/ to /(d)z/ may have been by analogy with polze (“thumb”). Doublet of cúbit, a borrowing from Latin.