caviglia

Meaning

1. (feminine) ankle
2. (feminine) pin, peg

Concepts

ankle

instep

knee

fetlock

elbow

joint

anklebone

pastern

spindle

ankle joint

articulatio talocruralis

mortise joint

talocrural joint

Synonyms

collo del piede

ginocchio

articolazione

cavicchio

congiuntura

fuso

cavigliatoio

gomito

Translations

tobillo

cheville

Knöchel

Fußknöchel

tornozelo

turmell

αστράγαλος

enkel

ayak bileği

talus

كاحل

artelho

maléolo

Fußrücken

Hyphenated as

ca‧vì‧glia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈviʎ.ʎa/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cavilla (compare modern cavilha), from Vulgar Latin *cāvic(u)la, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Compare the doublets cavicchia (inherited from Latin), clavicola (borrowed from Latin).