Feminine

caviglia

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

Frequency

C1
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).

ankle joint

articulatio talocruralis

mortise joint

talocrural joint

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