groin

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
2. The area adjoining this fold or depression.
3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
4. The surface formed by two such vaults.
5. (euphemistic) The genitals.

Verb

1. To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
2. To build with groins.
3. (literary, transitive) To hollow out; to excavate.

Verb

To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

Синонимы

crotch

groyne

inguen

breakwater

mole

seawall

inguinal region

jetty

bulwark

gore

gusset

flank

pubic region

thigh

sea wall

loins

snout

wall

groin region

inguinal glands

coffering

lower belly

sea dyke

sea bank

groin arch

sea embankment

coastal levee

abdomen

groyne

armpit

coffer

crutch

🩼

dam

dike

earthwork

embankment

hip

lap

leg

🦵

levee

loin

pope

pubis

retrenchment

Переводы

aine

inguine

ingle

Leiste

lies

engonal

virilha

βουβώνας

bas-ventre

Leistengegend

αχαμνά

Zwickel

listello

arête

🦴

Произносится как (IPA)

/ɡɹɔɪn/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: grinde

Унаследовано от староанглийский: grynde

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: groynen

Унаследовано от староанглийский: grunnian

In summary

From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.