jambe

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

jambe

From the Late Latin gamba (hock (of quadrupeds)), which itself comes from the Ancient Greek καμπή kampé ('curve, flexion, joint of a limb'), from which also come 'gambe' which is no longer used except in the expression 'viole de gambe', and in the terms 'gambiller', 'ingambe' or 'gambette'.

Definitions

anat
maçonnerie
marine
pêche

Synonyms

Plural

jambes

Translations

  • germangerman:Unterschenkel
  • englishenglish:leg
  • arabicarabic:ساق
  • chinesechinese:
  • koreankorean:다리
  • danishdanish:bukseben
  • spanishspanish:pata
  • finnishfinnish:puntti
  • greekgreek:κνήμη
  • hebrewhebrew:רגל
  • hindihindi:पाया
  • italianitalian:coscia
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:been
  • polishpolish:nogawka
  • portugueseportuguese:calça
  • russianrussian:штанина
  • swedishswedish:ben
  • turkishturkish:bacak
  • ukrainianukrainian:нога

See also

jambière (cn.) jambière (adj.) jambage (cn.) enjambement (cn.) jambette (cn.) unijambiste (cn.) unijambiste (adj.) enjamber (v.) bijambiste (cn.) nullijambiste (cn.) jambier (adj.) jambier (cn.) jamber (v.) Jambes (pn.) gambette (cn.) jambelet (cn.) gambier (cn.)