ankle
Syllables: an·kleUK/ˈæŋ.kəl/
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British/ˈaŋ.kəl/
ankle noun: the skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
Noun
ankle (plural ankles)
Verb
ankle (third-person singular simple present ankles, present participle ankling, simple past and past participle ankled)
- To walk.
- Arvay’s tearful speech followed the usual pattern, and everybody said it was just fine. There had been nothing about the heathens of China, India and Africa wallowing around on the heavenly chairs, nor ankling up and down the golden streets.1948, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 1, in Seraph on the Suwanee, New York: HarperPerennial, published 1991, page 5
- Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178
- To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
ankle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ankle in Hindi
- joint between foot and leg
- टखना ṭakhnā, गुल्फ gulph
ankle in Tamil
- joint between foot and leg
- கணுக்கால் kaṇukkāl, கரண்டைக்கால் karaṇṭaikkāl, கரண்டை karaṇṭai, பரடு paraṭu
ankle in Marathi
- joint between foot and leg
- गोफा gophā, गुल्फ gulpha
ankle in Urdu
- ankle
- ٹخنا ṭaxnā
More languagesFewer languages
- ankle in Bengali
- গোড়ালি
- ankle in Telugu
- చీలమండ cīlamaṇḍa
- ankle in Malayalam
- കണങ്കാൽ kaṇaṅkāl, കണ്ണ kaṇṇa
- ankle in Kannada
- ಹರಡು, ಪರಡು, ಮಂಡ, ಚೀಲ ಮಂಡೆ
- ankle in Sanskrit
- कुल्फ kulphá, गुल्फ gulphá
- ankle in Nepali
- गोलीगाँठो golīgā̃ṭho
- ankle in Tagalog
- buol, bukungbukong, bukong-bukong
- ankle in Arabic
- كَاحِل kāḥil, كَعْب kaʕb
- ankle in Malay
- pergelangan kaki, buku lali
- ankle in Indonesian
- pergelangan kaki
- ankle in Persian
- قوزک پا quzak-e pâ, مچ پا moč-e pâ, شتالنگ šetâlang, بجول bojul
- ankle in Thai
- ข้อเท้า kɔ̂ɔ-táao
- ankle in Vietnamese
- mắt cá chân, mắt cá, cổ chân
- ankle in Myanmar
- ဖမျက် hpa.myak, ခြေချင်းဝတ် hkrehkyang:wat
Examples of ankle in a sentence
- Due to a left ankle sprain, the basketball player did not dress for the game against Indiana.
- Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
- Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.
Forms of ankle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ankles |
| alternative form (obsolete) | ancle |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ankles |
| present participle | ankling |
| past participle | ankled |
| past | ankled |
Origin of ankle
From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enkel, enklaauw, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”). Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.
Words formed from ankle
- ankle-biter
- ankle biter
- anklebone
- ankle boot
- ankle brace
- ankle bracelet
- ankle-deep
- ankle express
- ankleful
- ankle grazers
- ankle-high
- ankleless
- anklelike
- anklelock
- ankle lock
- ankle monitor
- ankle ring
- ankle slapper
- ankle sock
- anklet
- ankle walker
- anklewarmer
- anklewear
- brass ankle
- cankle
- interankle
- show ankle
Phrases with ankle
Words that rhyme with ankle
Questions about ankle
- What does ankle mean?
- Ankle means the skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
- What is ankle in Hindi?
- Ankle in Hindi is टखना (ṭakhnā), गुल्फ (gulph). See Ankle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ankle?
- Ankle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ankle?
- Ankle is pronounced /ˈæŋ.kəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ankle?
- The plural of ankle is ankles.
Words near ankle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ankle (page history and authors); ٹخنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ankle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చీలమండ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ankle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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