big toe
big toe noun: the largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.
Noun
big toe (plural big toes)
- The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.
- Synonyms:
- digitus primus pedis, great toe, hallux, large toe
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, toe.
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big toe meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
big toe in Hindi
- largest of the toes of the foot of a human
- अंगूठा aṅgūṭhā
big toe in Tamil
- கட்டைவிரல்
big toe in Marathi
- the big toe, hallux
- अंगठा aṅgṭhā
big toe in Urdu
- the big toe, hallux
- انگوٹھا aṅgūṭhā
More languagesFewer languages
- big toe in Punjabi
- ਅੰਗੂਠਾ aṅgūṭhā
- big toe in Sanskrit
- अङ्गुष्ठ aṅgúṣṭha
- big toe in Malay
- ibu jari kaki, empu kaki
- big toe in Thai
- หัวแม่เท้า hŭa mâe táo
Synonyms of big toe
Forms of big toe
| plural | big toes |
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Origin of big toe
From big + toe.
Words formed from big toe
Questions about big toe
- What does big toe mean?
- Big toe means the largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.
- What is big toe in Hindi?
- Big toe in Hindi is अंगूठा (aṅgūṭhā). See Big toe meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is big toe?
- Big toe is a noun.
- What is the plural of big toe?
- The plural of big toe is big toes.
Words near big toe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: big toe (page history and authors); big toe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अंगठा (Marathi) (page history and authors); انگوٹھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਅੰਗੂਠਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अङ्गुष्ठ (Sanskrit) (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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