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cuisse

/kwɪs/

cuisse noun: defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.

Noun

cuisse (plural cuisses)

  1. Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.

cuisse meaning in Tamil

cuisse in Tamil

தொடை

Synonyms of cuisse

Forms of cuisse

pluralcuisses
alternative formcuish
alternative formquish
alternative formquisse

Origin of cuisse

Borrowed from French cuisse (“thigh”), from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂. Compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot (“armour for the thigh, cuish”). Doublet of coxa.

Words that rhyme with cuisse

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Questions about cuisse

What does cuisse mean?
Cuisse means defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
What is cuisse in Tamil?
Cuisse in Tamil is தொடை. See Cuisse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cuisse?
Cuisse is a noun.
How do you pronounce cuisse?
Cuisse is pronounced /kwɪs/.
What is the plural of cuisse?
The plural of cuisse is cuisses.

Words near cuisse in the dictionary

  1. Cuisnahuat
  2. cuissard
  3. cuissards
  4. cuissart
  5. cuissarts
  6. cuisse
  7. cuisser
  8. cuissers
  9. cuisses
  10. cuisset
  11. cuissets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cuisse (page history and authors); cuisse (Tamil 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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