Word.ws English Dictionary

ulna

/ˈʌlnə/

ulna noun: the bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

ulna: the bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb,...
Image: Anatomography, CC BY-SA 2.1 jp, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

ulna (plural ulnae or ulnas)

  1. The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
    Synonyms:
    elbow bone

ulna meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Tagalog

ulna in Tamil

முன்னங்கால் எலும்பு, அல்னா, முன்கைஎலும்பு, முழங்கையெலும்பு, அரந்தி, முழங்கை எலும்பு

ulna in Urdu

زند

ulna in Telugu

bone of the forearm
అరత్ని aratni

ulna in Tagalog

bone of the forearm
butuntakday
More languagesFewer languages
ulna in Arabic
زِنْد zind
ulna in Malay
tulang hasta, ulna
ulna in Vietnamese
xương trụ

Synonyms of ulna

Forms of ulna

pluralulnae
pluralulnas

Origin of ulna

From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell.

Words formed from ulna

Questions about ulna

What does ulna mean?
Ulna means the bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
What is ulna in Tamil?
Ulna in Tamil is முன்னங்கால் எலும்பு, அல்னா, முன்கைஎலும்பு. See Ulna meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ulna?
Ulna is a noun.
How do you pronounce ulna?
Ulna is pronounced /ˈʌlnə/.
What is the plural of ulna?
The plural of ulna is ulnae.

Words near ulna in the dictionary

  1. ulmoside
  2. ulmous
  3. Ulmschneider
  4. Ulmu
  5. uln-
  6. ulna
  7. ulnad
  8. ulnae
  9. ulnage
  10. ulnar
  11. ulnar arteries

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ulna (page history and authors); ulna (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ulna (Urdu 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ulna.wav.

Cite this entry: “ulna.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ulna. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.