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ankle

/ˈæŋ.kəl/ UK
[ˈæŋ.kʰəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.kʰl̩] UK
/ˈaŋ.kəl/ British, Northern England, Southern
[ˈaŋ.kʰəl] ~ [ˈaŋ.kʰl̩] British, Northern England, Southern
/ˈaŋ.kəl/ Scotland
[ˈäŋ.kʰəl] ~ [ˈäŋ.kʰl̩] Scotland
/ˈeɪ̯ŋ.kəl/
[ˈeɪ̯ŋ.kʰəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.kʰl̩]
[ˈɛ̃ŋ-]
/ˈbæːŋ/ Australia
[ˈbæːŋ] Australia
[ˈbɛːŋ] ~ [ˈbeːŋ] Australia
/ˈɛŋ.kəl/ New Zealand
[ˈɛŋ.kʰəl] ~ [ˈɛŋ.kʰl̩] New Zealand

Rhymes with -æŋkəl

Where it comes from

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.

noun ankles · ancle

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.

verb ankles · ankling · ankled · ancle

ambitransitive, slang 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.
To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint, talus, tarsus, backbone, foot, leg, paw, clonus, toe, pin, elastic, peg, stud, key

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noun joint between foot and leg

Español	tobillo
한국어	발목 balmok
日本語	足首 ashikubi, 踝 kurubushi
中文	脚腕子 jiǎowànzi, 腿腕子 tuǐwànzi, 踝 huái, 腳腕子 /脚腕子 jiǎowànzi, 腳踝 /脚踝 jiǎohuái
हिन्दी	टखना ṭakhnā, गुल्फ gulph
Português	tornozelo
Français	cheville
Deutsch	Knöchel, Fußknöchel
Italiano	caviglia
Ελληνικά	αστράγαλος astrágalos
Română	gleznă
Русский	лоды́жка lodýžka, щи́колотка ščíkolotka
Tiếng Việt	mắt cá chân, mắt cá, cổ chân
العربية	كَاحِل kāḥil, كَعْب kaʕb
עברית	קרסול \ קַרְסֹל karsol

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@misc{ankle_2026,
  title = {ankle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ankle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}