groin
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groin¹
- /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/
- /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/ Ireland
Sounds like groyne · Rhymes with -ɔɪn
Where it comes from
From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.
noun groins
- The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region. The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick.
- The area adjoining this fold or depression. He pulled a muscle in his groin.
- The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- The surface formed by two such vaults.
- The genitals. He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
verb groins · groining · groined
- To deliver a blow to the genitals of. In the scrum he somehow got groined.
- To build or furnish with a groin or groins. The part of the village in which I resided was a grove of cocoa-nut trees, and at night, when the dead leaves were sometimes collected together and burnt, the effect was most magnificent - the tall stems, the fine crowns of foliage, and the immense fruit-clusters, being brilliantly illuminated again
- To hollow out; to excavate. Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.
groin²
- /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/
- /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/ Ireland
Sounds like groyne · Rhymes with -ɔɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English groynen, from a mixture of Old French groignier, grougnier (from Latin grunniō) and Old English grunnian (from Proto-Germanic *grunnōną).
verb groins · groining · groined
- To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur. Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,
groin³
- /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/
- /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/ Ireland
Sounds like groyne · Rhymes with -ɔɪn
noun groins
- US standard spelling of groyne
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty, groyne, breakwater, substance, material, parties, crotch, inguen, pubes, pelvis, perineum, gluteal cleft, iliac furrow
Translations
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noun long narrow depression of the human body that separates the trunk from the legs
| Español | ingle |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 샅 sat, 가랑이 garang'i, 서혜 seohye, 서혜부 seohyebu |
| 日本語 | 脚の付け根 ashi no tsukene, 鼠蹊部 sokeibu, 鼠蹊 sokei, 股 mata |
| 中文 | 腹股溝 /腹股沟 fùgǔgōu, 鼠蹊 shǔxī |
| हिन्दी | ऊसन्धि ūsandhi, उरुसंधि urusandhi |
| Português | virilha |
| Français | aine |
| Deutsch | Leiste |
| Italiano | inguine |
| Ελληνικά | βουβώνας vouvónas, αχαμνά achamná |
| Română | stinghie, joncțiunea dintre coapsă și trunchi, regiunea inghinală |
| Русский | пах pax |
| Tiếng Việt | háng, vùng bẹn, bẹn |
| العربية | أُرْبِيَّة ʔurbiyya, مَغْبَن maḡban |
| עברית | מפשעה mifsa'a |
Talk about this word "groin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/groin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. groin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/groin "groin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/groin.Cite this
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title = {groin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/groin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
