thigh
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thigh
- /θaɪ/
Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).
noun thighs
- The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her High forehead, and her Scarlet lip, By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie, That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs.
- That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. Add the chicken thighs, close the bag, and squish the marinade to coat the chicken.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: second joint, leg, hip, rump, crotch, butt, lap, back, drumstick, ieg, femur, thighbone, quadriceps, hamstring, upper leg, hindquarter
Translations
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noun upper leg
| Español | muslo, muslamen, tuto, cuja, trutro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 허벅지 heobeokji, 허벅다리 heobeokdari, 넓적다리 neopjeokdari |
| 日本語 | 腿 momo, 股 momo, 太股 futomomo |
| 中文 | 大腿 dàtuǐ |
| हिन्दी | जांघ jāṅgh, रान rān |
| Kiswahili | paja |
| Português | coxa |
| Français | cuisse |
| Deutsch | Oberschenkel |
| Italiano | coscia |
| Ελληνικά | μηρός mirós |
| Română | coapsă |
| Русский | бедро́ bedró, ля́жка ljážka |
| Tiếng Việt | đùi |
| العربية | فَخِذ faḵiḏ, فَخْذ faḵḏ |
| עברית | יָרֵךְ yarekh |
Talk about this word "thigh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thigh. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thigh. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thigh "thigh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thigh.Cite this
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title = {thigh},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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