Meanings
plural anklebones
- The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles iij:[7–8], folio clvii, recto1 more example
Then there was that disastrous field trip to the natural history museum. The trip when the whole Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the lobby toppled to the ground. They say I yanked out an anklebone so I could take it home to my dog.
2017, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, Pottymouth and Stoopid, page 64Synonyms: talus, astragalus, astragal, huckle bone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishancle bone
- Englishanklebone
From Middle English ancle bone; equivalent to ankle + bone.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans enkelbeen
- enkelbeenbone of the ankle
Basque tortolos
- tortolosbone of the ankle
Catalan astràgal, taba
- astràgalbone of the ankle
- tababone of the ankle
Chinese Mandarin 距骨
- 距骨 (jùgǔ)bone of the ankle
Czech hlezenní kost
- hlezenní kostbone of the ankle
Dutch sprongbeen
- sprongbeenbone of the ankle
Finnish telaluu
- telaluubone of the ankle
French talus, astragale
- talusbone of the ankle
- astragalebone of the ankle
- os astragalebone of the ankle
German Sprungbein, Rollbein
- Sprungbeinbone of the ankle
- Rollbeinbone of the ankle
Greek αστράγαλος
- αστράγαλος (astrágalos)bone of the ankle
Hungarian ugrócsont
- ugrócsontbone of the ankle
Indonesian mata kaki
- mata kakibone of the ankle
Irish cnámh murnáin, rúitín
- cnámh murnáinbone of the ankle
- rúitínbone of the ankle
Italian astragalo, talo
- astragalobone of the ankle
- talobone of the ankle
Japanese 距骨
- 距骨 (kyokotsu)bone of the ankle
Lithuanian šokikaulis
- šokikaulisbone of the ankle
Polish kość skokowa
- kość skokowabone of the ankle
Portuguese astrágalo, tálus
- astrágalobone of the ankle
- tálusbone of the ankle
Russian тара́нная кость
- тара́нная кость (taránnaja kostʹ)bone of the ankle
Spanish taba, taquín
- tababone of the ankle
- taquínbone of the ankle
- chitabone of the ankle
Swedish språngben
- språngbenbone of the ankle
Tagalog butumbuol
- butumbuolbone of the ankle
Turkish aşık kemiği
- aşık kemiğibone of the ankle
Vietnamese xương sên
- xương sênbone of the ankle
Cite this entry
anklebone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anklebone
“anklebone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anklebone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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