Meanings
nounbig toe (plural big toes)
plural big toes
- anatomyThe largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.
Synonyms: digitus primus pedis, great toe, hallux, large toe
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, toe.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans groottoon
- groottoonlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Catalan hàl·lux
- hàl·luxlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Chinese Cantonese 腳趾公 /脚趾公
- 腳趾公 /脚趾公 (goek³ zi² gung¹)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Chinese Mandarin 大腳趾 /大脚趾, 拇指
- 大腳趾 /大脚趾 (dàjiǎozhǐ)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
- 拇指 (mǔzhǐ)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
- 拇趾 (mǔzhǐ)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
- 大趾 (dàzhǐ)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Czech palec
- paleclargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Danish storetå
- storetålargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Dutch grote teen
- grote teenlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Esperanto halukso
- haluksolargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Finnish isovarvas, pottuvarvas
- isovarvaslargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- pottuvarvaslargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- ukkovarvaslargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- peukalovarvaslargest of the toes of the foot of a human
French gros orteil, pouce du pied
- gros orteillargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- pouce du piedlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- halluxlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
German große Zehe, großer Zeh
- große Zehelargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- großer Zehlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Greek μεγάλο δάκτυλο του ποδιού
- μεγάλο δάκτυλο του ποδιού (megálo dáktylo tou podioú)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Hindi अंगूठा
- अंगूठा (aṅgūṭhā)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Hungarian nagy lábujj
- nagy lábujjlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Icelandic stóra tá, stóra táin
- stóra tálargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- stóra táinlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Irish ordóg, ordóg coise
- ordóglargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- ordóg coiselargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Italian alluce
- allucelargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Korean 엄지발가락
- 엄지발가락 (eomjibalgarak)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Latin hallus, pollex (pedis)
- halluslargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- pollex (pedis)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Lithuanian nykštys, didysis pirštas
- nykštyslargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- didysis pirštaslargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Malay ibu jari kaki, empu kaki
- ibu jari kakilargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- empu kakilargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Māori kōnui
- kōnuilargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Norwegian Bokmål stortå
- stortålargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Polish paluch
- paluchlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Portuguese hálux, dedão do pé
- háluxlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- dedão do pélargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Romanian degetul mare de la picior
- degetul mare de la piciorlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Russian большо́й па́лец
- большо́й па́лец (bolʹšój pálec)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Scottish Gaelic òrdag mhòr, òrdag
- òrdag mhòrlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- òrdaglargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Slovak palec, palec na nohe
- paleclargest of the toes of the foot of a human
- palec na nohelargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Spanish dedo gordo (del/de pie), dedo gordo (podal)
- dedo gordo (del/de pie)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
- dedo gordo (podal)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
- ortejo mayorlargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Swedish stortå
- stortålargest of the toes of the foot of a human
Thai หัวแม่เท้า
- หัวแม่เท้า (hŭa mâe táo)largest of the toes of the foot of a human
Turkish ayak başparmağı
- ayak başparmağılargest of the toes of the foot of a human
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