shinbone

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noun

The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee

Similar
tibiashankboneshin boneshin
OriginMiddle English schinboon ← Old English sċinbān ← Proto-West Germanic *skinubain →
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Meanings

nounshinbone (plural shinbones)

plural shinbones

  1. anatomyThe inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
  2. biologyA segment of an insect's leg.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
tibiashankbone

nounthe inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Similar
tibiashin boneshin
Broader
leg bone
Also see
shintibia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skinōbainą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skinubain
  3. Old Englishsċinbān“shin, shinbone”
  4. Middle Englishschinboon
  5. Englishshinbone

From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek προκνήμιον
  • προκνήμιον (proknḗmion)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Arabic قَصَبَة
  • قَصَبَة (qaṣaba)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Basque tibia
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Bulgarian голям пищял, костен гонг
  • голям пищял (goljam pištjal)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • костен гонг (kosten gong)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Catalan tíbia
  • tíbiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Chinese Mandarin 脛骨 /胫骨
  • 脛骨 /胫骨 (jìnggǔ)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Czech holenní kost
  • holenní kostinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Danish skinneben
  • skinnebeninner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Dutch scheenbeen
  • scheenbeeninner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Esperanto tibio
  • tibioinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Finnish sääriluu
  • sääriluuinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
French tibia
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
German Schienbein
  • Schienbeininner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Hebrew שוֹקָה
  • שוֹקָה (shoká)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Hungarian sípcsont
  • sípcsontinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Indonesian tulang kering, tibia
  • tulang keringinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Italian tibia
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Japanese 脛骨
  • 脛骨 (keikotsu)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Korean 정강이뼈, 경골
  • 정강이뼈 (jeonggang'ippyeo)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • 경골 (gyeonggol)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Latin tibia
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Lithuanian blauzdikaulis
  • blauzdikaulisinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Malay tulang kering, tulang betis
  • tulang keringinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • tulang betisinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Māori takakaha
  • takakahainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Norwegian skinneben
  • skinnebeninner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Persian درشتنی
  • درشتنی (doroštney)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Polish piszczel, kość piszczelowa
  • piszczelinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • kość piszczelowainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Portuguese tíbia
  • tíbiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Romanian tibia, fluier
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • fluierinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Russian большеберцо́вая кость
  • большеберцо́вая кость (bolʹšebercóvaja kostʹ)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Scottish Gaelic cnàimh-mòr-na-lurgainn
  • cnàimh-mòr-na-lurgainninner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Spanish tibia
  • tibiainner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Swedish skenben
  • skenbeninner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Tagalog butunlulod
  • butunlulodinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Thai กระดูกแข้ง
  • กระดูกแข้ง (grà-dùuk-kɛ̂ng)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Turkish kaval kemiği, bacakkalemi
  • kaval kemiğiinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • bacakkalemiinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • bacak kemiğiinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Ukrainian велика гомілкова кістка, великогомілкова кістка
  • велика гомілкова кістка (velyka homilkova kistka)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • великогомілкова кістка (velykohomilkova kistka)inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
Vietnamese xương chày, xương ống chân
  • xương chàyinner bone of the hind limb below the knee
  • xương ống châninner bone of the hind limb below the knee

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bishonen
Cite this entry
APA

shinbone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shinbone

MLA

“shinbone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shinbone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shinbone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shinbone.

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