Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
Similar
femurfemoris
Broader
leg bone
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From late Middle English. Equivalent to thigh + bone.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dybeen
- dybeenfemur
Arabic عَظْم اَلْفَخِذ
- عَظْم اَلْفَخِذ (ʕaẓm al-faḵiḏ)femur
Basque izterrezur
- izterrezurfemur
Bengali ঊর্বস্থি
- ঊর্বস্থি (urbosthi)femur
Brazilian Portuguese fêmur
- fêmurfemur
Bulgarian бедро, бедрена кост
- бедро (bedro)femur
- бедрена кост (bedrena kost)femur
Catalan fèmur
- fèmurfemur
Chinese Mandarin 股骨
- 股骨 (gǔgǔ)femur
Czech stehenní kost
- stehenní kostfemur
Danish lårben, lårbensknogle
- lårbenfemur
- lårbensknoglefemur
Dutch dijbeen
- dijbeenfemur
Esperanto femurosto
- femurostofemur
Estonian reieluu
- reieluufemur
European Portuguese fémur
- fémurfemur
Finnish reisiluu
- reisiluufemur
French fémur
- fémurfemur
German Oberschenkelknochen, Femur
- Oberschenkelknochenfemur
- Femurfemur
Greek μηριαίο οστό
- μηριαίο οστό (miriaío ostó)femur
Hebrew קוּלִית
- קוּלִית (qúlit)femur
Hungarian combcsont
- combcsontfemur
Indonesian tulang paha, femur
- tulang pahafemur
- femurfemur
Irish cnámh leise (na), féimear
- cnámh leise (na)femur
- féimearfemur
Italian femore
- femorefemur
Japanese 大腿骨
- 大腿骨 (daitaikotsu)femur
Korean 넓적다리뼈, 대퇴골
- 넓적다리뼈 (neopjeokdarippyeo)femur
- 대퇴골 (daetoegol)femur
Latin femur
- femurfemur
Malay tulang paha, femur
- tulang pahafemur
- femurfemur
Māori pūkaka
- pūkakafemur
Norwegian Bokmål lårbein, lårben
- lårbeinfemur
- lårbenfemur
Polish kość udowa
- kość udowafemur
Romanian femur
- femurfemur
Russian бе́дренная кость
- бе́дренная кость (bédrennaja kostʹ)femur
Scottish Gaelic cnàimh na sliasaid, sliasaid
- cnàimh na sliasaidfemur
- sliasaidfemur
Spanish fémur
- fémurfemur
Swedish lårben
- lårbenfemur
Tagalog butong-hita
- butong-hitafemur
Tamil தொடையெலும்பு
- தொடையெலும்பு (toṭaiyelumpu)femur
Thai กระดูกต้นขา
- กระดูกต้นขา (grà-dùuk-dtôn-kǎa)femur
Turkish femur, uyluk kemiği
- femurfemur
- uyluk kemiğifemur
Vietnamese xương đùi
- xương đùifemur
Cite this entry
APA
thighbone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thighbone
MLA
“thighbone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thighbone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thighbone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thighbone.
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