noun · My Body

armpit

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The meaning (definition) of the word armpit

the hollow place under your arm where your arm meets your body

The word armpit used in a sentence

“I tucked the thermometer under my armpit.”

How the word armpit is said around the world

Frenchaisselle (ay-SEL)
Spanishaxila (ahk-SEE-lah)
Mandarin腋窝 (yeh woh)
Hindiबगल (buh-GUHL)
Arabicإِبْط (ibt)
Russianподмышка (pad-MISH-kah)
Portuguese (EU)axila (uh-SHEE-luh)
Portuguese (BR)axila (ah-SHEE-lah)
Japaneseわきのした (WAH-kee noh SHEE-tah)
GermanAchselhöhle (AHK-sel-hur-luh)
Urduبغل (buh-GHUL)
Punjabiਕੱਛ (KUCH)
Korean겨드랑이 (gyuh-deu-rang-EE)
Hebrewבֵּית שֶׁחִי (bayt she-KHEE)
Greekμασχάλη (mahs-KHAH-lee)
Dutchoksel (OK-suhl)
Tagalogkilikili (kee-lee-KEE-lee)
Vietnamesenách (nahk)
Turkishkoltuk altı (kohl-TOOK ahl-TUH)
Persianزیر بغل (ZEER-e ba-GHAL)
Polishpacha (PAH-khah)
Ukrainianпахва (PAHKH-vah)
Bengaliবগল (BOH-gohl)
Swedisharmhåla (ARM-hoh-lah)
Italianascella (ah-SHEL-lah)

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