elbow
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The meaning (definition) of the word elbow
the bendy joint in the middle of your arm
The word elbow used in a sentence
“Your elbow is where your arm bends in the middle.”
Words that mean the same as elbow (synonyms)
joint
The plural of the word elbow
elbows
How the word elbow is said around the world
| French | coude (kood) |
| Spanish | codo (kohthoh) |
| Mandarin | 弯头 (wān tóu) |
| Hindi | कोहनी (kohuhnee) |
| Arabic | مِرفَق (meerfahk) |
| Russian | локоть (lokot') |
| Portuguese (EU) | cotovelo (kootoovayluu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | cotovelo (kohtohvayluu) |
| Japanese | 肘 (hiji) |
| German | Ellbogen (elbohguhn) |
| Urdu | کہنی (kehnee) |
| Punjabi | ਕੂਹਣੀ (koohuhnee) |
| Korean | 팔꿈치 (palggumci) |
| Hebrew | מַרְפֵּק (mahrpayk) |
| Greek | αγκώνας (agkonas) |
| Dutch | elleboog (eluhbohkh) |
| Tagalog | siko (seekoh) |
| Vietnamese | khuỷu tay (khweew tahy) |
| Turkish | dirsek (dirsek) |
| Persian | آرنج (ahraynj) |
| Polish | łokieć (wawkyech) |
| Ukrainian | лікоть (likot) |
| Bengali | কনুই (kohnooee) |
| Swedish | armbåge (ahrmbohyuh) |
| Italian | gomito (gohmeetoh) |
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