elbow
The meaning (definition) of the word elbow
the bendy joint in the middle of your arm
The word elbow used in a sentence
“I bumped my elbow on the table during lunch.”
The plural of the word elbow
elbows
How the word elbow is said around the world
| French | coude (kood) |
| Spanish | codo (KOH-thoh) |
| Mandarin | 手肘 (shoh joh) |
| Hindi | कोहनी (KOH-uh-nee) |
| Arabic | مِرفَق (MEER-fahk) |
| Russian | локоть (LOH-kuty) |
| Portuguese (EU) | cotovelo (koo-too-VAY-luu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | cotovelo (koh-toh-VAY-luu) |
| Japanese | 肘 (HYEE-jee) |
| German | Ellbogen (el-BOH-guhn) |
| Urdu | کہنی (KEH-nee) |
| Punjabi | ਕੂਹਣੀ (KOO-huh-nee) |
| Korean | 팔꿈치 (PAHL-goom-chee) |
| Hebrew | מַרְפֵּק (MAHR-payk) |
| Greek | αγκώνας (ahng-GOH-nahs) |
| Dutch | elleboog (e-luh-BOHKH) |
| Tagalog | siko (SEE-koh) |
| Vietnamese | khuỷu tay (khweew tahy) |
| Turkish | dirsek (DIR-sek) |
| Persian | آرنج (AH-raynj) |
| Polish | łokieć (WAW-kyech) |
| Ukrainian | лікоть (LYEE-koht) |
| Bengali | কনুই (KOH-noo-ee) |
| Swedish | armbåge (AHRM-boh-yuh) |
| Italian | gomito (GOH-mee-toh) |
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