I missed a step on the stairs and I'm afraid I sprained my ankle.
Source: tatoeba (22036)
Ankle
//ˈæŋ.kəl//
Synonyms for "ankle" (90 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
etymologically related_to
4 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
191 translations across 126 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- enkel noun (joint between foot and leg)
Albanian
1 entries- noçkë noun (joint between foot and leg)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σφυρόν noun (joint between foot and leg)
Arabic
4 entries- انكل noun (joint between foot and leg)
- بز الرجل noun (joint between foot and leg)
- كَاحِل noun (joint between foot and leg)
- كَعْب noun (joint between foot and leg)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܘܼܪܨܠܵܐ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Armenian
2 entries- կոճ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- ճան noun (joint between foot and leg)
Asturian
1 entries- todiellu noun (joint between foot and leg)
Avar
1 entries- эгъе noun (joint between foot and leg)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- topuq noun (joint between foot and leg)
Basque
1 entries- orkatila noun (joint between foot and leg)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- gelangan betis noun (joint between foot and leg)
Belarusian
1 entries- шчы́калатка noun (joint between foot and leg)
Bhojpuri
2 entries- टखना noun (joint between foot and leg)
- टखना noun (joint between foot and leg)
Bulgarian
1 entries- глезен noun (joint between foot and leg)
Burmese
2 entries- ခြေချင်းဝတ် noun (joint between foot and leg)
- ဖမျက် noun (joint between foot and leg)
Catalan
1 entries- turmell noun (joint between foot and leg)
Cebuano
1 entries- buolbuol noun (joint between foot and leg)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- kát·ala·la noun (joint between foot and leg)
Chepang
1 entries- युःमीक् noun (joint between foot and leg)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏣᏍᏆᎳᏛ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Chinese
1 entries- 跤目 noun (joint between foot and leg)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 脚腕子 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- 腳腕子 /脚腕子 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- 腳踝 /脚踝 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- 腿腕子 noun (joint between foot and leg)
Chuvash
1 entries- пакӑлчак noun (joint between foot and leg)
Coptic
2 entries- ϣⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲣⲁⲧ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- ⲓⲛⲓ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Cornish
1 entries- ufern noun (joint between foot and leg)
Czech
1 entries- kotník noun (joint between foot and leg)
Danish
1 entries- ankel noun (joint between foot and leg)
Dari
1 entries- بند پای noun (joint between foot and leg)
Dutch
1 entries- enkel noun (joint between foot and leg)
Esperanto
1 entries- maleolo noun (joint between foot and leg)
Estonian
1 entries- pahkluu noun (joint between foot and leg)
Ewe
1 entries- afɔkɔe noun (joint between foot and leg)
Faroese
2 entries- økil noun (joint between foot and leg)
- økul noun (joint between foot and leg)
Finnish
1 entries- nilkka noun (joint between foot and leg)
French
1 entries- cheville noun (joint between foot and leg)
Friulian
1 entries- cjavile noun (joint between foot and leg)
Galician
4 entries- artello noun (joint between foot and leg)
- nocello noun (joint between foot and leg)
- noelo noun (joint between foot and leg)
- nortello noun (joint between foot and leg)
Georgian
1 entries- კოჭი noun (joint between foot and leg)
German
3 entries- Chnode noun (joint between foot and leg)
- Fußknöchel noun (joint between foot and leg)
- Knöchel noun (joint between foot and leg)
Greek
1 entries- αστράγαλος noun (joint between foot and leg)
Greenlandic
1 entries- singerneq noun (joint between foot and leg)
Hebrew
1 entries- קרסול \ קַרְסֹל noun (joint between foot and leg)
Hindi
2 entries- गुल्फ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- टखना noun (joint between foot and leg)
Hungarian
1 entries- boka noun (joint between foot and leg)
Icelandic
1 entries- ökkli noun (joint between foot and leg)
Ido
1 entries- stifto noun (joint between foot and leg)
Indonesian
1 entries- pergelangan kaki noun (joint between foot and leg)
Irish
4 entries- alt na coise noun (joint between foot and leg)
- caol na coise noun (joint between foot and leg)
- murnán noun (joint between foot and leg)
- rúitín noun (joint between foot and leg)
Italian
1 entries- caviglia noun (joint between foot and leg)
Ivatan
1 entries- kasindan noun (joint between foot and leg)
Japanese
2 entries- 足首 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- 踝 noun (joint between foot and leg)
Jeju
2 entries- 귀마리 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- 발모게기 noun (joint between foot and leg)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шаһа noun (joint between foot and leg)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tshà noun (joint between foot and leg)
Khmer
1 entries- កជើង noun (joint between foot and leg)
Korean
1 entries- 발목 noun (joint between foot and leg)
Lao
2 entries- ຂໍ້ຕີນ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- ຂໍ້ເທົ້າ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Latgalian
1 entries- povuorška noun (joint between foot and leg)
Latin
1 entries- tālus noun (joint between foot and leg)
Latvian
1 entries- potīte noun (joint between foot and leg)
Laz
1 entries- კონჭი noun (joint between foot and leg)
Linngithigh
1 entries- owru noun (joint between foot and leg)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kulkšni̇̀s noun (joint between foot and leg)
- kulnẽlis noun (joint between foot and leg)
Low German
1 entries- Enkel noun (joint between foot and leg)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- glozonk noun (joint between foot and leg)
- kóstka noun (joint between foot and leg)
Macedonian
1 entries- глужд noun (joint between foot and leg)
Malay
2 entries- buku lali noun (joint between foot and leg)
- pergelangan kaki noun (joint between foot and leg)
Malayalam
2 entries- കണങ്കാൽ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- കണ്ണ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Maltese
1 entries- għaksa noun (joint between foot and leg)
Marathi
2 entries- गुल्फ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- गोफा noun (joint between foot and leg)
Mongolian
1 entries- шагай noun (joint between foot and leg)
Muong
1 entries- cố chân noun (joint between foot and leg)
Navajo
1 entries- akétsíín noun (joint between foot and leg)
Nepali
1 entries- गोलीगाँठो noun (joint between foot and leg)
Norman
1 entries- g'vil'ye noun (joint between foot and leg)
North Frisian
1 entries- wrast noun (joint between foot and leg)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- gozek noun (joint between foot and leg)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ankel noun (joint between foot and leg)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ankel noun (joint between foot and leg)
- okle noun (joint between foot and leg)
Nyunga
1 entries- balkart noun (joint between foot and leg)
Occitan
1 entries- cavilha noun (joint between foot and leg)
Old Armenian
2 entries- կոճ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- պճեղն noun (joint between foot and leg)
Old English
1 entries- anclēow noun (joint between foot and leg)
Oromo
1 entries- koomee noun (joint between foot and leg)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آیاق بیلكی noun (joint between foot and leg)
Persian
4 entries- بجول noun (joint between foot and leg)
- شتالنگ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- قوزک پا noun (joint between foot and leg)
- مچ پا noun (joint between foot and leg)
Polish
1 entries- kostka noun (joint between foot and leg)
Portuguese
1 entries- tornozelo noun (joint between foot and leg)
Romagnol
1 entries- cavèja noun (joint between foot and leg)
Romanian
1 entries- gleznă noun (joint between foot and leg)
Romansch
4 entries- rauer noun (joint between foot and leg)
- ravel noun (joint between foot and leg)
- revel noun (joint between foot and leg)
- tganveala noun (joint between foot and leg)
Russian
2 entries- лоды́жка noun (joint between foot and leg)
- щи́колотка noun (joint between foot and leg)
Sanskrit
2 entries- कुल्फ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- गुल्फ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Sardinian
3 entries- bultzedhu noun (joint between foot and leg)
- cambuciu noun (joint between foot and leg)
- cambutzu noun (joint between foot and leg)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Onkel noun (joint between foot and leg)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- adhbrann noun (joint between foot and leg)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- gležanj noun (joint between foot and leg)
- člának noun (joint between foot and leg)
- глежањ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Sicilian
1 entries- cavigghia noun (joint between foot and leg)
Slovak
1 entries- členok noun (joint between foot and leg)
Slovene
1 entries- gleženj noun (joint between foot and leg)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ажык noun (joint between foot and leg)
Spanish
1 entries- tobillo noun (joint between foot and leg)
Sudovian
1 entries- kulnas noun (joint between foot and leg)
Swedish
3 entries- ankel noun (joint between foot and leg)
- fotled noun (joint between foot and leg)
- vrist noun (joint between foot and leg)
Tagalog
3 entries- bukong-bukong noun (joint between foot and leg)
- bukungbukong noun (joint between foot and leg)
- buol noun (joint between foot and leg)
Tamil
4 entries- கணுக்கால் noun (joint between foot and leg)
- கரண்டை noun (joint between foot and leg)
- கரண்டைக்கால் noun (joint between foot and leg)
- பரடு noun (joint between foot and leg)
Tangut
1 entries- 𗀉 noun (joint between foot and leg)
Taos
1 entries- cʼòwowoʼóna noun (joint between foot and leg)
Thai
1 entries- ข้อเท้า noun (joint between foot and leg)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྐང་ཚིགས noun (joint between foot and leg)
Tooro
4 entries- akafumbarume class 12 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- akakongoijo class 12 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- akanyamagita class 12 noun (joint between foot and leg)
- akateerarume class 12 noun (joint between foot and leg)
Turkish
2 entries- ayak bileği noun (joint between foot and leg)
- bilek noun (joint between foot and leg)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кі́сточка noun (joint between foot and leg)
- щи́колотка noun (joint between foot and leg)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- kulka noun (joint between foot and leg)
Uzbek
1 entries- tovon noun (joint between foot and leg)
Venetan
4 entries- cadìcia noun (joint between foot and leg)
- caécia noun (joint between foot and leg)
- caìcia noun (joint between foot and leg)
- caùcia noun (joint between foot and leg)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cổ chân noun (joint between foot and leg)
- mắt cá noun (joint between foot and leg)
- mắt cá chân noun (joint between foot and leg)
Volapük
1 entries- futayoin noun (joint between foot and leg)
Warlpiri
1 entries- tari noun (joint between foot and leg)
Welsh
4 entries- ffêr noun (joint between foot and leg)
- migwrn noun (joint between foot and leg)
- pigwrn noun (joint between foot and leg)
- swrn noun (joint between foot and leg)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ankel noun (joint between foot and leg)
White Hmong
1 entries- pob taws noun (joint between foot and leg)
Wolof
1 entries- wëq noun (joint between foot and leg)
Yiddish
1 entries- קנעכל noun (joint between foot and leg)
Yoruba
2 entries- kókósẹ̀ noun (joint between foot and leg)
- ọrùn ẹsẹ̀ noun (joint between foot and leg)
Zhuang
1 entries- dabaeu noun (joint between foot and leg)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You're going to fall and sprain your ankle wearing sandals with such huge platforms.
Source: tatoeba (66890)
If I tried to wear shoes with heels that high, I'd sprain my ankle.
Source: tatoeba (66937)
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
Source: tatoeba (254022)
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