"cheekbone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cheekbones [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English chekebon, chekbone, from Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”); equivalent to cheek + bone. Compare Dutch kaakbeen (“jawbone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chekebon}} Middle English chekebon, {{inh|en|ang|ċēacbān|t=cheekbone}} Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”), {{compound|en|cheek|bone}} cheek + bone, {{cog|nl|kaakbeen|t=jawbone}} Dutch kaakbeen (“jawbone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheekbone (plural cheekbones)
  1. The small prominent bone of the cheek. Wikipedia link: Zygomatic bone Categories (topical): Bones Synonyms: malar bone, zygoma, zygomatic bone, cheek bone Derived forms: cheekboned, cheekbony Translations (bone): وَجْنَة (wajna) [feminine] (Arabic), عَظْم وَجْنِيّ (ʕaẓm wajniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), كرسي الخد (kursi el xad) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), almacıq (Azerbaijani), скула (skula) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pòmul [masculine] (Catalan), zigoma [masculine] (Catalan), 頰骨 (Chinese Mandarin), 颊骨 (jiágǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), пит шăмми (pit šămmi) (Chuvash), lícní kost [feminine] (Czech), jukbeen [neuter] (Dutch), vangosto (Esperanto), zigomo (Esperanto), sarnaluu (Estonian), poskiluu (Finnish), pommette [feminine] (French), zygoma [masculine] (French), Jochbein [neuter] (German), Wangenknochen [masculine] (German), Backenknochen [masculine] (German), járomcsont (Hungarian), zigomato (Ido), poskipää (Ingrian), zigomo [masculine] (Italian), osso zigomatico [masculine] (Italian), malare [masculine] (Italian), osso malare [masculine] (Italian), 頬骨 (kyōkotsu) (alt: きょうこつ) (Japanese), шана (şana) (Kalmyk), 광대뼈 (gwangdaeppyeo) (Korean), māla [feminine] (Latin), vaiga kauls (Latvian), tulang pipi (Malay), pasu-pasu (Malay), tulang bercagak (Malay), zigoma (Malay), rei (Maori), бет суьеги (bet süyegi) (Nogai), استخوان گونه (ostoxân-e gune) (Persian), kość policzkowa [feminine] (Polish), zigoma [masculine] (Portuguese), zigomático [masculine] (Portuguese), maçã do rosto [feminine] (Portuguese), скула́ (skulá) [feminine] (Russian), lícna kosť (Slovak), ličnica [feminine] (Slovene), pómulo [masculine] (Spanish), cigoma [feminine] (Spanish), okben [neuter] (Swedish), kindben [neuter] (Swedish), kindknota [common-gender] (Swedish), buto ng pisngi (Tagalog), butumpisngi (Tagalog), elmacık kemiği (Turkish), бамлы (bamly) (Udmurt), ви́лиця (výlycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ياڭاق (ya'ngaq) (Uyghur), زاڭاق (za'ngaq) (Uyghur), jokbonke (West Frisian), wangbonke (West Frisian)
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "cigoma"
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          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "bamly",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "бамлы"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výlycja",
          "sense": "bone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ви́лиця"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "ya'ngaq",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "ياڭاق"
        },
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "za'ngaq",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "زاڭاق"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "jokbonke"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "wangbonke"
        }
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Zygomatic bone"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "cheekbone"
}
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      "word": "cheekboned"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheekbony"
    }
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        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Ingrian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kalmyk translations",
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        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Nogai translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Udmurt translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Uyghur translations",
        "Terms with West Frisian translations",
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        {
          "ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:",
          "text": "She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 113:",
          "text": "A youngish-looking man came up to him, and aggressive-looking type with a hook mouth, a lantern nose, and small beady little cheekbones.",
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        "The small prominent bone of the cheek."
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    {
      "word": "malar bone"
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      "word": "zygoma"
    },
    {
      "word": "zygomatic bone"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheek bone"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wajna",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَجْنَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaẓm wajniyy",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَظْم وَجْنِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kursi el xad",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "كرسي الخد"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "almacıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skula",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pòmul"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zigoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "頰骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiágǔ",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "颊骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "pit šămmi",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "пит шăмми"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lícní kost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "jukbeen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "vangosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "zigomo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "sarnaluu"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "poskiluu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pommette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zygoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Jochbein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wangenknochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Backenknochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "járomcsont"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "zigomato"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "poskipää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zigomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "osso zigomatico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "osso malare"
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    {
      "alt": "きょうこつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōkotsu",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "頬骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "şana",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "шана"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwangdaeppyeo",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "광대뼈"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "māla"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "vaiga kauls"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "tulang pipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "pasu-pasu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "tulang bercagak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "zigoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "rei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "bet süyegi",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "бет суьеги"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ostoxân-e gune",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "استخوان گونه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kość policzkowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zigoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zigomático"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maçã do rosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skulá",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скула́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "lícna kosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ličnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pómulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cigoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "okben"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kindben"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kindknota"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "buto ng pisngi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "butumpisngi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "elmacık kemiği"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "bamly",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "бамлы"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výlycja",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́лиця"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ya'ngaq",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ياڭاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "za'ngaq",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "زاڭاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "za'ngaq",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "زاڭاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ya'ngaq",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ياڭاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "jokbonke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "wangbonke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheekbone"
}

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