"femur" meaning in English

See femur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfimɚ/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/ [Australia, New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-femur.wav (note: Colorado) Forms: femurs [plural], femora [plural]
Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|femur||thigh}} Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|femora}} femur (plural femurs or femora)
  1. (anatomy) A thighbone.
    Sense id: en-femur-en-noun-Xkf~kWQ9 Categories (other): Anatomy, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 43 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 42 30 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 31 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 30 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 30 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 42 30 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 42 30 27 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (entomology) The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia. Translations (segment of insect’s leg): fèmur [masculine] (Catalan), reisi (Finnish), Femur [neuter] (German), קוּלִית (qulít) [feminine] (Hebrew), hestiyê ran [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), udo [neuter] (Polish), бедро́ (bedró) [neuter] (Russian), fémur [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-femur-en-noun-d2kAZwZY Categories (other): Entomology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Bones Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 43 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Bones: 33 51 16 Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'segment of insect’s leg': 0 55 45
  3. (arachnology) A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
    Sense id: en-femur-en-noun-LKkodaEL Categories (other): Arachnology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 43 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 38 32 30 Topics: arachnology, biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: femoral, femur fibula ulna syndrome, femur head, forefemur, mesofemur, metafemur, prefemur, transfemoral

Inflected forms

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