"haunch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɔːnt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɒnt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɑːnt͡ʃ/ (note: some accents), /hɔnt͡ʃ/ [US], /hɑnt͡ʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-haunch.ogg [US], en-au-haunch.ogg [Australia] Forms: haunches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ, -ɑːnt͡ʃ Etymology: From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|haunche}} Middle English haunche, {{m|enm|hanche}} hanche, {{der|en|fro|hanche}} Old French hanche, {{m|fro|hance}} hance, {{m|fro|anche}} anche, {{cog|fr|hanche}} French hanche, {{cog|it|anca}} Italian anca, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|frk|*ankijā}} Frankish *ankijā, {{der|en|gem-pro|*ankijǭ|t=joint; ankle}} Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ang-|t=joint; lith}} Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”), {{cog|goh|ancha}} Old High German ancha, {{m|goh|encha}} encha, {{m|goh|einka|t=the leg; joint, bend}} einka (“the leg; joint, bend”), {{cog|goh|anchila}} Old High German anchila, {{m|goh|enchila|t=ankle}} enchila (“ankle”), {{cog|de|Hanke|t=haunch}} German Hanke (“haunch”), {{cog|fy|hancke|t=haunch}} West Frisian hancke (“haunch”), {{l|en|ankle}} ankle Head templates: {{en-noun}} haunch (plural haunches)
  1. (anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks): ἰσχίον (iskhíon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ազդր (azdr) (Armenian), զիստ (zist) (Armenian), բարձ (barj) (Armenian), ханш (hanš) (Bulgarian), anca [feminine] (Catalan), balikawang (Cebuano), lonkka (Finnish), lanne (Finnish), garupa [feminine] (Galician), ancas [feminine] (Galician), gorún [masculine] (Irish), femur [neuter] (Latin), Hoft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), ля́жка (ljážka) [feminine] (Russian), bedro [neuter] (Slovak), šunka [colloquial, feminine] (Slovak), anca [feminine] (Spanish), cuadril [masculine] (Spanish), sasapnan (Tagalog), balisakang (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-haunch-en-noun-fiF9S0Gb Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks': 94 3 2 1
  2. The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food. Translations (loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food): γλουτός (gloutós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), բուդ (bud) (Armenian), бут (but) (Bulgarian), bout (Dutch), takaneljännes (Finnish), coscia [feminine] (Italian), stehienko [neuter] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-haunch-en-noun-KuzlVe9G Disambiguation of 'loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food': 5 93 1 1
  3. (architecture) A squat vertical support structure. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-haunch-en-noun-5S9v63op Topics: architecture
  4. (dialect) A jerked underhand throw. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-haunch-en-noun-nR3tEw-a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haunce, haunse, hanch [architecture], hance, hanse Derived forms: haunch bone, haunch holder, haunchy

Verb

IPA: /hɔːnt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɒnt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɑːnt͡ʃ/ (note: some accents), /hɔnt͡ʃ/ [US], /hɑnt͡ʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-haunch.ogg [US], en-au-haunch.ogg [Australia] Forms: haunches [present, singular, third-person], haunching [participle, present], haunched [participle, past], haunched [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ, -ɑːnt͡ʃ Etymology: From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|haunche}} Middle English haunche, {{m|enm|hanche}} hanche, {{der|en|fro|hanche}} Old French hanche, {{m|fro|hance}} hance, {{m|fro|anche}} anche, {{cog|fr|hanche}} French hanche, {{cog|it|anca}} Italian anca, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|frk|*ankijā}} Frankish *ankijā, {{der|en|gem-pro|*ankijǭ|t=joint; ankle}} Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ang-|t=joint; lith}} Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”), {{cog|goh|ancha}} Old High German ancha, {{m|goh|encha}} encha, {{m|goh|einka|t=the leg; joint, bend}} einka (“the leg; joint, bend”), {{cog|goh|anchila}} Old High German anchila, {{m|goh|enchila|t=ankle}} enchila (“ankle”), {{cog|de|Hanke|t=haunch}} German Hanke (“haunch”), {{cog|fy|hancke|t=haunch}} West Frisian hancke (“haunch”), {{l|en|ankle}} ankle Head templates: {{en-verb}} haunch (third-person singular simple present haunches, present participle haunching, simple past and past participle haunched)
  1. (transitive, architecture) To provide with a haunch or supporting structure. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-haunch-en-verb-UIjP5Z4u Topics: architecture
  2. (transitive, dialect) To throw with an underhand movement. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-haunch-en-verb-cpeQTPu5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haunce, haunse, hanch [architecture], hance, hanse

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "ljážka",
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          "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
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          "roman": "but",
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          "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "coscia"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljážka",
      "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ля́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bedro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuadril"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
      "word": "sasapnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks",
      "word": "balisakang"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bud",
      "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
      "word": "բուդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "but",
      "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
      "word": "бут"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
      "word": "bout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
      "word": "takaneljännes"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "gloutós",
      "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γλουτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coscia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stehienko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haunch"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Japanese translations",
    "Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "haunche"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English haunche",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "hanche"
      },
      "expansion": "hanche",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "hanche"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French hanche",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "hance"
      },
      "expansion": "hance",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "anche"
      },
      "expansion": "anche",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "hanche"
      },
      "expansion": "French hanche",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "anca"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian anca",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*ankijā"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *ankijā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ankijǭ",
        "t": "joint; ankle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ang-",
        "t": "joint; lith"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "ancha"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ancha",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "encha"
      },
      "expansion": "encha",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "einka",
        "t": "the leg; joint, bend"
      },
      "expansion": "einka (“the leg; joint, bend”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "anchila"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German anchila",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "enchila",
        "t": "ankle"
      },
      "expansion": "enchila (“ankle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hanke",
        "t": "haunch"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hanke (“haunch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "hancke",
        "t": "haunch"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian hancke (“haunch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ankle"
      },
      "expansion": "ankle",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle.",
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    {
      "form": "haunches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haunching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haunched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haunched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "haunch (third-person singular simple present haunches, present participle haunching, simple past and past participle haunched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Architecture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide with a haunch or supporting structure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, architecture) To provide with a haunch or supporting structure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To throw with an underhand movement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "throw",
          "throw"
        ],
        [
          "underhand",
          "underhand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialect) To throw with an underhand movement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑːnt͡ʃ/",
      "note": "some accents"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːntʃ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːnt͡ʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-haunch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/En-us-haunch.ogg/En-us-haunch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/En-us-haunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-haunch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/En-au-haunch.ogg/En-au-haunch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/En-au-haunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "haunce"
    },
    {
      "word": "haunse"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ],
      "word": "hanch"
    },
    {
      "word": "hance"
    },
    {
      "word": "hanse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haunch"
}

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