ankle

Other forms of ankle

plural

ankles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ankle

What does ankle mean?

ankle means "a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus".

How many syllables are in ankle?

ankle has 2 syllables: an-kle. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈæŋkəl/.

What is another word for ankle?

Close synonyms include ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ankle a common word?

ankle is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.