English
Etymology
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
Pronunciation
Noun
wrist (plural wrists)
- (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.
- (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Derived terms
Translations
joint where the hand is attached to the arm
- Abaza: махъвшӏа́ (maqʷčʼá), напӏбла́хъ (napʼbláq)
- Abkhaz: анапа́хәда (anapʼáxʷda)
- Afrikaans: pols (af), handgewrig
- Albanian: kyç i dorës m
- Arabic: مِعْصَم m (miʕṣam), رُسْغ (ar) m (rusḡ)
- Egyptian Arabic: رست m (rest), رسغ m (rusğ)
- Armenian: դաստակ (hy) (dastak)
- Azerbaijani: bilək (az)
- Bashkir:: ҡушҡар (quşqar)
- Basque: eskumutur
- Bau Bidayuh: angam
- Belarusian: запя́сце n (zapjáscje)
- Breton: arzorn (br) m
- Bulgarian: ки́тка (bg) f (kítka)
- Carpathian Rusyn: за́пясть f (zápjastʹ)
- Catalan: canell (ca) m, monyica (ca) f, govanella (ca) f
- Central Melanau: ligok
- Chechen: куьйган хьакхолг (küügan ḥʳaqolg)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 手腕 (sau2 wun2)
- Hakka: 手腕 (sú-vón)
- Hokkien: 手腕 (zh-min-nan) (chhiú-oán / chhiú-óaⁿ)
- Mandarin: 手腕 (zh) (shǒuwàn), 腕子 (zh) (wànzi)
- Chuvash: ал сыппи (al s̬yppi)
- Classical Nahuatl: māquechtli
- Coptic: ⲓⲛⲓ f (ini), ϣⲙⲟⲩ m (šmou)
- Cornish: konna bregh m
- Czech: zápěstí (cs) n
- Danish: håndled (da) n
- Daur: bageljaar
- Dungan: шуванзы (šuvanzɨ)
- Dupaningan Agta: pongotan
- Dutch: pols (nl) m
- Erzya: кедькирьга (keďkiŕga)
- Esperanto: pojno (eo)
- Estonian: ranne (et)
- Faroese: handleggur m
- Finnish: ranne (fi)
- French: poignet (fr) m
- Friulian: pols m
- Galician: pulso (gl) m
- Georgian: მაჯა (maǯa)
- German: Handgelenk (de) n
- Greek: καρπός (el) m (karpós)
- Ancient Greek: καρπός m (karpós)
- Greenlandic: paffik
- Guaraní: pyapy
- Gujarati: કાંડુ (kā̃ḍu)
- Haitian Creole: ponyèt
- Hebrew: שורש כף היד (he) (šóreš kaf hayad), (please verify) פרק (he) (pérek)
- Hindi: कलाई (hi) f (kalāī)
- Hungarian: csukló (hu)
- Icelandic: úlnliður m
- Ido: karpo (io)
- Indonesian: pergelangan tangan (id)
- Ingrian: käsiranne
- Ingush: пхьарса юхь (pḥʳarsa juḥʳ)
- Interlingua: carpo
- Irish: rosta m, bunrí, caol na láimhe, bunrí f
- Italian: polso (it) m
- Japanese: 手首 (ja) (てくび, tekubi)
- Karachay-Balkar: бууун (buuun)
- Karakalpak: билек
- Karelian: kaluin
- Kazakh: білек (bılek)
- Khakas: білек (bìlek)
- Khmer: កដៃ (km) (kɑɑ day)
- Komi-Zyrian: килутш (kiluč), лутш (luč)
- Korean: 손목 (ko) (sonmok), 팔목 (palmok)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: zend (ku) m, meçek (ku) m, bask (ku) m
- Kyrgyz: кырк муун (kırk muun)
- Latgalian: dalns m
- Latin: carpus m (New Latin; see entry for Classical Latin)
- Latvian: delna (lv) f
- Lezgi: гъилин цӏум (ġilin c̣um)
- Lithuanian: riešas m
- Low German:
- German Low German: Wrist n, Handlitt n
- Malagasy: hatotanana (mg)
- Malay: pergelangan tangan (ms), karpus
- Manx: mwannal laue
- Marathi: मनगट n (mangaṭ)
- Mari: (please verify) кидшырча (kidšyrča), (please verify) кидвурго (kidvurgo)
- Eastern Mari: кидшарча (kidšarča)
- Western Mari: кид пӓгӓркӓ (kid pägärkä)
- Mòcheno: pols m
- Moksha: кядь эзне (käď ezńe)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: бугуй (mn) (buguj)
- Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠤ (baɣuu)
- Nanai: комбио (kombio)
- Nepali: नाडी (nāḍī)
- Ngazidja Comorian: nkundrwe class 9/10
- Nivkh: торпа (torpa)
- Nogai: билек (bilek)
- Norman: pouogniet m (Guernsey), pouongnet m (Jersey), pwẽ m (Sark)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: håndledd (no) n
- Nynorsk: handledd n
- Old English: wríst f
- Old Norse: ulfliðr m, hreifi m
- Ottoman Turkish: بیلك (bilek), معصم (mısam)
- Pashto: مړوند (ps) (maṛwánd), مچ (ps) (moc)
- Persian: مچ (fa) (moč), مچ دست (fa) (moč-e dast), خرده (fa) (xorde), خردگاه (xordgâh)
- Plautdietsch: Hauntjelenkj n
- Polish: nadgarstek (pl) m
- Portuguese: punho (pt) m, pulso (pt) m, munheca f
- Punjabi: ਗੁੱਟ m (guṭṭa)
- Quechua: maki muqu
- Romanian: încheietura mâinii n
- Romansch: giugadira dal maun f
- Russian: запя́стье (ru) n (zapjástʹje)
- Rutul: хылид цӏум
- Scots: shackle-bane
- Scottish Gaelic: caol-dùirn m
- Sebop: penguwan
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: запестје n, dоручје n, запешћај m, запешће n, зглавак m, било
- Roman: zapestje n, doručje n, zapešćaj m, zapešće n, zglavak (sh) m, bilo (sh)
- Shor: пилек
- Sicilian: pusu (scn) m
- Sikaiana: hati na lima
- Slovak: zápestie n
- Slovene: zapestje (sl) n
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: rucne zgibadło n
- Upper Sorbian: ručne zhibowadło n
- Southern Altai: билек (bilek)
- Spanish: muñeca (es) f
- Swedish: handled (sv) c
- Tabasaran: къулбагь (q̄ulbah)
- Tagalog: galanggalangan, pulso
- Tamil: மணிக்கட்டு (ta) (maṇikkaṭṭu)
- Telugu: మణికట్టు (te) (maṇikaṭṭu)
- Thai: ข้อมือ (kɔ̂ɔ-mʉʉ)
- Tibetan: མཁྲིག་མ། (mkhrig ma)
- Tocharian B: āto
- Tundra Nenets: нгуда сэхэр (nguda sexer°)
- Turkish: bilek (tr)
- Turkmen: goşar, bilek (tk)
- Tuvan: билек (bilek)
- Udmurt: суйпос (sujpos), кипос (kipos)
- Ukrainian: зап'я́стя (uk) n (zapʺjástja)
- Urdu: کلایٔ f (kalā'ī)
- Uzbek: bilak (uz)
- Venetian: polso m, pols m
- Vietnamese: cổ tay
- Volapük: riet
- Võro: randmõs
- Welsh: arddwrn (cy) m
- West Frisian: pols
- White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
- Xhosa: isihlahla
- Zhuang: gengoenh
- Zulu: isihlakala (zu) class 7
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Verb
wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)
- (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot
See also
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wrist, wyrst, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wrist/, /wirst/, /wrɛst/
Noun
wrist (plural wrystes)
- wrist (joint attaching the arm to the hand)
- (rare) The joint at the ankle.
Descendants
References
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
wrist f
- wrist
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
