wrist

See also: Wrist

English

Picture dictionary

Palm

palm

wrist

thumb

index finger

middle finger

ring finger

pinky (US)

little finger

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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

• enPR: rĭst, IPA^(key): /ɹɪst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

wrist (plural wrists)

1. (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.

2. (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Derived terms

• bridle wrist
• limp-wrist
• limp-wristed
• one off the wrist
• slap on the wrist
• slap someone's wrist
• wrist band
• wristband
• wrist drop
• wrist-fall
• wristguard
• wristless
• wrist pad
• wrist pin
• wristpin
• wrist plate
• wrist rest
• wrist-slap
• wrist spin
• wrist spinner
• wriststrap
• wrist strap
• wrist-top
• wristwarmer
• wrist watch
• wristwatch
• wrist wrap
• wristy

 

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)
• Bhojpuri: कलाई (kalāī)
• 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 (is) 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
• Mbyá Guaraní: poapy
• 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

• Occitan: ponhet (oc)
• 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 (pt) 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: کَلَائِی f (kalāī)
• Uzbek: bilak (uz)
• Venetan: polso m, pols m
• Vietnamese: cổ tay (vi)
• 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

Verb

wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)

1. (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot

See also

• wrist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• writs

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste
• wrest, wreste, wrost

Etymology

From Old English wrist, wyrst, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/, /wirst/, /wrɛst/

Noun

wrist (plural wrystes)

1. wrist (joint attaching the arm to the hand)
2. (rare) The joint at the ankle.

Descendants

• English: wrist
• Scots: wrist
• Yola: wrasth, wraste

References

• “wrist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.

Old English

Alternative forms

• wyrst

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/

Noun

wrist f

1. wrist

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle English: wrist, wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste, wrest, wreste, wrost
  • English: wrist
  • Scots: wrist
  • Yola: wrasth, wraste