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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries앞다리
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ap-dari
"사자는 앞다리가 매우 강합니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Either of the two forward-facing limbs of a quadrupedal animal or insect.
"The cat stretched out its front leg lazily in the warm sunlight." - 2
In sports or physical stances, the leg positioned forward in a split or forward-leaning posture.
"Make sure your weight is balanced evenly over your front leg during the lunge."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'front' (from Old French front, from Latin frons 'forehead, brow') and 'leg' (from Old Norse leggr). The compound term emerged in the late Middle English period to designate the anterior limbs of quadrupedal animals.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Front leg" is said worldwide
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patte antérieure
Transliteration: pat / ɑ̃.te.ʁjœʁ
"Le chien s'est blessé à la patte antérieure."
Vorderbein
Transliteration: /ˈfɔʁdɐˌbaɪn/
"Das Tier bewegte sein Vorderbein vorsichtig."
zampa anteriore
Transliteration: /ˈdzampa an.teˈɾjo.re/
"Il gatto si lecca la zampa anteriore."
pata delantera
Transliteration: /ˈpata ðelanˈteɾa/
"El caballo levantó la pata delantera."
pata dianteira
Transliteration: /ˈpatɐ di.ãˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
"O cão machucou a pata dianteira."
اگلی टांग
Transliteration: agli tang
"कुत्ते की अगली टांग में चोट लग गई।"
前腿
Transliteration: qián tuǐ
"这只猎豹受了前腿伤。"
앞다리
Transliteration: ap-dari
"사자는 앞다리가 매우 강합니다."
前脚
Transliteration: maeaši
"犬が前脚を伸ばして寝ている。"
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