cheekbone

Wikipedia

English

A side view of the skull, showing the cheekbone under the name zygomatic.

Alternative forms

• cheek bone

Etymology

From Middle English chekbon, from Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”), equivalent to cheek +‎ bone.

Noun

cheekbone (plural cheekbones)

1. The small prominent bone of the cheek.

Synonyms

• malar bone
• zygoma
• zygomatic bone

Translations

bone

Bulgarian: скула (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 頰骨 (zh), 颊骨 (zh) (jiágǔ) Czech: lícní kost (cs) f. Dutch: jukbeen (nl) n. Estonian: sarnaluu (et) Finnish: poskiluu (fi)

French: pommette (fr) f. German: Jochbein (de) n., Wangenknochen (de) m. Japanese: 頬骨 (ja) (きょうこつ, kyōkotsu) Korean: 광대뼈 (ko) (gwangdaeppyeo) Russian: скула (ru) (skulá) f. Slovene: ličnica (sl) f. Spanish: pómulo (es) m.