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Heel (part of the foot)

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /hiːl/
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Rhymes: -iːl

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heal

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English hela, from Proto-Germanic *hāhil. Cognate with Dutch hiel, Swedish häl, Icelandic hæll. Compare hock.

[edit] Noun

Singular
heel

Plural
heels

heel (plural heels)

Heel of a loaf of rye bread

(anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.
(US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
(nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, angle of heel, the degree of such a tilt.

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(anatomy) part of the foot

Arabic: عقب ar(ar) (3áqib) m., كعب ar(ar) (ka3b) m.
Armenian: կրունկ hy(hy) (krunk), գարշապար hy(hy) (garšapar)

Old Armenian: կրուկն (krukn), կրուկ (kruk)
Bosnian: peta bs(bs) f.
Catalan: taló m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 腳跟 cmn(cmn), 脚跟 cmn(cmn) (jiǎogēn), 後跟 cmn(cmn), 后跟 cmn(cmn) (hòugēn)
Croatian: péta hr(hr) f.
Czech: pata cs(cs) f.
Danish: hæl da(da) c.
Dutch: hiel nl(nl) m.
Ewe: afɔkpodzi
Finnish: kanta fi(fi), kantapää fi(fi)
French: talon fr(fr) m.
German: Ferse de(de) f.
Greek: φτέρνα el(el) f.
Guaraní: pyta
Hindi: एड़ी hi(hi)
Hungarian: sarok hu(hu)
Icelandic: hæll is(is) m.
Indonesian: tumit, tumit kaki

Interlingua: calce, talon
Italian: tallone it(it) m., calcagno it(it) m.
Japanese: 踵 ja(ja) (かかと, kakato), ヒール ja(ja) (hīru)
Korean: 발뒤꿈치 (balduekkumchi)
Latin: calx la(la) f.
Macedonian: петица mk(mk) (pética) f., пета mk(mk) (péta) f.
Norwegian: hel no(no) m.
Old Church Slavonic: пѧта (pęta) f.
Pashto: پونده ps(ps) (punda) f.
Persian: پاشنه (pāšna or pāšne)
Polish: pięta pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: calcanhar pt(pt) m.
Russian: пятка ru(ru) (pjátka) f., пята ru(ru) (pjatá) f. (rare, poetic)
Scottish Gaelic: sàil gd(gd) f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: пета sr(sr) f.

Roman: peta f.
Sicilian: caccagnu m.
Slovene: peta sl(sl) f.
Spanish: talón es(es) m.
Swahili: kisigino sw(sw)
Swedish: häl sv(sv) c.
Telugu: మడమ te(te) (maDama)
Tupinambá: pytá
Urdu: ایڑی ur(ur)

part of shoe

Arabic: كعب ar(ar) (ka3b) m.
Armenian: կրունկ hy(hy) (krunk)
Bosnian: peta bs(bs) f.
Catalan: taló m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 跟 cmn(cmn) (gēn)
Croatian: pòtpetica hr(hr) f.
Czech: podpatek cs(cs) m.
Finnish: kanta fi(fi), korko fi(fi)
French: talon fr(fr) m.
German: Absatz de(de) m.
Greek: τακούνι el(el) n.
Icelandic: hæll is(is) m.
Italian: tacco it(it) m.

Japanese: 踵 ja(ja) (かかと, kakato), ヒール ja(ja) (hīru)
Macedonian: потпетица mk(mk) (potpética) f.
Maltese: takkuna mt(mt) f.
Norwegian: hel no(no) m.
Persian: پاشنه کفش fa(fa) (pâšne ye kafš)
Portuguese: tacão pt(pt) m.
Russian: каблук ru(ru) (kablúk) m.
Scottish Gaelic: sàil gd(gd) f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: потпетица sr(sr) f.

Roman: potpetica f.
Spanish: tacón es(es) m., taco es(es) m. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
Swahili: kisigino sw(sw)

on a long firearm

Italian: poggiaguancia it(it) m.

Swahili: kisigino sw(sw)

end-piece of a loaf of bread

Catalan: crostó ca(ca) m.
Finnish: kantapala fi(fi), kanta fi(fi), kannikka fi(fi)
French: croûton fr(fr) m., quignon fr(fr) m.
German: Knust de(de) m.
Italian: cantuccio (di pane) it(it) m.

Macedonian: крајче mk(mk) (krájče) n.
Norwegian: skalk no(no) m.
Russian: горбушка ru(ru) (gorbúška) f.
Spanish: cuscurro es(es) m., mendrugo es(es) m.
Swahili: kisigino sw(sw)

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to heel

Third person singular
heels

Simple past
heeled

Past participle
heeled

Present participle
heeling

to heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)

To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.

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To follow at somebody's heels

Dutch: op de hielen zitten
German: (jemandem) auf den Fersen sein (with dative)
Macedonian: оди зад петици mk(mk) (ódi zad pétici)

Spanish: seguir de cerca, poner talón o tacón a
Swahili: kisigino sw(sw)

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English hyldan (“‘incline’”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“‘to pour out’”) ( > Danish and Norwegian hælde (“‘lean, pour’”)).

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to heel

Third person singular
heels

Simple past
heeled

Past participle
heeled

Present participle
heeling

to heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)

(intransitive) To incline to one side, to tilt (especially of ships).

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incline

Dutch: hellen (nautical)
German: krängen (nautical)
Swedish: kränga (nautical)

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Anagrams of eehl
hele

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[edit] Pronunciation

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IPA: /he:l/

[edit] Adjective

heel, hele (not comparable)

complete, full, whole

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gans

[edit] Adverb

heel

very

[edit] Verb

heel

first person singular present tense of helen.
imperative of helen.

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heelkunde

heel

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[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

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[edit] Etymology 2

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