talus

English

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Alternative forms

• tallus

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈteɪləs/
• Rhymes: -eɪləs

Etymology 1

From Latin.

Noun

talus (plural tali)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.

Synonyms

• anklebone
• astragalus

Derived terms

• taler

See also

• bone

Etymology 2

From French talus.

Noun

talus (plural taluses)

1. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
   • 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing,

     By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.

2. (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Translations

A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice

Russian: осыпь (ru) f.

References

• William Duane, A Military Dictionary, p. 179.
• Talus in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• Altus
• latus
• sault
• Tulsa

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French

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /taly/

Noun

talus m. (plural talus)

1. slope, embankment

Anagrams

• salut

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Latin

Noun

tālus (genitive tālī); m, second declension

1. The ankle or anklebone (of animals), talus; knucklebone.
2. An oblong die rounded at its ends and only marked on its other four sides.
3. (figuratively) The heel.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tālus	tālī
genitive	tālī	tālōrum
dative	tālō	tālīs
accusative	tālum	tālōs
ablative	tālō	tālīs
vocative	tāle	tālī

Synonyms

• (heel): calx

Derived terms

• subtel
• tālāris
• tālārius

Descendants

• English: talalgia, talipes, talus
• Italian: talo