talus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 See also 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.4.1.2 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Anagrams 3 Latin 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Inflection 3.1.2 Synonyms 3.1.3 Derived terms 3.1.4 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• tallus

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'teɪləs/

  Rhymes: -eɪləs

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin.

[edit] Noun

talus (plural tali)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.

[edit] Synonyms

• anklebone
• astragalus

[edit] Derived terms

• taler

[edit] See also

• bone

[edit] Etymology 2

From French talus.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: alstu
• Altus
• latus
• sault
• Tulsa

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Unknown origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /taly/

[edit] Noun

talus m

1. slope, embankment

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: alstu
• salut

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[edit] Latin

[edit] 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.

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (heel): calx

[edit] Derived terms

• subtel
• tālāris
• tālārius

[edit] Descendants

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