wishbone

English

Etymology

wish +‎ bone

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wish‧bone

Noun

wishbone (plural wishbones)

1. A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.
2. (nautical) A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew.
3. (nautical) Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone.

Synonyms

• (forked bone of a bird): furcula, merrythought, wishing bone

Translations

bird's bone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叉骨 (cmn) (chāgǔ), 如願骨 (cmn), 如愿骨 (cmn) (rúyuàngǔ)

• Finnish: toivomusluu (fi), hankaluu (fi)
• French: lunette (fr) f
• Japanese: 叉骨 (ja) (さこつ, sakotsu)
• Macedonian: јадец (mk) (jádec) m

• Russian: дужка (ru) (dúžka) f, вилочка (ru) (víločka) f
• Scots: fortuin bane, thochtbane
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јадац (sh) m, ломилица (sh) f

  Roman: jadac (sh) m, lomilica (sh) f

• Spanish: espoleta (es) f

spar

• Finnish: haarukkavipu (fi)

• French: wishbone (fr) m

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French

Noun

wishbone m (plural wishbones)

1. (nautical) wishbone