instep

See also: in step

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ step.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnˌstɛp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

instep (plural insteps)

1. (anatomy) The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle.

   high instep

   arched instep

   injured instep

   The boot pressed uncomfortably against his instep.

   She kicked the ball with the inside of her instep.

2. A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot.
3. In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint.

Derived terms

• instep borer
• instepped

Translations

top of the foot between the toes and the ankle

• Albanian: qafëz (sq) f
• Catalan: empenya (ca) f
• Czech: nárt (cs) m
• Dutch: wreef (nl) f
• Esperanto: instepo
• Estonian: pöid
• Finnish: jalkapöytä (fi)
• French: cou-de-pied (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: krop n

• Galician: empeña (gl) f
• German: [1] Spann (de) m, Fußrücken m, Rist (de) m, Fußspann m
• Greek: κουντεπιέ (el) n (kountepié)
• Hungarian: rüszt (hu)
• Icelandic: rist f
• Irish: trácht m
• Japanese: 足の甲 (ja) (ashi no kō)
• Kikuyu: rũnyarĩrĩ class 11
• Korean: 발등 (ko) (baldeung)
• Latin: metatarsus
• Limburgish: wreef (li) m
• Māori: kapu (on the underside of the foot)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vrist m

• Polish: podbicie n
• Portuguese: peito do pé (pt) m
• Quechua: kancha
• Russian: подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm)
• Slovak: priehlavok (sk) m
• Spanish: empeine (es)
• Ukrainian: підйо́м m (pidjóm)
• Vietnamese: mu bàn chân
• Volapük: gared (vo)
• Woiwurrung: ngarrgi djinang

See also

• metatarsus

Anagrams

• T-spine, nepits, pinest, septin, spinet, step in, step-in