metatarsal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?

Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)

Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.

English meta-

English tarsal

English metatarsal

From meta- + tarsal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)səl

Adjective

metatarsal (not comparable)

1. Of the metatarsus.

Derived terms

• carpometatarsal
• cuneometatarsal
• distalometatarsal
• distometatarsal
• intermetatarsal
• intrametatarsal
• submetatarsal
• talometatarsal
• tarsometatarsal
• transmetatarsal

Translations

of the metatarsus

• Catalan: metatarsià
• Finnish: jalkapöydän (genitive of noun)
• Italian: metatarsale (it)
• Māori: iwi takahi
• Polish: śródstopny (pl), śródstopowy
• Portuguese: metatársico, metatarsiano
• Swedish: mellanfots-

Noun

metatarsal (plural metatarsals or metatarsalia)

1. Any of the bones of the metatarsus.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: مُشْط اَلْقَدَم m (mušṭ al-qadam)

  Egyptian Arabic: مشط الرجل m (mešṭ er-regl)

• Catalan: metatarsià m
• Finnish: jalkapöydänluu (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mittelfußknochen (de) m
• Hungarian: lábközépcsont (hu)
• Italian: metatarsale (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hestiyê şeyê pê

• Polish: kość śródstopia f
• Portuguese: metatarsal m
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• bone

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metataɾˈsal/ [me.t̪a.t̪aɾˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧tar‧sal

Adjective

metatarsal m or f (masculine and feminine plural metatarsales)

1. metatarsal