wishbone

English

Wishbone of a chicken

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.
4. (American football) A particular kind of offensive formation. See wishbone formation.

   Synonym: bone

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• wishboning

Translations

bird's bone

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: vorkbeen n
• Esperanto: forketo
• Finnish: toivomusluu (fi), hankaluu (fi)
• French: lunette (fr) f, bréchet (fr), fourchette (fr) f
• German: Gabelbein n
• Hungarian: villacsont
• Japanese: 叉骨 (ja) (さこつ, sakotsu)
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• Macedonian: јадец m (jadec)
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• Polish: widełki (pl) f pl
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• Romanian: iadeș (ro) n
• Russian: ду́жка (ru) f (dúžka), ви́лочка (ru) f (víločka)
• Scots: fortuin bane, thochtbane
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јадац m, ломилица f

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

• Spanish: espoleta f
• Swedish: gaffelben (sv) n, önskeben n
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• Ukrainian: ви́лочка f (výločka)
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spar

• Finnish: haarukkavipu
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• French: wishbone (fr) m

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French

Noun

wishbone m (plural wishbones)

1. (nautical) wishbone