How do you pronounce thigh?

The recorded pronunciation is /θaɪ/.

Where does thigh come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

thigh

/θaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: thigh
IPA: /θaɪ/

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Meaning

noun

The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.

noun

That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

Example Sentences

"I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her High forehead, and her Scarlet lip, By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie, That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs."
"About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh."
"‘Why not pay up now, kiddo?’ he suggested magnanimously, patting me on the thigh."
"The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh."
"Add the chicken thighs, close the bag, and squish the marinade to coat the chicken."
"The newly discovered dinosaur Brontomerus mcintoshi may have used its huge muscular thighs to kick predators and rivals."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *tewkós Proto-Germanic *þeuhą Proto-West Germanic *þeuh Old English þēoh Middle English þigh English thigh From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thigh, þēoh, *þeuh, *þeuhą, *tewk-

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

thighs (plural)

Derived Forms

forethigh midthigh thighbone thighdeology thighed thighing thighless thighward underthigh

Phrases

my thigh smite hip and thigh thigh boot thigh crush thigh crushing thigh gap thigh-high thigh master

Synonyms

second joint

Rhymes With

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