Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tibia

/ˈtɪbiə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: tib-ia
IPA: /ˈtɪbiə/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.

noun

The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.

noun

The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.

noun

A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

Example Sentences

"Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone."
"The musician on the left is playing the zampogna, a bagpipe with two chanters and two drones. The zampogna is thought to be the bag-provided descendant of the ancient mouth-blown divergent pipes of the Romans, known as the tibia."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).

Inflected Forms

tibias (plural) tibiae (plural)

Derived Forms

basitibia distitibia foretibia mesotibia metatibia midtibia tibial tibiiform

Phrases

tibia valga tibia vara

Frequently Paired Words

aulos

Synonyms

bone flute shin shinbone shin bone

Rhymes With

namibia libya amphibia

Questions

How do you pronounce tibia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪbiə/.
What does tibia mean?: The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
Where does tibia come from?: Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).

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