wrist

English Online Dictionary. What means wrist‎? What does wrist mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭst, IPA^(key): /ɹɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

wrist (plural wrists)

1. (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

2. (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

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Translations

Verb

wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)

1. (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot

See also

• wrist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• writs

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste
• wrest, wreste, wrost

Etymology

From Old English wrist, wyrst, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/, /wirst/, /wrɛst/

Noun

wrist (plural wrystes)

1. wrist (joint attaching the arm to the hand)
2. (rare) The joint at the ankle.

Descendants

• English: wrist
• Scots: wrist
• Yola: wrasth, wraste

References

• “wrist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.

Old English

Alternative forms

• wyrst

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/

Noun

wrist f

1. wrist

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle English: wrist, wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste, wrest, wreste, wrost
  • English: wrist
  • Scots: wrist
  • Yola: wrasth, wraste