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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmembre
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mɑ̃bʁ
"Il a cassé un membre en jouant au football."
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2 senses- 1
A limb is an arm or leg of a person or animal.
"He broke his limb while playing football." - 2
A large branch of a tree.
"The bird perched on a limb of the oak tree."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English lim, meaning a bodily member or branch, of Germanic origin and related to Old Norse limr. Historically, it evolved from referring broadly to any branch or projection to specifically denoting human and animal arms, legs, or large tree branches.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Limb" is said worldwide
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membre
Transliteration: mɑ̃bʁ
"Il a cassé un membre en jouant au football."
Glied
Transliteration: ɡliːt
"Er hat sich ein Glied beim Fußballspielen gebrochen."
arto
Transliteration: ˈarto
"Si è rotto un arto giocando a calcio."
miembro
Transliteration: ˈmjembɾo
"Se rompió un miembro jugando al fútbol."
membro
Transliteration: ˈmẽbɾu
"Ele quebrou um membro jogando futebol."
अंग
Transliteration: aṅg
"उसने फुटबॉल खेलते समय एक अंग तोड़ लिया।"
肢体
Transliteration: zhītǐ
"他在踢足球时摔断了肢体。"
사지
Transliteration: saji
"그는 축구를 하다가 사지를 다쳤다."
肢
Transliteration: shi
"彼はサッカーをしているときに肢を骨折した。"
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