armpit

English

Etymology

From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm +‎ pit.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

armpit (plural armpits)

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.
the armpit of America

Synonyms

(cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder): axilla, oxter, underarm; armhole (now UK dialect)

Coordinate terms

poplit (“knee pit”)

Translations

cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder

Ainu: ハトポㇰ (hatopok)
Albanian: sqetull (sq)
Arabic: إِبْط‎‎ (ar) m (ʾibṭ)
Egyptian Arabic: باط‎‎ m (bāṭ)

Hijazi Arabic: باط‎‎ m (bāṭṭ)
Armenian: անութ (hy) (anutʿ)
Asturian: sobacu m
Azerbaijani: qoltuq (az)
Balinese: sipah
Bashkir: ҡултыҡ (qultïq)
Basque: besape, galtzarbe
Bau Bidayuh: kropa
Belarusian: падпа́ха f (padpáxa)
Bengali: বগল (bôgôl)
Bulgarian: подми́шница (bg) f (podmíšnica)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: aixella (ca) f, axil·la f
Central Dusun: pokilok
Central Melanau: awiek
Chakma: 𑄦𑄉𑄧𑄖𑄴𑄧𑄣𑄨 (ahgottoli)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 胳肋底 (gaak³ laak⁶^-¹ dai²), 腋下 (jik⁶ haa⁶) (formal), 腋窩, 腋窝 (jik⁶ wo¹) (formal)

Mandarin: 夾肢窩 (zh), 夹肢窝 (zh) (gāzhiwō), 腋窩 (zh), 腋窝 (zh) (yèwō), 腋下 (zh) (yèxià)
Coptic: ⲁϭⲟ m (aco)
Cornish: kasel f
Czech: podpaží (cs) n, podpažní jamka f
Dalmatian: scul, skul
Danish: armhule (da) c
Dupaningan Agta: alipep
Dutch: oksel (nl) m
Esperanto: akselo (eo), subbrako
Estonian: kaenlaauk
Finnish: kainalo (fi)
French: aisselle (fr) f
Friulian: lesine f
Galician: axila (gl) f
Gallurese: suilcu
Georgian: იღლია (iɣlia)
German: Achselhöhle (de) f
Greek: μασχάλη (el) f (mascháli)
Hindi: बग़ल (baġal)
Hungarian: hónalj (hu)
Icelandic: handarkriki (is) m
Ido: axelo (io)
Indonesian: ketiak (id)
Iranun: irek
Irish: ascaill f
Italian: ascella (it) f
Japanese: 脇の下 (waki no shita), 腋下 (ja) (えきか, ekika), 腋窩 (ja) (えきか, ekika)
Javanese: ketek, kelek
Kazakh: қолтық (kk) (qoltıq)
Khmer: ក្លៀក (km) (kliək)
Kikuyu: njegeeke class 9/10
Kimaragang: pokilok
Korean: 겨드랑이 (ko) (gyeodeurang-i)
Kriol: ngarlmarr

Latin: āla f, axilla f
Latvian: paduse f
Lithuanian: pažastis m
Lotud: pokilok
Macedonian: пазува f (pazuva)
Malay: ketiak, kelek
Malayalam: കക്ഷം (ml) (kakṣaṃ)
Maori: kēkē
Marathi: काख f (kaakh)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: achʼáayah, achʼáháyah
Ngazidja Comorian: kapwa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: armhule (no) m, f, armhole m, f

Nynorsk: armhole f
Old English: ocusta m, oxn f
Ottoman Turkish: قولتق‎‎ (koltuk), ابط‎‎ (eybt), اباط‎‎ pl (âbât), بغل‎‎ (bağal)
Persian: زیر بغل‎‎ (zir-e-bağal)
Polish: pacha (pl) f
Portuguese: axila (pt) f, sovaco (pt) m
Romani: thak f
Romanian: subsuoară (ro) f
Rungus: pokillok
Russian: подмы́шка (ru) f (podmýška)
Sabah Bisaya: palikoyok
Sardinian:
Campidanese: suércu

Logudorese: surbíccu, suircu
Sassarese: suircu
Scottish Gaelic: achlais f
Sebop: itek
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: па̏зухо n, па̏зух m

Roman: pȁzuho (sh) n, pȁzuh (sh) m
Sicilian: scidda (scn) f
Slovak: podpazušie n
Slovene: pazduha (sl) f, podpazduha f
Spanish: axila (es) f, sobaco (es) m
Sundanese: kelek, dehe
Swahili: kwapa (sw)
Swedish: armhåla (sv)
Tagal Murut: pakilok
Tagalog: kilikili
Tamil: அக்குள் (ta) (akkuḷ)
Telugu: చంక (te) (caṅka)
Thai: รักแร้ (rák-rɛ́ɛ)
Timugon Murut: pakilok
Turkish: koltuk altı (tr)
Ukrainian: па́хва f (páxva), паха́ f (paxá)
Urdu: بغل‎‎ (baġal)
Venetian: asela f, scajo m, lexena f
Vietnamese: nách (vi)
Welsh: cesail f
West Coast Bajau: kape
Yiddish: פּאַכווע‎‎ f (pakhve)
Yucatec Maya: xiikʼ

somewhere or something foul

German: Drecksloch n

Italian: postaccio m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} akselo, ^{(please verify)} subbrako
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} அக்குள் (akkuḷ)

Turkish: ^{(please verify)} koltuk altı

Anagrams

Primat, impart

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