cuisse

Noun

cuisse (plural cuisses)

1. Alternative form of cuish (thigh armour)

Etymology

From Old French cuisse, quisse, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”), from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-. Compare hanche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɥis/

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Noun

cuisse f (plural cuisses)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Further reading

• “cuisse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cuises

Alternative forms

• quisse

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).

Noun

cuisse f (oblique plural cuisses, nominative singular cuisse, nominative plural cuisses)

1. thigh