cuisse

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English

Etymology

From French cuisse (“thigh”); compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot (“armour for the thigh, cuish”). Doublet of coxa.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuisse (plural cuisses)

  1. Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
    Synonyms: cuisset, cuissette, cuisser, cush
    Coordinate terms: cuissard, chausse, chausson

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cuisse, quisse, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”). Compare hanche.

Des cuisses (1) humaines.
Des cuisses (2) d’orange.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuisse f (plural cuisses)

  1. (anatomy) thigh
  2. (dialectal) segment, quarter of some fruits (like oranges)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: kwis
  • → English: cuish, cuisse, quish

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. thigh

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