thigh

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /θaɪ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like tie /θ/ vs /t/ Sounds like sigh /θ/ vs /s/

Freq #9928

Meanings

1

noun
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.

The runner pulled a muscle in his thigh.
2

noun
The upper part of the leg of a bird or animal, eaten as meat.

He grilled some chicken thighs for dinner.

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Forms thighs

Derived forms thigh-highthigh-showerthigh-slapperthigh-slappingthighbonethighdeologythighingthunder-thighedunderthigh

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right thigh
the upper leg on the right-hand side of a person's body

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).

thigh Middle English þēoh Old English *þeuh Proto-West Germanic *þeuhą Proto-Germanic *tewk- Proto-Indo-European

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# thigh

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /θaɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 9928

## Meanings
1. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
2. The upper part of the leg of a bird or animal, eaten as meat.

## Examples
- The runner pulled a muscle in his thigh.
- He grilled some chicken thighs for dinner.

## Derived Forms
- thigh-high
- thigh-shower
- thigh-slapper
- thigh-slapping
- thighbone
- thighdeology
- thighing
- thunder-thighed
- underthigh

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: thigh
- Root: þēoh
- Root: *þeuh
- Root: *þeuhą
- Root: *tewk-

## Etymology
From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).

## AI Etymology
Thigh is from Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”). In present-day use, it can mean the part of the leg between the hip and the knee, or the upper part of the leg of a bird or animal, eaten as meat.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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