Dictionary

clavicle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈklæv.ɪk.l̩/
• /ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).

Meanings

1. The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
   • And you worked a lot too. You were thin from biking around all day; your protruding clavicles collected rainwater. 2022, Ling Ma, “Yeti Lovemaking”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
   • Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel, and, when Mr. Ornato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles. 2022 June 28, Cassidy Hutchinson, 0:47 from the start, in Secret Service officials: Agents willing to dispute Trump SUV incident under oath, CNN:
2. A bone in fish.
3. (obsolete) The upper part of a spiral shell.
   • The Voluta is a ſimple ſhell, having no hinge, formed of one piece, and of a figure approaching to conic, but short; the clavicle being uſually depreſſed, in all very ſhort: the mouth is long, perpendicular, and narrow: the animal inhabiting this ſhell is a limax. 1752, John Hill, “Voluta”, in An History of Animals. […], London: Printed for Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, page 137:

Forms

Deriveds

clavicular · claviculate · postclavicle · supraclavicle · interclavicle · clavicled

Synonyms

collarbone

Translations (106)

es clavícula (collar bone) · cy pont ysgwydd (collar bone) · ast clavícula (collar bone) · ca clavícula (collar bone) · ja 鎖骨 (collar bone) · he עצם הבריח (collar bone) · my ညှပ်ရို (collar bone) · nv atʼog (collar bone) · la iugulum (collar bone) · ga dealrachán (collar bone) · ga cnámh smiolgadáin (collar bone) · ba умрау (collar bone) · hy անրակ (collar bone) · mel tuleang bagei (collar bone) · uk ключи́ця (collar bone) · izh kaglaluu (collar bone) · ka ლავიწი (collar bone) · fi solisluu (collar bone) · evn комурган (collar bone) · dv ކޮނޑުކަށި (collar bone) · it clavicola (collar bone) · id tulang cenak (collar bone) · mg taolampanavy (collar bone) · mi āhei (collar bone) · sv nyckelben (collar bone) · sh ključnjača (collar bone) · ota كوپریجك (collar bone) · mk клучна коска (collar bone) · gl clavícula (collar bone) · te జత్రుక (collar bone) · io klavikulo (collar bone) · pt clavícula (collar bone) · de Schlüsselbein (collar bone) · as কাচিহাড় (collar bone) · fo óstbein (collar bone) · tl balagat (collar bone) · evn гэмургэн (collar bone) · br ibil-skoaz (collar bone) · vi xương đòn (collar bone) · kk ашасүйек (collar bone) · xcl անրակ (collar bone) · ang wiþobān (collar bone) · cs klíční kost (collar bone) · hu kulcscsont (collar bone) · ce динбухка (collar bone) · ms klavikel (collar bone) · ta காறை எலும்பு (collar bone) · eo klaviklo (collar bone) · th กระดูกไหปลาร้า (collar bone) · la clāvicula (collar bone) · de Klavikel (collar bone) · ms tulang cenak (collar bone) · crh köprüçik kemigi (collar bone) · id tulang selangka (collar bone) · et rangluu (collar bone) · ba умрау һөйәге (collar bone) · mnc ᠠᠯᠠᠵᠠᠨ (collar bone) · eu lepauztai (collar bone) · gd cnàimh an uga (collar bone) · sl ključnica (collar bone) · te జత్రువు (collar bone) · fr clavicule (collar bone) · izh kljucitsa (collar bone) · hi हंसली (collar bone) · ar تَرْقُوَة (collar bone) · tr köprücük kemiği (collar bone) · id klavikula (collar bone) · vi xương quai xanh (collar bone) · da kraveben (collar bone) · cmn 鎖骨 /锁骨 (collar bone) · kmr pirika mil (collar bone) · sco hausebane (collar bone) · ko 빗장뼈 (collar bone) · os бӕхбӕттӕн (collar bone) · ms tulang selangka (collar bone) · gu હાંસડી (collar bone) · sw mtulinga (collar bone) · war balawak (collar bone) · ceb balikhaw (collar bone) · xal товчлур (collar bone) · ga branra brád (collar bone) · de Klavikula (collar bone) · is viðbein (collar bone) · evn ороко̄н (collar bone) · ay qhiwi ch'aka (collar bone) · xal күңкрг (collar bone) · mi ā (collar bone) · bcl baliwang (collar bone) · bg ключица (collar bone) · az körpücük sümüyü (collar bone) · pl obojczyk (collar bone) · kix lāng-ū-nyū (collar bone) · myv мештеловажа (collar bone) · da nøgleben (collar bone) · el κλείδα (collar bone) · af sleutelbeen (collar bone) · iba tulang banga (collar bone) · wwr baanima (collar bone) · mn эгэм (collar bone) · arz ترقوة (collar bone) · ro claviculă (collar bone) · vo klavikul (collar bone) · jv ꦧꦭꦸꦁꦱꦼꦭꦁꦏ (collar bone) · ru ключи́ца (collar bone) · nl sleutelbeen (collar bone) · ko 쇄골 (collar bone)