대퇴

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大腿

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)tʰwe̞] ~ [ˈtɛ(ː)tʰø̞] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)tʰwe̞] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)tʰø̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)퉤/대(ː)퇴/데(ː)퉤/데(ː)퇴]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daetoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daetoe
McCune–Reischauer?	taet'oe
Yale Romanization?	tāy.thoy

Noun

대퇴 • (daetoe) (hanja 大腿)

1. thigh

Synonyms

• 넙다리 (neopdari, “thigh”)
• 넓적다리 (neopjeokdari, “thigh”)

Derived terms

• 대퇴부 (大腿部, daetoebu, “thigh”)
• 대퇴동맥 (大腿動脈, daetoedongmaek)
• 대퇴근 (大腿筋, daetoegeun)
• 대퇴골 (大腿骨, daetoegol, “femur”)
• 대퇴이두근 (大腿二頭筋, daetoeidugeun)
• 대퇴절 (大腿節, daetoejeol)
• 대퇴정맥 (大腿靜脈, daetoejeongmaek)
• 대퇴사두근 (大腿四頭筋, daetoesadugeun)

See also

• 비골 (腓骨, bigol, “fibula”)