calcáneo

See also: calcaneo and calcâneo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calcāneum. Doublet of the archaic or dialectal calcaño; cf. also calcañar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈkaneo/ [kalˈka.ne.o]
• Rhymes: -aneo
• Syllabification: cal‧cá‧ne‧o

Noun

calcáneo m (plural calcáneos)

1. calcaneus, heel bone

Derived terms

• astragalocalcáneo
• tibiocalcáneo

 

Related terms

• calcañar

 

Further reading

• “calcáneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28