instep

See also: in step

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ step.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈinˌstɛp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

instep (plural insteps)

1. (anatomy) The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle.
2. A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot.
3. In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint.

Derived terms

• instep borer

Translations

top of the foot between the toes and the ankle

• Albanian: qafëz (sq) f
• Catalan: empenya (ca) f
• Czech: nárt (cs) m
• Dutch: wreef (nl) f
• Esperanto: instepo
• Estonian: pöid
• Finnish: jalkapöytä (fi)
• French: cou-de-pied (fr) m
• Galician: empeña (gl) f
• German: [1] Spann (de) m, Fußrücken m, Rist (de) m, Fußspann m
• Greek: κουντεπιέ (el) n (kountepié)
• Hungarian: rüszt (hu)
• Icelandic: rist f
• Irish: trácht m
• Japanese: 足の甲 (ashi no kō)
• Kikuyu: rũnyarĩrĩ class 11
• Korean: 발등 (ko) (baldeung)
• Latin: metatarsus
• Limburgish: wreef (li) m
• Maori: kapu (on the underside of the foot)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vrist m

• Polish: podbicie n
• Portuguese: peito do pé (pt) m
• Quechua: kancha
• Russian: подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm)
• Slovak: priehlavok (sk) m
• Spanish: empeine (es)
• Ukrainian: підйо́м m (pidjóm)
• Vietnamese: mu bàn chân
• West Frisian: krop n

See also

• metatarsus

Anagrams

• T-spine, nepits, pinest, septin, spinet, step in, step-in