foreleg

English

Alternative forms

fore leg (dated)

Etymology

fore- +‎ leg

Noun

foreleg (plural forelegs)

Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal, a piece of furniture, etc.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
  
  Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg […]

Translations

either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 前腳 (zh), 前脚 (zh) (qiánjiǎo), 前腿 (zh) (qiántuǐ), 前肢 (zh) (qiánzhī)
Finnish: etujalka
French: patte de devant f, patte avant f
German: Vorderlauf m, Vorderbein n
Hungarian: mellső láb
Japanese: 前肢 (ja) (ぜんし, zenshi), 前脚 (ja) (まえあし, maeashi, ぜんきゃく, zenkyaku)
Korean: 앞다리 (ko) (ap-dari)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: forbein n

Nynorsk: forbein n, frambein n
Occitan: pata de davant, pata avant
Russian: пере́дняя нога́ f (perédnjaja nogá), пере́дняя ла́па f (perédnjaja lápa) (fore paw)
Swedish: framben (sv) n
Telugu: ముంగాలు (te) (muṅgālu)
Tok Pisin: han (tpi)

See also

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