valgus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin valgus. === Adjective === valgus (not comparable) knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body) ==== Derived terms ==== hallux valgus talipes valgus == Estonian == === Etymology === From valge +‎ -us. Cognate to Finnish valkeus (“whiteness”) and Hungarian világ (“world”). === Noun === valgus (genitive valguse, partitive valgust) light ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin valgus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /val.ɡy/ === Adjective === valgus (invariable) knock-kneed === Noun === valgus m (invariable) knock-kneed person === Further reading === “valgus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“to roll”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwaɫ.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈval.ɡus] === Adjective === valgus (feminine valga, neuter valgum); first/second-declension adjective bent out bow-legged, bandy (figurative) wry, sarcastic ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (bow-legged): vārus (knock-kneed) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: valg → English: valgus → Translingual: Valgus → Spanish: valgo === References === “valgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “valgus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Latvian == === Adjective === valgus accusative masculine plural of valgs == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French valgus. === Noun === valgus n (uncountable) valgus ==== Declension ====