armpit

English

Etymology

From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm +‎ pit.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

armpit (plural armpits)

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.
the armpit of America

Synonyms

(cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder): axilla, oxter, underarm; armhole (now UK dialect)

Coordinate terms

poplit (“knee pit”)

Derived terms

armpit fart

Translations

cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder

Acehnese: geutiëk
Ainu: ハトポㇰ (hatopok)
Albanian: sqetull (sq)
Amharic: ብብት (bəbt)
Arabic: إِبْط‎ (ar) m (ʾibṭ)
Egyptian Arabic: باط‎ m (bāṭ)
Bahrani Arabic: دلدوغ‎ m (dəldūɣ)
Hijazi Arabic: باط‎ m (bāṭṭ)
Armenian: անութ (hy) (anutʿ), թեւատակ (hy) (tʿewatak)
Assamese: কাষলতি (kaxloti)
Asturian: sobacu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qoltuq (az)
Balinese: sipah
Bashkir: ҡултыҡ (qultıq)
Basque: besape, galtzarbe
Bau Bidayuh: kropa
Belarusian: падпа́ха f (padpáxa)
Bengali: বগল (bn) (bôgôlô)
Bikol Central: yukyok
Bulgarian: подми́шница (bg) f (podmíšnica)
Burmese: ချိုင်း (my) (hkyuing:)
Catalan: aixella (ca) f, axil·la (ca) f
Central Dusun: pokilok
Central Melanau: awiek
Chakma: 𑄦𑄉𑄧𑄖𑄴𑄧𑄣𑄨 (ahgottoli)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 胳肋底 (gaak³ laak^6-1 dai²), 腋下 (jik⁶ haa⁶) (formal), 腋窩, 腋窝 (jik⁶ wo¹) (formal)
Mandarin: 夾肢窩／夹肢窝 (zh) (gāzhiwō), 腋窩／腋窝 (zh) (yèwō), 腋下 (zh) (yèxià)
Coptic: ⲁϭⲟ m (aco)
Cornish: kasel f
Czech: podpaží (cs) n, podpažní jamka f
Dalmatian: scul, skul
Danish: armhule (da) c
Dupaningan Agta: alipep
Dutch: oksel (nl) m
Egyptian:

(ḥṯṯt)
Esperanto: akselo (eo), subbrako
Estonian: kaenlaauk, kaenal
Faroese: armhola f
Finnish: kainalo (fi), kainalokuoppa (fi)
French: aisselle (fr) f
Friulian: lesine f
Galician: axila (gl) f, sobaco (gl) m, sobrazo (gl) m, colexo m
Gallurese: suilcu
Georgian: იღლია (iɣlia)
German: Achselhöhle (de) f
Gorontalo: huwange'e (gor)
Greek: μασχάλη (el) f (mascháli)
Ancient: μασχάλη f (maskhálē), μάλη f (málē)
Guaraní: jyvaguy
Haitian Creole: anba bra
Hebrew: שחי‎ (he) m (shekhi), בֵּית הַשֶּׁחִי‎ (he) m (beith hashekhi)
Hindi: बग़ल (baġal)
Hungarian: hónalj (hu)
Icelandic: handarkriki (is) m, holhönd f
Ido: axelo (io)
Ilocano: kilikili
Indonesian: ketiak (id)
Ingrian: kaila, kainalo
Iranun: irek
Irish: ascaill f
Italian: ascella (it) f
Japanese: 脇の下 (waki no shita), 腋下 (ja) (えきか, ekika), 腋窩 (ja) (えきか, ekika)
Javanese: ketek, kelek
Kapampangan: kilikili
Karelian: kainalo
Kashmiri: کَژھ‎ (kaċh)
Kazakh: қолтық (kk) (qoltyq)
Khmer: ក្លៀក (km) (kliək)
Kikuyu: njegeeke class 9/10
Kimaragang: pokilok
Korean: 겨드랑이 (ko) (gyeodeurang'i), 액와 (aegwa)
Kriol: ngarlmarr
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: binçeng (ku) m
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: āxilla f, āla (la) f
Latvian: paduse f
Lithuanian: pažastis m
Livonian: kāinal
Livvi: kainalo
Lotud: pokilok
Ludian: kainal
Macedonian: пазува f (pazuva)
Maguindanao: ilek
Malay: ketiak (ms), kelek
Malayalam: കക്ഷം (ml) (kakṣaṃ)
Maltese: abt m
Manchu: ᠣᡥᠣ (oho)
Maori: kēkē
Maranao: irek, kedekede
Marathi: काख f (kākh)
Minangkabau: katiak
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: achʼáayah, achʼáháyah
Ngazidja Comorian: kapwa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: armhule (no) m or f, armhole m or f
Nynorsk: armhole f
Occitan: aissèla (oc) f
Ojibwe: (my armpit) nining
Old English: ocusta m, oxn f
Oromo: bobaa
Ottoman Turkish: قولتق‎ (koltuk), ابط‎ (eybt), بغل‎ (bağal)
Persian: زیر بغل‎ (zir-e-bağal), کش‎ (fa) (kaš)
Polish: pacha (pl) f
Portuguese: axila (pt) f, sovaco (pt) m
Rapa Nui: ha'iga
Rohingya: boñl
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romani: thak f
Romanian: subraț (ro) n, subsuoară (ro) f
Rungus: pokillok
Russian: подмы́шечная впа́дина f (podmýšečnaja vpádina), подмы́шка (ru) f (podmýška), па́зуха (ru) f (pázuxa) (also: bosom)
Sabah Bisaya: palikoyok
Sardinian:
Campidanese: suércu
Logudorese: surbíccu, suircu
Sassarese: suircu
Scottish Gaelic: achlais f
Sebop: itek
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: па̏зухо n, па̏зух m
Roman: pȁzuho (sh) n, pȁzuh (sh) m
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sicilian: scidda (scn) f
Slovak: podpazušie n, pazucha
Slovene: pazduha (sl) f, podpazduha f
Spanish: axila (es) f, sobaco (es) m
Sudovian: valtas m
Sundanese: kelek, dehe
Swahili: kwapa (sw)
Swedish: armhåla (sv)
Sylheti: ꠛꠉꠟ (bogol)
Tagal Murut: pakilok
Tagalog: kilikili
Tamil: அக்குள் (ta) (akkuḷ)
Tausug: iluk
Telugu: చంక (te) (caṅka)
Thai: รักแร้ (th) (rák-rɛ́ɛ)
Timugon Murut: pakilok
Turkish: aksilla (tr), koltuk altı (tr)
Turkmen: goltuk
Ukrainian: па́хва f (páxva), паха́ f (paxá)
Urdu: بغل‎ (baġal)
Uzbek: qoʻltiq (uz)
Venetian: asela f, scajo m, lexena f
Veps: kaimol
Vietnamese: nách (vi)
Voro: kainal
Votic: kainalo
Waray-Waray: kedekede
Welsh: cesail f
West Coast Bajau: kape
West Frisian: earmsholte
Yakan: ilek
Yiddish: פּאַכווע‎ f (pakhve)
Yucatec Maya: xiikʼ
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: ikhwapha class 5

somewhere or something foul

Finnish: perseenreikä
German: Dreckloch n
Italian: postaccio m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} akselo (eo), ^{(please verify)} subbrako
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} அக்குள் (ta) (akkuḷ)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} koltuk altı (tr)

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