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Talipes

Definition: Talipes

Talipes

Noun

1. Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "talipes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references)

Etymology: Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression talus an ankle pes, pedis, foot; compare to Latin talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Talipes

Synonym: clubfoot (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Talipes

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Distortion

Distortion, detortion, contortion; twist, crookedness; (obliquity); grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion, want of symmetry, anamorphosis; ugliness; talipes; teratology.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Talipes

English words defined with "talipes": talipes calcaneus, talipes equinus, talipes valgus. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Talipes" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (talipes).

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Expressions: Talipes

Expressions using "talipes": talipes calcaneus talipes equinus talipes valgus Talipes varus. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Talipes

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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talipes

12

talipes equinovarus

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Modern Translations: Talipes

Language Translations for "talipes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shputë e shtrembëruar. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قدم مشوهة خلقة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

деформация на стъпалото, деформирано стъпало. (various references)

   

Danish

  

spidsfod (talipes equinus), skinnesko (splint shoe, talipes equinus corrective shoe), pes excavatus (hollow foot, talipes cavus), pes equinus (talipes equinus), pes calcaneus excavatus (talipes calcaneus excavatus), pes calcaneus (talipes calcaneus), pes calcaneo-valgus (talipes calcaneovalgus), hulfod med hammertæer (talipes cavus with hammer toes), hulfod (hollow foot, talipes cavus, varus foot), haelfor (talipes calcaneus), falsk hulfod ved hallux valgus (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), falsk haelfod (fictitious talipes calcaneus), dorsalflekteret platfod (talipes calcaneovalgus). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

talipes excavatus (hollow foot, talipes cavus), talipes equinus (talipes equinus), talipes cavus met hamertenen (talipes cavus with hammer toes), talipes calcaneus excavatus (talipes calcaneus excavatus), talipes calcaneus (talipes calcaneus), talipes calcaneovalgus (talipes calcaneovalgus), toestel voor horrelvoet (talipes appliance), spitsvoet (talipes equinus), hielvoet (talipes calcaneus), holle voet (hollow foot, talipes cavus), holvoet (hollow foot, talipes cavus), pes calcaneus (talipes calcaneus), pes calcaneus excavatus (talipes calcaneus excavatus), pes equinus (talipes equinus), hakvoet (talipes calcaneus), pseudo-klauwvoet (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), pes excavatus (hollow foot, talipes cavus). (various references)

   

French

  

talipes. (various references)

   

German

  

Pes calcaneus (talipes calcaneus), Ballenhohlfuss (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), Hackenfuß (talipes calcaneus), Hackenhohlfuß (talipes calcaneus excavatus), Hackenknickfuß (talipes calcaneovalgus), Hohlfuß (hollow foot, talipes cavus), Klauenhohlfuß (talipes cavus with hammer toes), Apparat fuer Klumpfuesse (talipes appliance), Pes arcuatus (hollow foot, talipes cavus), Spitzfuß (talipes equinus), Pes calcaneus excavatus (talipes calcaneus excavatus), Pes cavus (hollow foot, talipes cavus), Pes equinus (talipes equinus), Pes excavatus (hollow foot, talipes cavus), Pferdefuß (cloven hoof, talipes equinus), scheinbarer Hackenfuß (fictitious talipes calcaneus), Schienenschuh (splint shoe, talipes equinus corrective shoe), Krallenhohlfuß (talipes cavus with hammer toes). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στραβοπόδιασμα, δυσμορφία ποδών. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

dongaláb (club foot, club-feet, club-foot, stump). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scarpa ortopedica con stecche (splint shoe, talipes equinus corrective shoe), pseudo piede cavo (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), piede talo-valgo (talipes calcaneovalgus), piede talo-cavo (talipes calcaneus excavatus), piede talo fittizio (fictitious talipes calcaneus), piede talo (talipes calcaneus), piede equino (talipes equinus), piede cavo con dita ad artiglio (talipes cavus with hammer toes), piede cavo (hollow foot, talipes cavus), LA pes calcaneoexcavatus (talipes calcaneus excavatus), falso piede cavo (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), apparecchio per piedi storti (talipes appliance). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alipestay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pseudo pé cavo (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), pé côncavo (hollow foot, talipes cavus), falso pé cavo (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), aparelho para pé deformado (talipes appliance). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

косолапость (clubfoot, splayfoot), изуродованная стопа. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zgrčeno stopalo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

talipes cavus con dedos en martillo (talipes cavus with hammer toes), talipes calcaneus (talipes calcaneus), pie talovalgo (talipes calcaneovalgus), pie talo ficticio (fictitious talipes calcaneus), pie talo excavado (talipes calcaneus excavatus), pie talo (talipes calcaneus), pie cavo (hollow foot, talipes cavus), falso pie cavo (false hollow foot, spurious talipes cavus), aparato para pies zambos (talipes appliance). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yumru ayak (club foot). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Talipes"

Words rhyming with "talipes" (pronounced 'Tal"i*pes'): Agrappes, herpes, jackanapes, Jane-of-apes, PES, Slipes, stapes, Stipes, Vulpes. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Talipes

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: aplites, paliest, platies.

Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-p-s-t"

-1 letter: aplite, espial, lipase, palest, palets, pastel, pastie, pastil, petals, petsai, pietas, plaits, plates, pleats, saltie, septal, spital, staple, stelai, stipel, tepals.

-2 letters: aisle, alist, islet, istle, lapis, lapse, leaps, leapt, least, lepta, litas, pails, paise, pales, palet, paste, pates, peals, peats, pelts, petal, pieta, pilea, piles, piste, pitas, plait, plate, plats, pleas, pleat, plies, salep, sepal, sepia, septa, setal, slate, slept, slipe, slipt, spail, spait, spale, spate, speil, spelt, spiel, spile, spilt, spite, splat, split, stale, steal, stela, stile, stipe, taels, tails, tales, tapes, tapis, teals, telia, tepal, tepas, tesla, tiles.

-3 letters: ails, aits, ales, alit, alps, alts, apes, apse, ates, east, eats, etas, ilea, isle, laps, lase, last, late, lati, lats, leap, leas, leis, lept, lest, lets, lies, lipa, lipe, lips, lisp, list, lite, lits, pail, pale, pals, pase, past, pate, pats, peal, peas, peat, pelt, pest, pets, pial, pias, pies, pile, pita, pits, plat, plea, plie, sail, sale, salp, salt, sate, sati, seal, seat, sept, seta, sial, silt, sipe, site, slap, slat, slip, slit, spae, spat, spit, step, tael, tail, tale, tali, tape, taps, teal, teas, tela, tels, tepa, ties, tile, tils, tips.

-4 letters: ail, ais, ait, ale, alp, als, alt, ape, apt, asp, ate, eat, els, eta, its, lap, las, lat, lea, lei, let, lie, lip, lis, lit, pal, pas, pat, pea, pes, pet, pia, pie, pis, pit, psi, sae, sal, sap, sat, sea, sei, sel, set, sip, sit, spa, tae, tap, tas, tea, tel, tie, til, tip, tis.

-5 letters: ae, ai, al, as, at, el, es, et, is, it, la, li, pa, pe, pi, si, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-p-s-t"
 

+1 letter: epiblast, fleapits, haplites, palliest, palmiest, panelist, pantiles, pastille, pilaster, plainest, plaister, plaiters, platiest, septical, spoliate, stapelia, talipeds, tieclasp.

 

+2 letters: antipoles, antisleep, apetalies, basipetal, depilates, epiblasts, fishplate, flappiest, interlaps, lapidates, livetraps, oppilates, palatines, palletise, palliates, paltriest, panelists, parietals, particles, pastelist, pastilles, pearliest, pearlites, penalties, periplast, pieplants, pilasters, pilotages, plaisters, plashiest, playtimes, pretrials, psalteria, psaltries, pulsatile, sapiently, saprolite, scapolite, sceptical, skeptical, specialty, spoliated, spoliates, stapedial, stapelias, stipulate, tailpipes, tapelines, tieclasps, tinplates, traplines, triplanes.

 

+3 letters: allotypies, amplitudes, analeptics, appositely, asphaltite, battleship, caliphates, capitalise, diplomates, displanted, disputable, duplicates, enthalpies, epiblastic, epilations, epistolary, explicates, fishplates, hospitable, implanters, implicates, inculpates, interplays, legateship, metaplasia, misplanted, multiphase, neoplastic, paillettes, palimpsest, palletised, palletises, palletizes, palmitates, palpitates, paltriness, papillotes, pastelists, pastellist, penalities, penultimas, periosteal, periplasts, petalodies, pistillate, plaintexts, plaistered, planetoids, plastering, plasticene, plasticine, plasticize, platinizes, platitudes, pleonastic, pliantness, polarities, pollinates, potentials, psalteries, psalterium, reimplants, replicates, reptilians, saprolites, scapolites, semipostal, septennial, septicidal, shapeliest, slipstream, spangliest, sparkliest, specialest, specialist, speciality, spermatial, sphalerite, splashiest, sprawliest, stepfamily, stipulated, stipulates, strippable, supplicate, tailpieces, tailplanes.

 

+4 letters: allopatries, allotropies, altarpieces, antileprosy, antileptons, antiplagues, apicultures, apologetics, apostleship, aseptically, asphaltites, basipetally, battleships, birthplaces, capitalised, capitalises, capitalizes, capitulates, captionless, catalepsies, cataleptics, cataplexies, compatibles, complicates, copulatives, depilations, dilapidates, disparately, ectoplasmic, ellipticals, esemplastic, explicators, feldspathic, graptolites, hospitalise, hospitalize, impalements, imperialist, interplants, interpleads, ipsilateral, kinetoplast, legateships, leptospiral, lightplanes, lithophanes, manipulates, metaplasias, metaplastic, paclitaxels, painfullest, palatalizes, palatinates, palimpsests, palletising, palletizers, palliatives, palmistries, parliaments, participles, pastellists, patchoulies, paternalism, paternalist, pathologies, peculations, pedestaling, pediculates, pentaploids, peristalses, peristalsis, peristaltic, peristomial, personalist, personality, petulancies, philatelies, philatelist, placidities, plaistering, planarities, planimeters, plasterings, plasticenes, plasticines, plasticized, plasticizer, plasticizes, platyfishes, pleinairist, pluralities, polymathies, potentillas, pratincoles, primalities, profligates, replicators, semipostals, sempiternal, shinplaster, skeptically, slipstreams, spaceflight, specialists, specialties, specularity, speculating, speculation, speculative, sphalerites, spirochetal, splattering, sporulative, superlative, supplicated, supplicates, sympetalies, telepathies, tetraploids, thiopentals, timepleaser, trampolines, transalpine, tripletails, triplicates, typicalness, ultrasimple.

 

+5 letters: alphabetizes, amphibolites, amylopectins, antiepilepsy, antipleasure, apophyllites, apostleships, appellations, appellatives, appositively, bipedalities, bipolarities, boilerplates, capabilities, capitularies, caterpillars, cephalothins, cupellations, depilatories, depositional, despoliation, despotically, discrepantly, displacement, disreputable, disreputably, dissipatedly, earsplitting, encephalitis, epistolaries, epitheliomas, escapologist, exculpations, explanations, explications, explorations, exponentials, expositional, hairsplitter, hospitalised, hospitalises, hospitalized, hospitalizes, hyperplastic, hyperrealist, imperialists, inappositely, indisputable, inhospitable, interpolates, kinetoplasts, kleptomanias, lamplighters, laparotomies, laureateship, malpractices, mantelpieces, metaphysical, misplacement, myelopathies, narcoleptics, nuptialities, optimalities, osteoplastic, palatialness, paltrinesses, pansexuality, partialities, particulates, passionately, paternalisms, paternalists, pedestalling, pentlandites, percolations, personalists, personalties, perspectival, pestilential, philatelists, phylacteries, phyllotaxies, phytoalexins, pitiableness, plainclothes, planetariums, planetesimal, plantigrades, plasticities, plasticizers, platemakings, platyrrhines, pleasantries, plebiscitary, pleinairists, pliabilities, pliantnesses, plutocracies, poeticalness, polarimeters, popularities, postcardlike, postdeadline, postimperial, postliterate, postmedieval, postulancies, potabilities, preestablish, prelibations, preliterates, presbyterial, presidential, problematics, proletarians, proletariats, proliferates, realpolitiks, reduplicates, relationship, replastering, replications, semipalmated, semitropical, separability, septennially, sextuplicate, shinplasters, slaphappiest, slipstreamed, spaceflights, spatialities, specialistic, specialities, speciational, spectatorial, speculations, spiritualize, stepfamilies, subspecialty, superlatives, superplastic, superquality, telegraphies, telegraphist, temporalizes, theosophical, timepleasers, topicalities, trampoliners, tropicalizes, typicalities, ultraprecise, undisputable, vespertilian, voluptuaries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Talipes


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 6C 69 70 65 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110000 01100101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#112 &#101 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 006C 0069 0070 0065 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54677875827185

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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