shin

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
  2. noun a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
  3. noun the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Etymology

From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.

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