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{{also|Heel|hééł|ȟeel}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|heel (disambiguation)|heel}}
{{wikipedia|Heel|Heel (part of the foot)}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/hiːl/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-heel.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːl|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|heal|qq1=general|he'll|hill|qq3=some accents}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|hele|id=heel}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hēla}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hą̄hilō}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*hanhilaz}}, diminutive of {{der|en|gem-pro|*hanhaz||heel, hock}}, equivalent to {{suf|en|hock|le|nocat=1}}. More at {{m|en|hock}}.

Compare {{cog|frr|haiel}}, {{cog|fy|hyl}}, {{cog|nl|hiel}}, {{cog|nds-de|Hiel}}, {{cog|da|-}} and {{cog|no|hæl}}, {{cog|sv|häl}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
[[File:Girls_heel.jpg|thumb|right|A girl's heel]]
[[File:Jud-teisho.svg|thumb|'''heel''' of the hand]]
[[Image:Caraway_bread.jpg|thumb|right|Heel of a loaf of rye bread]]

# {{lb|en|anatomy}} The rear part of the [[foot]], where it joins the [[leg]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1709|author={{w|John Denham (poet)|John Denham}}|title=s:Coopers-Hill
|passage=He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged '''heels''' and then his armed head.}}
# The part of a [[shoe]]'s [[sole]] which supports the foot's heel.
# The rear part of a [[sock]] or similar covering for the foot.
# The part of the [[palm]] of a hand closest to the [[wrist]].
#: {{ux|en|He drove the '''heel''' of his hand into the man's nose.}}
# {{lb|en|usually|in the plural}} A woman's [[high-heeled]] shoe.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Kwame Shauku|title=Wonderful Williams and the Magnificent Seven|page=257|passage=She'd been wearing '''heels''', and fell backward off her right '''heel''' and twisted or broke her ankle.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|author=Candace Irvine|title=A Dangerous Engagement| passage=Opting to improve her odds of making it up the stairs and into the privacy of her room, she kicked off her left '''heel''', and then her right before leaning down to scoop them up.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|author=Alex Blackmore| title=Killing Eva| passage=Flat shoes. As she pushed off her left '''heel''' and pressed the sole of her foot to the cold floor she looked forward to them.}}
# {{lb|en|firearms}} The back, upper part of the [[stock]].
# {{lb|en|music}} The thickening of the [[neck]] of a [[stringed instrument]] where it attaches to the [[body]].
# The last or lowest part of anything.
#: {{ux|en|the '''heel''' of a mast}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''heel''' of a vessel}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1860|author=w:Anthony Trollope|title=Framley Parsonage
|passage=And then again the sportsmen would move at an undertaker's pace, when the fox had traversed and the hounds would be at a loss to know which was the hunt and which was the '''heel'''}}
# {{lb|en|US|Ireland|Scotland|Australia}} A [[crust]] end-piece of a [[loaf]] of [[bread]].
#* {{RQ:Scott Waverley|passage=the '''heel''' of the white loaf}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1902|year_published=1980|author=w:Barbara Baynton|title=Bush Studies|series=Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton|editors=Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson|publisher=University of Queensland Press|location=St Lucia|page=32|passage=Boiled mutton was in one, and the '''heel''' of a damper in another.}}
#* {{RQ:Lindsay Redheap|page=42|passage=`Have ye seen,' said Uncle Jobson with basilisk severity, `what's become of the '''heel''' of to-day's loaf?'}}
# {{lb|en|US}} The [[base]] of a [[bun]] sliced in half lengthwise.
#: {{syn|en|boot|butt}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1996|author=Ester Reiter|title=Making Fast Food: From the Frying Pan Into the Fryer|page=100|passage=The bottom half, or the bun '''heel''' is placed in the carton, and the pickle slices spread evenly over the meat or cheese.}}
# {{lb|en|informal|synecdochically}} A [[contemptible]], [[unscrupulous]], [[inconsiderate]] or [[thoughtless]] person.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1953|author=w:Raymond Chandler|title=The Long Goodbye|chapter=29
|passage=I grinned at him sneeringly. I was the '''heel''' to end all '''heels'''. Wait until the man is down, then kick him and kick him again. He's weak. He can't resist or kick back.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|author=w:Philip Reeve|title=w:Scrivener's Moon|publisher={{w|Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic}}|isbn=978-1-407189-29-1|pages=361–362|text=She should be glad to have him on her side. So why did Godshawk's memories, grumbling again in that substrate of her brain, keep reminding her of '''heels''' he'd known, and tricksters?}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Jason Bailey|title=‘Basic Instinct’ at 30: A Time Capsule That Can Still Offend|work=The New York Times|date=2022-03-20|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/movies/basic-instinct-sharon-stone.html|issn=0362-4331|passage=Douglas steams and stammers, a typical film noir '''heel''', while Stone delivers her dialogue with the devilish gleam of a sly actor having a great time.}}
# {{lb|en|by|extension|slang|professional wrestling}} A [[headline|headlining]] wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a [[braggart]] and a [[bully]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1992|author=Bruce Lincoln|title=Discourse and the Construction of Society|page=158|passage=Freedman began his analysis by noting two important facts about professional wrestling: First, that '''heels''' triumph considerably more often than do babyfaces{{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|card games}} The [[card]]s set aside for later use in a [[patience]] or [[solitaire]] game.
# Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a [[protuberance]]; a [[knob]].
# {{lb|en|architecture}} The lower end of a [[timber]] in a [[frame]], as a [[post]] or [[rafter]].
# {{lb|en|specifically|US}} The [[obtuse]] angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
# {{lb|en|architecture|obsolete}} A [[cyma reversa]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1722| title=A Treatise of the Five Orders in Architecture|author=Claude Perrault | page=vii| passage=Of these there are two Kinds; in the one, that Part which has the greatest ''Projecture'' is Concave, and is term'd ''Doucine'', or an Upright ''Ogee''; in the other, the Convex Part has the greatest ''Projecture''; and this is call'd the '''''Heel''''', or Inverted ''Ogee''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1846| title=The Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures|author=George William Francis | page=| passage=There are two kinds—the ''upright'' ogee, in which the concave part projects most, and the '''''heel''''' or ''inverted'' ogee, which has the convexity most prominent. This last, with its fillet above, is always the upper moulding of a classical cornice.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1891| title=Practical Elementary Treatise on Architecture|author=Vignola | page=ii| passage=Talon: '''Heel''' moulding or ogee}}
# {{lb|en|carpentry}} The short side of an angled cut.
# {{lb|en|golf}} The part of a [[club]] [[head]]'s [[face]] nearest the [[shaft]].
# The lower end of the [[bit]] (cutting edge) of an [[axehead]]; as opposed to the [[toe]] (upper end).
# In a [[carding machine]], the part of a [[flat]] nearest the [[cylinder]].
# {{lb|en|nautical}} The [[junction]] between the [[keel]] and the [[stempost]] of a [[vessel]]; an [[angular]] [[wooden]] join connecting the two.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|end of bread}} {{l|en|boot}}, {{l|en|butt}}, {{l|en|ender}}, {{l|en|outsider}} {{qualifier|Scotland}}

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|headlining wrestler}} {{l|en|babyface}}
* {{antsense|angled cut in carpentry}} {{l|en|toe}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en
|down at the heels|down in the heels|down-at-the-heels|headless over heels|his heels|hot on someone's heels|lay by the heels|neck and heels|out at heels|out at the heels|rubber heels|show a clean pair of heels|upon the heels of|Achilles' heel|back-heel|bring to heel|couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel|Cuban heel|down at the heel|down in the heel|down-at-heel|free-heel skiing|French heel|heel bone|heel hook|heel lift|heel over|heel pad syndrome|heel palm|heel ring|heel stick|heel strike|heel-dragger|heel-face turn|heel-palm|high heel|high-heel|lark's-heel|Louis heel|shit heel|shit-heel|skyscraper heel|stripper heel|to heel|wedge heel|wire-heel
|Achilles heel
|bring someone to heel
|cool one's heels
|dig in one's heels
|down at heel
|head over heels
|heelies
|heelside|heel flip|parliamentary heel|Parliamentary heel|pencil heel
|heel-and-toe
|heel turn
|high heels|iron heel
|hot on somebody's heels|down-at-the-heel|at someone's heels
|kick one's heels
|kick up one's heels
|kitten heel
|Tar Heel
|shitheel
|stiletto heel
|spike heel
|take to one's heels
|turn on one's heel
|well-heeled
}}

=====Translations=====
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* Afrikaans: {{tt|af|hiel}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|thembër|f}}, {{tt+|sq|thundër|f}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|عَقِب|m|f}}, {{tt|ar|كَعْب}} {{qualifier|considered incorrect}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|كعب|m|tr=kaʕb|sc=Arab}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|կրունկ}}, {{tt+|hy|գարշապար}}
*: Old Armenian: {{tt|xcl|կրուկն}}, {{tt|xcl|կրուկ}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|cãlcãnju|n}}, {{tt|rup|cãlcãnj|n}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|গেৰোৱা}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|calcañu|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|daban}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|үксә|sc=Cyrl}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|orpo}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{tt|sne|tiga}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|пя́тка|f}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|এড়ি|sc=Beng}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|एड़ी}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|buol}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|пета́|f}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ခြေဖနောင့်}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|taló|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|tikod}}
* Central Melanau: {{tt|mel|tug}}
* Cherokee: {{q|his/her heel}} {{tt|chr|ᎦᏗᎨᏂ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|腳跟|tr=jiǎogēn}}, {{tt+|cmn|後跟|tr=hòugēn}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|кӗле}}
* Coptic: {{tt|cop|ⲑⲓⲃⲥ|m}}, {{tt|cop|ϧⲁ|m}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|gwewen|f}}, {{tt|kw|seudhel|m}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|pata|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|hæl|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|hak|c}}, {{tt+|nl|hiel|c}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|kalkano}}
* Estonian: {{tt|et|kand}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|afɔkpodzi}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|hælur|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kanta}}, {{tt+|fi|kantapää}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|talon|m}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|calcagn|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|talón|m}}
* Gamilaraay: {{tt|kld|dhanga}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ქუსლი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Ferse|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|φτέρνα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|πτέρνη|f}}, {{tt|grc|πτέρνα|f}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|pyta}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|talon}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עָקֵב|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|एड़ी|f|sc=Deva}}, {{tt+|hi|एड़|f|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|sarok}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|hæll|m}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|talono}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|tumit}}, {{tt+|id|tumit}} {{tt+|id|kaki}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kanta}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|calce}}, {{tt|ia|talon}}
* Iranun: {{tt|ill|palu}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|sáil|f}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|tallone|m}}, {{tt+|it|calcagno|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|踵|tr=かかと, kakato}}, {{tt+|ja|ヒール|tr=hīru}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|tungkak}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{tt|kea|kalkanhar}}
* Kapampangan: {{tt|pam|sakung}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|өкше|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt+|kk|табан|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|kk|тақа|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{tt|km|ចង្កោយ}}
* Kimaragang: {{tt|kqr|tontod}}
* Korean: {{tt|ko|발뒤꿈}}, {{tt+|ko|발뒤꿈치}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|согончок|sc=Cyrl}}
* Ladino: {{tt|lad|karkanyal|m}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ສົ້ນ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|papīds}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|calx|f}}, {{tt|la|tālus|m}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|papēdis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|kulnas|m}}
* Lotud: {{tt|dtr|gontod}}, {{tt|dtr|atad}}
* Low German: {{tt|nds|Hack|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt|lb|Feescht|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|пе́тица|f}}, {{tt+|mk|пе́та|f}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|tumit}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|ഉപ്പുകുറ്റി}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|għarqub|m}}, {{tt|mt|għarqbejn|m-d}}, {{tt|mt|għerieqeb|m-p}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᡤᡠᠶᡝ}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|saayl}}
* Megleno-Romanian: {{t|ruq|călcǫn'|n}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|hough}}, {{tt|enm|hele}}
* Mizo: {{tt|lus|keartui}}
* Mongolian: {{tt+|mn|өсгий|sc=Cyrl}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|akétal}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|कुर्कुच्चा}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|talon|m}}
* North Frisian:
*: Föhr: {{tt|frr|haiel|m}}
* Northern Altai: {{tt|atv|энджек}}, {{tt|atv|энъчек}} (kumandy in Komdoma district)
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|hæl|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|hæl|m}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|talon|m}}, {{tt+|oc|caucanh|m}}, {{tt|oc|calcanh|m}}
* Old Church Slavonic: {{tt|cu|пѧта|f}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|fiersn|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|طوپوق|tr=topuk|sc=ota-Arab}}, {{tt|ota|اوكچه|tr=ökçe|sc=ota-Arab}}, {{tt|ota|عقب|tr=akab|sc=ota-Arab}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|پونده|f|tr=punda|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|پاشنه|tr=pâšne}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Hak|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|pięta|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|calcanhar|m}}
* Punjabi: {{tt+|pa|ਅੱਡੀ|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|călcâi}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|chaltgogn|m}}, {{tt|rm|calcogn|m}}, {{tt|rm|chalchagn|m}}, {{tt|rm|caltgogn|m}}, {{tt|rm|chalcogn|m}}
* Rungus: {{tt|drg|totod}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|пя́тка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|пята́|f}} {{qualifier|rare, poetic}}
* Sabah Bisaya: {{tt|bsy|tunob}}
* Salar: {{t|slr|ayaq soñı}}, {{t|slr|ayaq ardı}}
* Sami:
*: Northern: {{tt|se|šušmi}}
*: Southern: {{tt|sma|båetskie}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|पार्ष्णि|f}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|calcanzu|m}}, {{tt|sc|carcàngiu}}, {{tt|sc|calcanzu|m}}, {{tt|sc|cracàngiu|m}}, {{tt|sc|cracanzu|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|sàil|f}}
* Sebop: {{tt|sib|tumit}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|пета|f|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|peta|f}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|carcagnu|m}}, {{tt+|scn|calcagnu|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt|si|අඩිය|sc=Sinh}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|päta|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|peta|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|pěta|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|pjata|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{tt|alt|чоҥчок}}, {{tt|alt|энчек}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|talón|m}}, {{tt|es|calcaño|m}}, {{tt+|es|calcañar|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kisigino}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|häl|c}}
* Tagal Murut: {{tt|mvv|tundov}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|sakong}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|пошна|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tambunan Dusun: {{tt|kzt|gontod}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|குதிக்கால்|sc=Taml}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|nirz|m}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|үкчә|sc=Cyrl}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|మడమ}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ส้น}}, {{tt|th|ส้นเท้า}}
* Tibetan: {{t-needed|bo}}
* Timugon Murut: {{tt|tih|tunob}}
* Tooro: {{tt|ttj|ekikongoijo|7}}, {{tt|ttj|ekisinziro|7}}
* Tupinambá: {{tt|tpn|pytá}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|topuk}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|ökje}}, {{tt|tk|topuk}}
* Turoyo: {{tt|tru|ܥܰܪܩܘܘܐ}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|п'я́тка|f}}, {{tt|uk|п'ята́|f}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|ایڑی|f|tr=eṛī|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{tt|ur|ایڑ|f|tr=eṛ|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|tovon}}
* Venetan: {{tt+|vec|calcagno|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|gót}}, {{tt+|vi|gót chân}}
* Vilamovian: {{tt|wym|faoś|f}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|hil}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|sawdl|m|f}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{tt|bdr|buli' betis}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|hakke}}
* White Hmong: {{tt|mww|luj taws}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|פּיאַטע|sc=Hebr}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|èyìnjìjà}}, {{t|yo|gìgísẹ̀}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|giujdin}}
* Zulu: {{tt+|zu|isithende}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|part of shoe}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|takë|f}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|كَعْب|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|կրունկ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|daban}}, {{tt|az|ökcə}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|үксә|sc=Cyrl}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|абца́с|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ток|m}}
* Burmese: {{t-check|my|ရှူးဖိနပ်တို့၏ခွာ}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|taló|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|跟|tr=gēn}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|gwewen|f}}, {{tt|kw|seudhel|m}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|podpatek|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|hæl|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|hak|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|konts}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|hælur|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kanta}}, {{tt+|fi|korko}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|talon|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Absatz|m}}, {{tt|de|Schuhabsatz|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|τακούνι|n}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|sarok}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|hæll|m}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kablukka}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|tacco|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|踵|tr=かかと, kakato}}, {{tt+|ja|ヒール|tr=hīru}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|давхрг|sc=Cyrl}}
* Karakalpak: {{tt|kaa|o'kshe}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|өкше|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{tt|km|កែងស្បែកជើង|sc=Khmr|tr=kaeng sbaek cəəng}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|굽}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ສົ້ນ}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|fulmenta|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt+|lb|Tallong|m}}, {{tt+|lb|Tallek|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|потпетица|f}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|takkuna|f}}
* Mizo: {{tt|lus|keartui}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|kétal}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|talon|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|hæl|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|hæl|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اوكچه|tr=ökçe}}
* Persian: {{tt|fa|پاشنه کفش|tr=pâšne-ye kafš}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|obcas|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|tacão|m}}, {{tt+|pt|salto|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|каблу́к|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|sàil|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|пета|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|sh|потпетица|f|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|peta|f}}, {{tt+|sh|potpetica|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|tacón|m}}, {{tt+|es|taco|m}} {{qualifier|Argentina|Bolivia|Chile|Ecuador|Paraguay|Peru|Uruguay}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kisigino}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|klack|c}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|sakong ng medyas}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|каблу́к|m}}, {{tt|uk|підбо́р|m}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|taco|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|gót}}, {{tt+|vi|gót giày}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|hilot}}, {{tt|vo|jukahilot}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|sawdl|m|f}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|hakke}}
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{{trans-top|rear part of a sock}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|пета|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kantapää}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Ferse}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|sarok}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اوكچه|tr=ökçe}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|п'ята́|f}}
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{{trans-top|firearms: back upper part of the stock}}
* Italian: {{tt|it|poggiaguancia|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kisigino}}
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{{trans-top|last or lowest part of anything}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|пета|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kanta}}, {{tt+|fi|perä}}, {{tt+|fi|pohja}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|pie|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|підні́жжя|n}}
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{{trans-top|end-piece of a loaf of bread}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|крайче|n}}, {{tt|bg|краешник|m}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|crostó|m}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|patka|f}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|kapje|m}}, {{tt+|nl|korst|m}}, {{tt+|nl|kontje|m}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|skálkur|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kantapala}}, {{tt+|fi|kanta}}, {{tt+|fi|kannikka}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|croûton|m}}, {{tt+|fr|quignon|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Kanten|m}} {{q|regional}}, {{t-check|de|Knapp|m}}, {{tt+|de|Knust|m}} {{q|Northern Germany}}, {{t-check|de|Ranft|m}}, {{tt+|de|Scherzl|n}} {{q|Austria|Bavaria}}, ''technical terms in bakery trade:'' {{t-check|de|Anschnitt|m}}, {{t+check|de|Abschnitt|m}} <!-- for more synonyms (~40) see [[w:de:Kanten]] -->
*: Alemannic German: {{tt|gsw|Aaschnitt|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|sercli}}, {{tt+|hu|gyürke}}
* Italian: {{tt|it|[[cantuccio]] (di pane)|m}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|dona|f}}
* Low German: {{tt|nds|Knuust}}, {{tt|nds|Kanten}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|крајче|n}}
* Mongolian: {{tt|mn|талхны зах|sc=Cyrl}}
* Norwegian: {{tt|no|skalk|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|piętka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|tampa|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|colț|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|горбу́шка|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|kšomica|f}}, {{tt|dsb|kšomicka|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|krjeńčka|f}}, {{tt|hsb|chlěbušk|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cuscurro|m}}, {{tt+|es|mendrugo|m}}, {{t|es|currusco|m}}, {{t|es|corrusco|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kisigino}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|окра́єць|m}}
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{{trans-top|base of a bun}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|alapuoli}}
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{{trans-top|contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|törppö}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Schurke}}, {{tt+|de|Schuft}}
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{{trans-top|professional wrestling: headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy"}}
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{{trans-top|card games: cards set aside for later use}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pakka}}
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{{trans-top|anything regarded as like a human heel in shape}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kanta}}
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{{trans-top|architecture: lower end of a timber in a frame}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|пета|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|زوانه|tr=zıvana}}
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{{trans-see|architecture: cyma reversa|cyma reversa}}

{{trans-top|carpentry: short side of an angled cut}}
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{{trans-top|golf: part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kanta}}
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{{trans-top|in a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder}}
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{{trans-top|woman's high-heeled shoe}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[korkeakorkoinen]] [[kenkä]]}}, {{tt+|fi|korkkari}}, {{tt+|fi|korkokenkä}}
* Hungarian: {{tt|hu|magassarkú cipő}}
}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|talon|m}} <!-- Was: nautical: bottom of the sternpost - no such sense -->
* Italian: {{t+check|it|calcagnolo|m}} <!-- Was: nautical: bottom of the sternpost - no such sense -->
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{senseid|en|follow}}To [[follow]] at somebody's heels; to [[chase]] closely.
#: {{ux|en|She called to her dog to '''heel'''.}}
# To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
# To [[kick]] with the heel.
#: ''she '''heeled''' her horse forward''
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida|IV|4|line=85-86|passage=I cannot sing, <br> Nor '''heel''' the high lavolt.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[arm]] with a [[gaff]], as a [[cock]] for [[fight]]ing.
# {{lb|en|golf|transitive}} To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
# {{lb|en|American football|transitive}} To make (a [[fair catch]]) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
# {{lb|en|US|intransitive}} At {{w|Yale University}}, to work as a [[heeler]] or [[student]] [[journalist]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|heel out|heel up}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|To follow at somebody's heels}}{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|вървя по петите}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|estalonar}}
* Dutch: {{tt|nl|op de hielen zitten}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kintereillä|alt=olla kintereillä}}, {{tt+|fi|kannoilla|alt=olla kannoilla}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|talonner}}
* German: ({{tt+|de|jemandem}}) {{tt|de|auf den Fersen sein}} {{qualifier|with dative}}
* Hungarian: {{tt|hu|[[a sarkában van]] ([[valakinek]])}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|оди зад петици}}
* Mizo: {{tt|lus|zui}}, {{tt|lus|hnung zui}}, {{tt|lus|ûm}}, {{tt|lus|ûmzui}}
* Occitan: {{tt|oc|talonar}}
* Spanish: {{tt|es|[[seguir]] de [[cerca]]}}, {{tt|es|[[poner]] [[talón]] a}}, {{tt|es|[[poner]] [[tacón]] a}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kisigino}}
}}
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===Etymology 2===
Probably inferred from {{m|en|hielded}}, the past tense of {{m|en|hield}}, from {{inh|en|enm|helden}}, {{m|enm|heelden}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hyldan}}, {{m|ang|hieldan||to incline}}, cognate with {{cog|non|hella||to pour out}} (whence Danish {{m|da|hælde||lean, pour}}).

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|chiefly|nautical}} To [[incline]] to one side; to [[tilt]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1764|author=John Nourse|title=Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea|page=65|passage=The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she '''heel''' much, she won't answer the helm so well.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|incline}}{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|накренявам}}
* Dutch: {{qualifier|nautical}} {{tt+|nl|hellen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kallistua}}
* German: {{qualifier|nautical}} {{tt+|de|krängen}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|no|krenge}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|krengja}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|escorar}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|kränga}} {{qualifier|nautical}}
}}
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=====See also=====
* {{l|en|angle of vanishing stability}}
* {{l|en|limit of positive stability}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|nautical}} The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a [[cant]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
#* '''1808–10''', {{w|William Hickey (memoirist)|William Hickey}}, ''Memoirs of a Georgian Rake'', Folio Society 1995, p. 14:
#*: [T]he boat, from a sudden gust of wind, taking a deep '''heel''', I tumbled overboard and down I went {{...}}.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|heeling}}

===Etymology 3===
See {{m|en|hele||conceal, keep secret, cover}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|rare|now especially in the phrase "heel in"}} {{alt form|en|hele||cover; conceal}}.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1911|title=Biennial Report of the State Geologist|publisher=North Carolina Geological Survey Section|page=92
|passage=They should be dug up with a sharp mattock or grub hoe, the roots being broken as little as possible, and they should be '''heeled''' in a cool place and protected from the sun until ready to plant. When lifted for planting from the trench in which '''heeled''' the roots should be kept covered with a wet sack.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1913|title=Indian School Journal|page=142
|passage=In the late fall the seedlings may be dug and '''heeled''' in very closely until all the leaves have dropped.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1916|title=Transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society|page=111
|passage=Member: Did you water the trees when you set them out?<br>Walter Vonnegut: No; I '''heeled''' the trees in as soon as they were received.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1937|author=Robert Wilson; Ernest John George|title=Planting and care of shelterbelts on the northern Great Plains|page=15
|passage=If trees are received from the nursery in the fall, they should be carefully '''heeled''' in until the planting season opens in the spring.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1976|author=Keith W. Dorman|title=The Genetics and Breeding of Southern Pines|page=66
|passage=Place seedlings in the trench. Small-stemmed seedlings may be '''heeled'''-in in bunches of 25, but large seedlings should be '''heeled'''-in loose.}}
#* {{rfdate|en}}, Brian Kerr, ''Lodge St Lawrence 144 Ritual'', page 34:
#*: [I] of my own free will and accord, do hereby, here at and hereon, solemnly swear that I will always '''heel''', conceal and never improperly reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of, or belonging to [the Masons].

===References===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:GDoS|id=kgcej5a|pos=n}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eehl|Ehle|Hele|hele}}

{{C|en|Footwear|People}}

{{cln|en|calculator words}}

==Afar==
[[Image:Cardamom.JPG|thumb|Heel.]]

===Etymology===
{{rfe|aa}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{aa-IPA|héel}}

===Noun===
{{aa-noun|héel|g=m}}

# [[cardamom]]

====Declension====
{{aa-decl|héel|héeli}}

===References===
* {{R:aa:Parker:1985|+}}
* {{R:aa:Hassan Kamil:2015|page=84}}

{{C|aa|Ginger family plants|Spices}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ɦeːl/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-heel.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|heel}}
* {{rhymes|nl|eːl|s=1}}
* {{homophones|nl|Heel}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nl|dum|hêel}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|hēl}}, from {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hail}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hailaz}}.

====Adjective====
{{nl-adj|heler}}

# [[complete]], [[full]], [[whole]]
#: {{syn|nl|gans|volledig}}
#: {{ux|nl|Ga je die '''hele''' taart alleen opeten?|Are you going to eat that '''entire''' cake by yourself?}}
# [[intact]], [[unbroken]], [[undamaged]], [[untarnished]]
#: {{ux|nl|Ik heb het bord laten vallen, maar hij is nog '''heel'''.|I dropped the plate, but it's still '''intact'''.}}
# [[big]], [[enormous]], [[significant]]

=====Usage notes=====
When the noun is accompanied by a [[definite article]], a [[possessive pronoun]], a [[demonstrative pronoun]], or a [[genitive]] construction, ''heel'' in the sense of "whole" may precede the whole phrase, in uninflected form. For example, the following are both correct:
: {{uxi|nl|de '''hele''' dag / '''heel''' de dag|the '''entire''' day}}

=====Declension=====
{{nl-decl-adj|hele}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|nl
|geheel
|heelheid
|heelhuids
|heeltallig
|heleboel
|helemaal
|helen
}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col-auto|nl
|heil
}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|brc|hele}}
* {{desc|dcr|heel|hele|helle}}
* {{desc|skw|helwel|he}}
* {{desc|srm|híi|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bor=1|srn|eri|heri|hele|heele|herheri}}

====Adverb====
{{nl-adv}}

# [[very]]

=====Usage notes=====
Although it is an adverb, {{m|nl||heel}} may be inflected to {{m|nl|hele}} so as to match a following adjective. For example, both of these sentences are correct:
* {{ux|nl|Dat is een '''heel''' grote boom.|-}}
* {{ux|nl|Dat is een '''hele''' grote boom.|That is a '''very''' large tree.}}

The second sentence with {{m|nl||hele}} may, however, be regarded as informal and less appropriate for formal writing.

Only {{m|nl||heel}} is obviously possible when the adjective is not inflected to begin with:
* {{ux|nl|Dat is een '''heel''' groot huis.|That is a '''very''' large house.}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|gmw-jdt|hêl|hê}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|helen||bare-verb}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|hele}}

==Luxembourgish==

===Verb===
{{head|lb|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|lb|heelen||2|s|imp}}

==Middle Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dum|odt|hēl}}, from {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*hailaz}}.

===Adjective===
{{dum-adj|head=hêel}}

# [[whole]], [[full]]
# [[undamaged]], [[unbroken]]
# [[healthy]], [[healed]]
# [[honest]], [[sincere]], [[pure]]

====Inflection====
{{dum-infl-adj|hêl}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nl|heel}}
** {{desc|af|heel}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:VMNW|ID12431|II}}
* {{R:MNW|16090|II}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|hele|id=health|t=health}}

==Yola==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|yol|enm|hele}}, from {{inh|yol|ang|hēla}}, from {{inh|yol|gmw-pro|*hą̄hilō}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|yol|/hiːɫ/}}
* {{homophones|yol|haail|hele|heale|hyle}}

===Noun===
{{head|yol|noun}}

# [[#English|heel]]
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1927|chapter=YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH|line=7|page=132|title=THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD|passage=Wi spur upa '''heel''' hay gaed him a goad,|translation=With a spur on his '''heel''', he gave him a goad,}}

===References===
* {{R:Browne 1927|page=132}}