From Old French, from Proto-Germanic *hanka. Replaced Latin coxa (“hip”), which was retained in French as cuisse (“thigh”). Compare English haunch.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ʃ/

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hanche f (plural hanches)

1. hip
2. coxa

• “hanche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Vulgar Latin *hanca, from Proto-Germanic *hanka (related to *ankijǭ (“joint, limb”)).

hanche oblique singular, f (oblique plural hanches, nominative singular hanche, nominative plural hanches)

1. hip

• → English: haunch
• French: hanche