ligament

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪgəmənt/

Noun

ligament (plural ligaments)

1. (anatomy) band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position

Derived terms

• ligamental
• ligamentary
• ligamentous

Translations

band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position

• Arabic: رباط (ar) (ribāṭ) m

  Egyptian Arabic: رباط (rubāṭ) m

• Belarusian: звязка (be) (zvjázka) f
• Bengali: লিগামেন্ট (bn) (ligamenţ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韌帶 (cmn), 韧带 (cmn) (rèndài)

• Czech: vaz (cs) m
• Finnish: nivelside (fi)
• French: ligament (fr) m
• German: Band (de) n
• Hindi: स्नायु (hi) (snāyu), लिगामेन्ट (hi) (ligāmenṭ)

• Hungarian: ínszalag (hu)
• Icelandic: liðband (is) n, band (is) n
• Italian: legamento (it) m
• Japanese: 靭帯 (ja) (じんたい, jintai), 靱帯 (ja) (じんたい, jintai)
• Korean: 인대 (ko) (indae) (靭帶 (ko))
• Polish: więzadło (pl) f
• Portuguese: ligamento (pt) m
• Russian: связка (ru) (svjázka) f
• Spanish: ligamento (es) m
• Ukrainian: зв'язка (uk) (zv'jázka) f
• Vietnamese: dây chằng (vi)

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French

Etymology

From Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).

Noun

ligament m (plural ligaments)

1. ligament