ligament

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪɡəmənt/

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Noun

ligament (plural ligaments)

1. (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
2. (figuratively) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
   • Paraphrase of Daniel Webster, from his oration on Justice Joseph Story

     Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Derived terms

• ligamental
• ligamentary
• ligamentous

Translations

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

• Arabic: رِبَاط‎‎ (ar) m (ribāṭ)

  Egyptian Arabic: رباط‎‎ m (rubāṭ)

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• Belarusian: звязка f (zvjázka)
• Bengali: লিগামেন্ট (ligamenţ)
• Catalan: lligament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韌帶 (zh), 韧带 (zh) (rèndài)

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

• Hungarian: ínszalag (hu)
• Icelandic: liðband (is) n, band n
• Italian: legamento (it) m
• Japanese: 靭帯 (ja) (じんたい, jintai), 靱帯 (じんたい, jintai)
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• Korean: 인대 (ko) (indae) (靭帶 (ko))
• Maori: nape
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• Polish: więzadło (pl) f
• Portuguese: ligamento (pt) m
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• Russian: свя́зка (ru) f (svjázka)
• Spanish: ligamento (es) m
• Swedish: ligament (sv) n
• Tagalog: gatil
• Thai: เอ็น (th) (en)
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• Ukrainian: зв'язка f (zv'jázka)
• Vietnamese: dây chằng
• Welsh: gewyn m

See also

• sinew
• tendon

Anagrams

• tegminal

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). Cf. also liement, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ɡa.mɑ̃/

Noun

ligament m (plural ligaments)

1. ligament

Related terms

• lier

Further reading

• “ligament” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ligament, itself a borrowing from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). Compare legământ, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li.ɡaˈment]

Noun

ligament n (plural ligamente)

1. ligament

Declension

declension of ligament

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ligament	ligamentul	(niște) ligamente	ligamentele
genitive/dative	(unui) ligament	ligamentului	(unor) ligamente	ligamentelor
vocative	ligamentule		ligamentelor