ligament

English

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Etymology

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.

See also

• tendon

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)

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

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

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

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

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French

Etymology

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

Noun

ligament m ‎(plural ligaments)

1. ligament

External links

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