ligament

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪgəmənt/

Noun

ligament (plural ligaments)

1. (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

See also

• Tendon

Derived terms

• ligamental
• ligamentary
• ligamentous

Translations

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

• Arabic: رباط (ar) m (ribāṭ)

  Egyptian Arabic: رباط m (rubāṭ)

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

  Mandarin: 韌帶, 韧带 (zh) (rèndài)

• Czech: vaz (cs) m
• Finnish: nivelside
• French: ligament (fr) m
• German: Band (de) n
• Hindi: स्नायु (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 (of a shellfish)
• Polish: więzadło f
• Portuguese: ligamento (pt) m
• Russian: связка (ru) f (svjázka)
• Spanish: ligamento (es) m
• 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