tendon

See also: tendón

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn) (modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ténonts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛndən/

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Noun

tendon (plural tendons)

1. (anatomy) A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.
2. (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

Synonyms

• sinew

Derived terms

• tendonitis
• Achilles’ tendon

Translations

tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment

• Albanian: dell (sq) m, damar (sq) m, tendin m
• Arabic: وَتَر (ar) m (watar)
• Armenian: ջիլ (hy) (ǰil)
• Azerbaijani: vətər
• Belarusian: сухажы́лле n (suxažýllje)
• Bulgarian: сухожи́лие (bg) n (suhožílie)
• Burmese: အရွတ် (my) (a.rwat)
• Catalan: tendó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肌腱 (zh) (jījiàn), 腱 (zh) (jiàn)

• Czech: šlacha (cs) f
• Danish: sene c
• Dutch: pees (nl) c
• Esperanto: tendeno (eo)
• Estonian: kõõlus (et)
• Finnish: jänne (fi)
• French: tendon (fr)
• Galician: balastrón (gl) m, balistrón (gl) m, fío (gl) m, liña (gl) f, bestra (gl) f
• Georgian: მყესი (mq̇esi)
• German: Sehne (de) f
• Greek: τένοντας (el) m (ténontas)

  Ancient: τένων m (ténōn)

• Haitian Creole: tandon
• Hebrew: גִיד (he)
• Hungarian: ín (hu), ínszalag (hu)
• Icelandic: sin (is) f
• Indonesian: tendon (id), urat (id)
• Interlingua: tendine, tendon
• Interlingue:
• Italian: tendine (it) m
• Japanese: 腱 (ja) (けん, ken), 筋 (ja) (すじ, suji)
• Kazakh: сіңір (sıñır), тарамыс (taramys)
• Khmer: សរសៃពួរ (sɑɑ say puə), សរសៃ (km) (sɑɑ say)
• Korean: 심줄 (simjul), 힘줄 (ko) (himjul), 건 (ko) (geon) (腱 (ko))
• Kriol: jinuj
• Kyrgyz: сиңир (ky) (siŋir), тарамыш (ky) (taramış)
• Lao: ນະຫາລຸ (na hā lu)
• Latvian: cīpsla f, dzīsla f
• Lithuanian: sausgyslė f
• Low German: Seen f
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• Luxembourgish: Fies f
• Macedonian: тети́ва f (tetíva)
• Maori: iohere
• Middle English: sinewe
• Mongolian: шөрмөс (mn) (šörmös)
• Munsee: wchéht
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sene (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: sene f

• Old English: sinu f
• Persian: تاندون (tândon), پی (fa) (pay)
• Polish: ścięgno (pl)
• Portuguese: tendão (pt) m
• Quechua: bunelan
• Romanian: tendon (ro) n, ligament (ro) n
• Russian: сухожи́лие (ru) n (suxožílije), жи́ла (ru) f (žíla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тѐтива f

  Roman: tètiva (sh) f

• Slovak: šľacha f
• Slovene: tetiva f
• Spanish: tendón (es) m
• Swedish: sena (sv) c
• Tagalog: litid
• Tajik: раг (rag), пай (pay)
• Tamil: தசைநாண் (tacaināṇ)
• Telugu: స్నాయువు (te) (snāyuvu)
• Thai: ลวดกำ (lûat gam), สายตัว (săai dtua)
• Tibetan: རྒྱུད་པ (rgyud pa)
• Turkish: kiriş (tr), tendon (tr)
• Turkmen: tendon
• Ukrainian: сухожи́лля n (suxožýllja)
• Uzbek: pay (uz), chandir (uz)
• Vietnamese: gân (vi) (腱)
• Volapük: kordül
• Westrobothnian:
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

See also

• ligament

Anagrams

• Denton

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈten.don/

Noun

tendon

1. accusative singular of tendo

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn) (modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ténonts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.dɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

tendon m (plural tendons)

1. tendon

Related terms

• tendineux
• tendinite

Further reading

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

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tendon, from Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn) (modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ténonts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛnˈdɔn/

Noun

tendon (definite accusative tendonu, plural tendonlar)

1. (anatomy) tendon

Synonyms

• kiriş