Bowstring

//ˈboʊ.stɹɪŋ//

Synonyms for "bowstring" (9 found)

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Related words (4)

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Translations

83 translations across 68 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • νευρά noun (string of an archer's bow)

Arabic

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  • وَتَر noun (string of an archer's bow)

Armenian

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  • աղեղնալար noun (string of an archer's bow)

Azerbaijani

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  • kiriş noun (string of an archer's bow)

Belarusian

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  • цеціва́ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Bulgarian

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  • тетива́ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Burmese

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  • လေးကြိုး noun (string of an archer's bow)

Cahuilla

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  • 'alxawill noun (string of an archer's bow)

Catalan

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  • corda noun (string of an archer's bow)

Central Kurdish

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  • ژێ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Chinese

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  • гунщян noun (string of an archer's bow)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 弓弦 noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • 弦 noun (string of an archer's bow)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 弓弦 noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • 弦 noun (string of an archer's bow)

Church Slavic

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  • тѧтива noun (string of an archer's bow)

Chuvash

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  • хирлӳ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Czech

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  • tětiva noun (string of an archer's bow)

Danish

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  • buestreng noun (string of an archer's bow)

Dutch

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  • boogpees noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • boogstreng noun (string of an archer's bow)

Estonian

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  • vibunöör noun (string of an archer's bow)

Finnish

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  • jänne noun (string of an archer's bow)

French

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  • corde noun (string of an archer's bow)

Georgian

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  • ლამბი noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • ლარი noun (string of an archer's bow)

German

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  • Bogensehne noun (string of an archer's bow)

Hindi

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  • ज्या noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • प्रत्यंचा noun (string of an archer's bow)

Hungarian

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  • íjhúr noun (string of an archer's bow)

Icelandic

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  • bogastrengur noun (string of an archer's bow)

Iranian Persian

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  • زِه noun (string of an archer's bow)

Italian

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  • corda noun (string of an archer's bow)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 弓弦 noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • 弦 noun (string of an archer's bow)

Kazakh

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  • адырна noun (string of an archer's bow)

Khmer

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  • ចាប noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • បន្លោះ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Korean

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  • 궁현 noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • 활시위 noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • 활줄 noun (string of an archer's bow)

Kyrgyz

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  • жаанын жиби noun (string of an archer's bow)

Lithuanian

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  • templė noun (string of an archer's bow)

Lü

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  • ᦉᦻᦂᦳᧂ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Macedonian

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  • тетива noun (string of an archer's bow)

Malayalam

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  • ഞാൺ noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • വിൽഞാൺ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Marathi

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  • प्रत्यंचा noun (string of an archer's bow)

Middle Persian

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  • 𐭦𐭩𐭧 noun (string of an archer's bow)

Mongolian

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  • хөвч noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • ᠬᠥᠪᠴᠢ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Northern Kurdish

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  • jih noun (string of an archer's bow)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • buestreng noun (string of an archer's bow)

Old English

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  • bogan strenġ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Pacoh

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  • tarxáng noun (string of an archer's bow)

Persian

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  • زِه noun (string of an archer's bow)

Plautdietsch

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  • Boageseid noun (string of an archer's bow)

Polish

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  • cięciwa noun (string of an archer's bow)

Portuguese

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  • corda de arco noun (string of an archer's bow)

Romagnol

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  • cörda noun (string of an archer's bow)

Romanian

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  • coardă noun (string of an archer's bow)

Russian

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  • тетива́ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tètiva noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • тѐтива noun (string of an archer's bow)

Slovak

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  • tetiva noun (string of an archer's bow)

Slovene

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  • tetiva noun (string of an archer's bow)

Southern Altai

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  • кириш noun (string of an archer's bow)

Spanish

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  • cuerda noun (string of an archer's bow)

Swedish

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  • bågsträng noun (string of an archer's bow)

Tajik

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  • зеҳ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Tatar

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  • кереш noun (string of an archer's bow)

Telugu

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  • అల్లె noun (string of an archer's bow)

Tocharian B

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  • wäntalyi noun (string of an archer's bow)

Turkish

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  • kiriş noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • yay kiriş noun (string of an archer's bow)

Turkmen

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  • kiriş noun (string of an archer's bow)

Tuvan

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  • кириш noun (string of an archer's bow)

Ukrainian

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  • тятива́ noun (string of an archer's bow)

Unami

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  • hakisapi noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • hatapiatàkw noun (string of an archer's bow)
  • tënikàn noun (string of an archer's bow)

Uzbek

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  • kamalak ipi noun (string of an archer's bow)

Vietnamese

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  • dây cung noun (string of an archer's bow)

Sample sentences

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The archer drew back his bowstring and released the arrow with deadly precision.

Source: tatoeba (11512479)

At night the savage cry of the wolf too often disturbed the rest of the scattered dwellers in that vast forest, and made a belated traveller look well to the sharpness of his weapons and the temper of his bowstring; but by day and in the sunlight the forest was beautiful and quiet enough—something too quiet, perhaps, for the taste of the two handsome lads who were pacing the dim aisles together, their arms entwined and their curly heads in close proximity as they walked and talked.

Source: tatoeba (11771753)

For an instant he glanced along the polished shaft, drawing the bowstring far back, that the arrow might pierce through the heart for which it was aimed.

Source: wiktionary

When the day broke […] it was high time for her to get up and be bowstrung—a thing very little more pleasant than hanging, only a trifle more genteel.

Source: wiktionary

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