Crutch

//kɹʌt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "crutch" (108 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (32)

Related words (54)

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

causes

1 entries

derived

9 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

11 entries

used for

6 entries

Translations

132 translations across 77 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • shtrat noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Arabic

3 entries
  • عكازة noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • عُكَّاز noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • عُكَّازَة noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անթացուպ noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qoltuqağacı noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Basque

1 entries
  • makulu noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • касты́ль noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • ку́ля noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • мы́ліца noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Breton

2 entries
  • bazh-loaek noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • flac'h noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • опо́ра noun (something that supports)
  • па́терица noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • подста́вка noun (something that supports)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ချိုင်းထောက် noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Catalan

1 entries
  • crossa noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • گۆچان noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 拐子 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • 拐杖 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 拐子 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • 拐杖 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • 腋杖 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Czech

1 entries
  • berle noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Danish

1 entries
  • krykke noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kruk noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • lambastono noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kark noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Faroese

1 entries
  • høkja noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kainalosauva noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • tuki noun (something that supports)

French

3 entries
  • béquille noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • soutien noun (something that supports)
  • support noun (something that supports)

Galician

4 entries
  • abeanco noun (something that supports)
  • borne noun (something that supports)
  • caxata noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • esteo noun (something that supports)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ყავარჯენი noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

German

3 entries
  • Krücke noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • Krücke noun (something that supports)
  • Stütze noun (something that supports)

Greek

2 entries
  • δεκανίκι noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • πατερίτσα noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • קַב noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • קביים \ קַבַּיִם noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बैसाखी noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • mankó noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • hækja noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • stoð noun (something that supports)
  • styrkur noun (something that supports)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kruk noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Irish

3 entries
  • bata croise noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • croisín noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • maide croise noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Italian

3 entries
  • gruccia noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • stampella noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • stampella noun (something that supports)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 松葉杖 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • түшүр noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • балдақ noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ច្រត់ noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • ឈើច្រត់ noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Korean

2 entries
  • 목다리 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • 목발 noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • балдак noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Latin

1 entries
  • adminiculum noun (something that supports)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kruķis noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • ramentas noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Lombard

4 entries
  • cròça noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • cròçola noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • stampella noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • stampella noun (something that supports)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Krätsch noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • патерица noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Middle English

2 entries
  • crucche noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • potent noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • суга таяг noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • таяг noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Māori

4 entries
  • tiripou noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • tokotoko noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • tokowae noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • turupou noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tsin bee naʼadáhí noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • stanfella noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • krykke noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • krykke noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • krykkje noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Old English

1 entries
  • cryċċ noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • hœkja noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قولتق دگنكی noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Persian

1 entries
  • عصا noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Kjrekj noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Polish

1 entries
  • kula noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • canadiana noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • muleta noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cârjă noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Russian

1 entries
  • косты́ль noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • štȁka noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • шта̏ка noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Slovak

1 entries
  • barla noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Slovene

2 entries
  • bergla noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • bergla noun (something that supports)

Spanish

4 entries
  • apoyo noun (something that supports)
  • muleta noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • muleta noun (something that supports)
  • soporte noun (something that supports)

Swedish

1 entries
  • krycka noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • muleta noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • saklay noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Tajik

2 entries
  • асо noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • таёқ noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Thai

3 entries
  • ไม้ยัน noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • ไม้ยันรักแร้ noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • ไม้เท้า noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣpikiye noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Turkish

1 entries
  • koltuk değneği noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • pişek noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ко́стур noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • кости́ль noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • костуря́ка noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • ку́ля noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بیساکھی noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • qoʻltiq noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • tayoq noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • xassa noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nạng noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Welsh

2 entries
  • bagl noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  • ffon fagl noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • dwngx noun (device to assist in motion as a cane)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Often she was very sad and lonely, and it happened that one day while she was seated at the window, letting salt tears drop on her work, an old woman, a kind, homely-looking old body, stepped up to the window, and, leaning upon her crutch, addressed the Queen in friendly, flattering tones.

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She had no idea that the kind-looking old woman leaning on her crutch was in reality a wicked witch, who envied the Queen her good fortune, and was determined to ruin her.

Source: tatoeba (3881927)

You're using that dictionary as a crutch. You don't really need it.

Source: tatoeba (5168932)

This is a crutch.

Source: tatoeba (7971326)

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