Diaphragm

//ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm//

Synonyms for "diaphragm" (136 found)

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Noun(1 words)
dutch cap

Related words (68)

Noun(3 words)
midriffpessarystop

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11 relation types

More general

15 entries

at location

8 entries

coordinate

8 entries

derived

20 entries

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derived from

1 entries

has context

7 entries

is a

10 entries

part of

4 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

27 entries

Showing 16 of 27 words.

used for

6 entries

Translations

177 translations across 71 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • diafragmë noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • διάφραγμα noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Arabic

2 entries
  • حجاب حاجز noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • حِجَابٌ حَاجِز noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܚܸܠܒܹ̈ܐ noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ստոծանի noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܚܵܙܘܿܩܵܐ ܒܝܲܡܵܐ noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • ܦܲܪܢܘܿܣ noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • diafraqma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • дыяфра́гма noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бле́нда noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • диафра́гма noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • диафра́гма noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • мембра́на noun (anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle)

Catalan

4 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • diafragma noun (contraceptive device)
  • diafragma noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • diafragma noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ناوپەنچِک noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • neb noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 橫膈膜 /横膈膜 noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Czech

1 entries
  • bránice noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Danish

4 entries
  • blænder noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • mellemgulv noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • membran noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • membran noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)

Dutch

4 entries
  • diafragma noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • membraan noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • middenrif noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • pessarium noun (contraceptive device)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • diafragmo noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Estonian

2 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • vahelihas noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tind noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Finnish

4 entries
  • himmennin noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • kaiutinkalvo noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)
  • kalvo noun (anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle)
  • kalvo noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)

French

4 entries
  • diaphragme noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • diaphragme noun (contraceptive device)
  • diaphragme noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • membrane noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დიაფრაგმა noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • შუასაძგიდი noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

German

4 entries
  • Blende noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • Diaphragma noun (contraceptive device)
  • Membran noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • Pessar noun (contraceptive device)

Greek

1 entries
  • διάφραγμα noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • સ્વરપડદો noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)

Hindi

4 entries
  • तनुपट noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • मध्यच्छद noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • मध्यपट noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • मध्यपट noun (anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rekeszizom noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þind noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • verikammari noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᑲᓂᕙᐅᑎ noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Irish

4 entries
  • diafram noun (contraceptive device)
  • scairt noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • scannán noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • scannán noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)

Italian

4 entries
  • diaframma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • diaframma noun (contraceptive device)
  • diaframma noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • diaframma lamellare noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 横隔膜 noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • көкет noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • sākhīap noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Korean

4 entries
  • 가로막 noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • 가로막 noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • 격막 noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • 횡격막 noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • диафрагма noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Latin

1 entries
  • praecordia noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Latvian

1 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • бле́нда noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • дијафра́гма noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • дијафра́гма noun (contraceptive device)
  • дијафра́гма noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)

Malay

1 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Māori

3 entries
  • kiri tōiri noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • kiri tōiri noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)
  • pātūpoho noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Navajo

1 entries
  • acháshjish noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • navpençik noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • blender noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • mellomgolv noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • mellomgulv noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • membran noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • blendar noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • mellomgolv noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • membran noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • membran noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)

Old English

2 entries
  • midhrif noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • midhriðre noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Pashto

1 entries
  • زنخول noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Persian

3 entries
  • دیافراگم noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • میانبند noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • پرده حاجز noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Polish

3 entries
  • blenda noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • membrana noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)
  • przepona noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • diafragma noun (contraceptive device)
  • diafragma noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)

Romanian

4 entries
  • diafragmă noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • diafragmă noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • diafragmă noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • membrană noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)

Russian

4 entries
  • диафра́гма noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • диафра́гма noun (contraceptive device)
  • диафра́гма noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • диафра́гма noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dijafràgma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • dijafràgma noun (contraceptive device)
  • prèčaga noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • òšit noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Slovak

2 entries
  • bránica noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Slovene

2 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • prepona noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • буур эт noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Spanish

4 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • diafragma noun (contraceptive device)
  • diafragma noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)
  • diafragma noun (acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kiwambo noun (anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bländare noun (optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light)
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • mellangärde noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  • membran noun (mechanics: flexible membrane)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lamang-tabing noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Tajik

1 entries
  • диафрагма noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Thai

1 entries
  • กะบังลม noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Turkish

1 entries
  • diyafram noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • діафра́гма noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • diafragma noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cơ hoành noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Volapük

1 entries
  • ditavöl noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Welsh

1 entries
  • llengig noun (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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The diaphragm is a muscle.

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Hiccups are caused by spasms of the diaphragm.

Source: tatoeba (9032557)

She and her boyfriend found his mother's diaphragm in a little pouch in the bedside table.

Source: tatoeba (9496276)

A cat's purr is generated by the diaphragm.

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