If she's not careful she'll tear a ligament doing that.
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Ligament
//ˈlɪɡəmənt//
Synonyms for "ligament" (31 found)
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31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
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6 entriespart of
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3 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 64 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Arabic
2 entries- رباط noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- رِبَاط noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bağ noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Belarusian
1 entries- звя́зка noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Bengali
1 entries- লিগামেন্ট noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Bulgarian
2 entries- лигаме́нт noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- сухожи́лие noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Burmese
1 entries- အရွတ် noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Catalan
1 entries- lligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 韌帶 /韧带 noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Czech
1 entries- vaz noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Danish
1 entries- ledbånd noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Dutch
1 entries- ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Estonian
1 entries- side noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Finnish
1 entries- nivelside noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
French
1 entries- ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Georgian
2 entries- კავშირი noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- მყესი noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
German
2 entries- Band noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- Ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃 noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Greek
1 entries- σύνδεσμος noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Gujarati
1 entries- અસ્થિબંધન noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- ligaman noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Hebrew
1 entries- רְצוּעָה noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Hindi
3 entries- पट्ठा noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- लिगामेन्ट noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- स्नायु noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Hungarian
2 entries- szalag noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- ínszalag noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Icelandic
2 entries- band noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- liðband noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Irish
1 entries- ballnasc noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Italian
2 entries- benderella noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- legamento noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Japanese
2 entries- 靭帯 noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- 靱帯 noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Kazakh
1 entries- байлам noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Khmer
1 entries- វាវ noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Korean
1 entries- 인대 noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- байламта noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Lao
2 entries- ສະໜາຍຸ noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- ເອັນ noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Latvian
1 entries- saite noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Lithuanian
1 entries- raištis noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Macedonian
1 entries- лигаме́нт noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Malay
1 entries- ligamen noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Middle English
1 entries- ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Mongolian
2 entries- шандас noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- шөрмөс noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Māori
1 entries- nape noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bester noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- leddbånd noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Persian
2 entries- رباط noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- لیگامان noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Polish
2 entries- wiązadło noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- więzadło noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Portuguese
1 entries- ligamento noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Romanian
1 entries- ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Russian
2 entries- лигаме́нт noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- свя́зка noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Sanskrit
1 entries- स्नायु noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ligàment noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- лига̀мент noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Slovak
1 entries- väz noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Slovene
1 entries- vez noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Spanish
1 entries- ligamento noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Swedish
2 entries- ledband noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Tagalog
1 entries- gatil noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Tajik
1 entries- пай noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Tatar
1 entries- бәйләм noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Thai
1 entries- เอ็น noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Turkish
4 entries- bağ noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- bağdoku noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- ligaman noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
- ligament noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зв'я́зка noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Urdu
1 entries- رباط noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Uyghur
1 entries- سىڭىر noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Uzbek
1 entries- boylam noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dây chằng noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Welsh
1 entries- gewyn noun (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He tore his ligament.
Source: tatoeba (2217629)
Have you ever had a pulled ligament? It hurts like hell.
Source: tatoeba (3084303)
I tore a ligament in my knee and had to have surgery.
Source: tatoeba (4466762)
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