Sami used a ligature to strangle Layla.
Source: tatoeba (6710143)
Ligature
//ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚ//
Synonyms for "ligature" (105 found)
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12 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
4 entriesmeronym
1 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
81 translations across 36 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ligaturë noun (act of tying)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑφέν noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Armenian
2 entries- լիգատուրա noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- կցագիր noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Bengali
2 entries- যুক্তবর্ণ noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- যুক্তাক্ষর noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Bulgarian
2 entries- легато noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
- лигатура noun (act of tying)
Catalan
2 entries- lligada noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
- lligadura noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 合字 noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Czech
2 entries- ligatura noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- slitek noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Danish
1 entries- ligatur noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Dutch
4 entries- afbinding noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
- band noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
- ligatuur noun (act of tying)
- ligatuur noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Finnish
4 entries- kiristin noun (piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece)
- ligatuuri noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
- ligatuuri noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- ligatuuri noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
French
1 entries- ligature noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Georgian
1 entries- ლიგატურა noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
German
2 entries- Ligatur noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- Ligatur noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
Greek
3 entries- δεσμός noun (act of tying)
- λιγκατούρα noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- λιγκατούρα noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
Hindi
1 entries- संयुक्ताक्षर noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Hungarian
4 entries- elkötés noun (act of tying)
- kötőív noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
- lekötés noun (act of tying)
- ligatúra noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Irish
2 entries- ceangal noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
- nasclitir noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Italian
3 entries- legatura noun (act of tying)
- legatura noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- logotipo noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Japanese
1 entries- 合字 noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Korean
1 entries- 합자 noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Latin
1 entries- ligātūra noun (act of tying)
Malayalam
1 entries- കൂട്ടക്ഷരം noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- abbreviatur noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- abbreviatur noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
- knytting noun (act of tying)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- abbreviatur noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- abbreviatur noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
- knyting noun (act of tying)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Ombinjsel noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
Portuguese
2 entries- ligatura noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- ligação noun (act of tying)
Romanian
4 entries- frânghie noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
- funie noun (cord or similar used to tie something)
- legare noun (act of tying)
- legătură noun (act of tying)
Russian
4 entries- вязь noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- лигату́ра noun (act of tying)
- лигату́ра noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- лигату́ра noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- ligatura noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- ligatura noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
- лигатура noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Spanish
2 entries- ligadura noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
- ligadura noun (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase)
Swedish
1 entries- ligatur noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Tagalog
1 entries- pang-angkop noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Tamil
1 entries- கூட்டெழுத்து noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Thai
1 entries- ตัวแฝด noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Welsh
1 entries- clymlythyren noun (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It feels weird to see a ligature in a monospaced font.
Source: tatoeba (11264521)
The first aid in case of viper-bite should consist in placing a tight ligature (string or a boot-lace) around the limb above the punctures.
Source: tatoeba (11574500)
anti-ligature clothing
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.