The army is the linchpin of North Korean dictatorship.
Source: tatoeba (1327722)
Linchpin
//ˈlɪnt͡ʃˌpɪn//
Synonyms for "linchpin" (7 found)
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Translations
49 translations across 26 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- zabua noun (securing pin)
Bulgarian
1 entries- чивия noun (securing pin)
Catalan
1 entries- clavilla noun (securing pin)
Czech
1 entries- zákolník noun (securing pin)
Danish
4 entries- akselsplit noun (securing pin)
- grundpille noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- hjørnesten noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- hovedhjørnesten noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
Dutch
3 entries- luns noun (securing pin)
- sleutelfiguur noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- spil noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
Esperanto
1 entries- kejlo noun (securing pin)
Finnish
3 entries- avainhenkilö noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- kulmakivi noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- sokka noun (securing pin)
French
4 entries- cheville noun (securing pin)
- cheville ouvrière noun (securing pin)
- cheville ouvrière noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- pivot noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
German
3 entries- Achsnagel noun (securing pin)
- Angelpunkt noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- Lünse noun (securing pin)
Icelandic
1 entries- hjóltittur noun (securing pin)
Irish
4 entries- dealg acastóra noun (securing pin)
- lispin noun (securing pin)
- pionna rotha noun (securing pin)
- tairne aisil noun (securing pin)
Kazakh
1 entries- мұрындық noun (securing pin)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- мурундук noun (securing pin)
Middle English
1 entries- lynspin noun (securing pin)
Norwegian
2 entries- sikring noun (securing pin)
- splint noun (securing pin)
Old English
1 entries- lynis noun (securing pin)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كلید noun (securing pin)
Polish
2 entries- lon noun (securing pin)
- podpora noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
Portuguese
2 entries- baluarte noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- chaveta noun (securing pin)
Russian
2 entries- опо́ра noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- чека́ noun (securing pin)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tarrag-aisil noun (securing pin)
Spanish
1 entries- taco noun (securing pin)
Swedish
3 entries- grundpult noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- hörnsten noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
- stöttepelare noun (central cohesive source of stability and security)
Volapük
1 entries- xabakluf noun (securing pin)
Welsh
1 entries- gwarbin noun (securing pin)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Algeria is the central linchpin of the Maghreb region both economically and politically.
Source: tatoeba (10139047)
The EU initially planned to use AstraZeneca as a linchpin in its vaccination campaign.
Source: tatoeba (11852480)
In ij camellis ferri vocatis lynspins emptis pro carectis iiijᵈ.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.