Pulse

//pʌls//

Synonyms for "pulse" (170 found)

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Noun(4 words)
dalheartbeathrimpulse

Related words (85)

Verb(3 words)
pulsatethrobundulate

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related to

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Translations

169 translations across 71 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • groshë noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • σφυγμός noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • ὄσπριον noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)

Arabic

3 entries
  • نبض noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • نَبْض noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • نَبْضَة noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Armenian

2 entries
  • անոթազարկ noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • պուլս noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • nəbz noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пульс noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Bengali

2 entries
  • নাড়ি noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • স্পন্দন noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • би́ене noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • варива noun (edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed)
  • импулс noun ((increased) amount of a substance given over a short time)
  • импулс noun (brief burst of electromagnetic energy)

Catalan

4 entries
  • llegum noun (edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed)
  • pols noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • pulsació noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • pulsació noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 脈 /脉 noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • 脈搏 /脉搏 noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Czech

2 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • tep noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Danish

1 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Dutch

3 entries
  • peulen noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • peulvruchten noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • pols noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pulso noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pulss noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Faroese

1 entries
  • æðrasláttur noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Finnish

4 entries
  • palkokasvi noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • pulssi noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • pulssi noun (nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health)
  • syke noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

French

2 entries
  • légumineuse noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • pouls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Galician

2 entries
  • pulso noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • pulso noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მაჯისცემა noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • პულსი noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

German

4 entries
  • Hülsenfrucht noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • Puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • Puls noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • Puls noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)

Greek

4 entries
  • παλμός noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • παλμός noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • παλμός noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)
  • σφυγμός noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דֹּפֶק noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Hindi

2 entries
  • नब्ज़ noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • नाड़ी noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • pulzus noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • érverés noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • púls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • púls noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)
  • sláttur noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • taktslag noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • nadi noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • pulsa noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Irish

1 entries
  • cuisle noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Italian

4 entries
  • battito noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • cadenza noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)
  • impulso noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • polso noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 脈 noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • 脈搏 noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • пульс noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ជីពចរ noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • ពូល noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Korean

1 entries
  • 맥박 noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • пульс noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກຳມະຈອນ noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • ຈອນ noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Latin

2 entries
  • legūmen noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • pulsus noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pulss noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pulsas noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пулс noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Malay

2 entries
  • detik noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)
  • nadi noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠮᡝ noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Middle French

1 entries
  • pouls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • судас noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • цохих noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Māori

1 entries
  • panapana o te manawa noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Norman

1 entries
  • pouls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • nebz noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • rehjen noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Old French

1 entries
  • poulz noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Pashto

1 entries
  • نبض noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Persian

2 entries
  • تپ noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • نبض noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Polish

4 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • puls noun (focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place)
  • tętno noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • tętno noun (focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • pulso noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • pulso noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • pulso noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)
  • pulsar verb (to emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves)

Romanian

1 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Russian

3 entries
  • и́мпульс noun (beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb)
  • пульс noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • ритм noun (beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bȉlo noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • grahorice noun (annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume)
  • grahorice noun (edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed)
  • izboj noun (brief burst of electromagnetic energy)

Slovak

2 entries
  • pulz noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • tep noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Slovene

2 entries
  • pulz noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • utrip noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Spanish

3 entries
  • legumbre noun (edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed)
  • leguminosa noun (edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed)
  • pulso noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mapigo ya moyo noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Swedish

1 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pulso noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Tajik

1 entries
  • набз noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Thai

1 entries
  • ชีพจร noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Turkish

1 entries
  • nabız noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • puls noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • пульс noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Urdu

3 entries
  • دھڑکن noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • ناڑی noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • نبض noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • nabz noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)
  • pulʼs noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mạch noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Volapük

1 entries
  • peb noun (normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them)

Sample sentences

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You have a regular pulse.

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The doctor felt his pulse.

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The doctor felt my pulse.

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The doctor thought the patient's pulse was rather rapid.

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