Spine

//spaɪn//

Synonyms for "spine" (180 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Strong matches (54)

Noun(1 words)
cervical spine

Related words (90)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

10 entries

derived

45 entries

Showing 16 of 45 words.

is a

3 entries

part of

5 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

253 translations across 93 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • ruggraat noun (backbone)

Albanian

4 entries
  • bosht i kurrizit noun (backbone)
  • kurriz noun (backbone)
  • shtyllë e kurrizit noun (backbone)
  • shtyllë kurrizore noun (backbone)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ῥάχις noun (backbone)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عمود فقري noun (backbone)
  • عَمُود فَقْرِيّ noun (backbone)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ողնաշար noun (backbone)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • cãtinã noun (backbone)
  • schinari noun (backbone)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ৰাজহাড় noun (backbone)

Asturian

3 entries
  • espina noun (backbone)
  • espina noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • espinazu noun (backbone)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • onurğa noun (backbone)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • умыртҡа noun (backbone)
  • энә noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ́хрыбе́тніца noun (backbone)
  • пазвано́чнік noun (backbone)
  • хрыбе́т noun (backbone)
  • хрыбе́тнік noun (backbone)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মেরুদণ্ড noun (backbone)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бодил noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • гръб noun (bound edge of a book)
  • гръбна́к noun (backbone)
  • гръбна́чен стълб noun (backbone)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကျောရိုး noun (backbone)

Catalan

4 entries
  • espina noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • espinada noun (backbone)
  • llom noun (bound edge of a book)
  • raquis noun (backbone)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 脊椎 noun (backbone)
  • 脊骨 noun (backbone)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 背骨 noun (backbone)
  • 脊椎 noun (backbone)
  • 脊骨 noun (backbone)
  • 骨幹 /骨干 noun (backbone)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • хрьбьтъ noun (backbone)

Czech

4 entries
  • bodlina (of a hedgehog) noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • hřbet noun (backbone)
  • hřbet noun (bound edge of a book)
  • osten noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Danish

4 entries
  • pig (of a hedgehog) noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • ryg noun (bound edge of a book)
  • rygrad noun (backbone)
  • rygrad noun (courage or assertiveness)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doorn noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • rug noun (bound edge of a book)
  • ruggengraat noun (backbone)
  • stekel noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • p-s-D:F37 noun (backbone)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • spino noun (backbone)
  • vertebra kolumno noun (backbone)
  • vertebraro noun (backbone)

Estonian

2 entries
  • oga noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • selgroog noun (backbone)

Finnish

4 entries
  • oas noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • piikki noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • selkä noun (bound edge of a book)
  • selkämys noun (bound edge of a book)

French

4 entries
  • colonne vertébrale noun (backbone)
  • dos noun (bound edge of a book)
  • piquant noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • échine noun (backbone)

Galician

4 entries
  • cernizo noun (backbone)
  • cerrizo noun (backbone)
  • espiña noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • espiñazo noun (backbone)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ხერხემალი noun (backbone)

German

4 entries
  • Buchrücken noun (bound edge of a book)
  • Dorn noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • Rücken noun (bound edge of a book)
  • Rückgrat noun (backbone)

Greek

4 entries
  • αγκάθι noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • ράχη noun (bound edge of a book)
  • ραχοκοκαλιά noun (backbone)
  • σπονδυλική στήλη noun (backbone)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • heu (in cacti) noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • עַמּוּד שִׁדְרָה noun (backbone)
  • עֹקֶץ noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • עוקץ noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • קוֹץ noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Hindi

3 entries
  • मेरुदण्ड noun (backbone)
  • रीढ़ noun (backbone)
  • रीढ़ की हड्डी noun (backbone)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • gerinc noun (backbone)
  • tüske noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • hryggjarsúla noun (backbone)
  • hryggur noun (backbone)
  • hryggur noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • kjölur noun (bound edge of a book)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • spina noun (backbone)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • selkäpii noun (backbone)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • سُتونِ مُهْرِهها noun (backbone)

Irish

4 entries
  • cnámh droma noun (backbone)
  • dealg noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • dromlach noun (backbone)
  • spíon noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Italian

4 entries
  • colonna vertebrale noun (backbone)
  • costa noun (bound edge of a book)
  • dorso noun (bound edge of a book)
  • spina noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 本の背 noun (bound edge of a book)
  • 気骨 noun (courage or assertiveness)
  • 背表紙 noun (bound edge of a book)
  • 背骨 noun (backbone)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • омыртқа noun (backbone)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឆ្អឹងខ្នង noun (backbone)

Korean

1 entries
  • 척추 noun (backbone)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • омуртка noun (backbone)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກະດູກສັນຫຼັງ noun (backbone)

Latin

4 entries
  • aculeus noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • columna vertebrālis noun (backbone)
  • spīna noun (backbone)
  • spīna noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Latvian

3 entries
  • mugura noun (bound edge of a book)
  • mugurkauls noun (backbone)
  • mugurkauls noun (courage or assertiveness)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stuburas noun (backbone)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ’р́бет noun (backbone)
  • ’рбет noun (courage or assertiveness)
  • ’рбет noun (bound edge of a book)

Malay

2 entries
  • tulang noun (bound edge of a book)
  • tulang belakang noun (backbone)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • നട്ടെല്ല് noun (backbone)
  • നട്ടെല്ല് noun (courage or assertiveness)

Middle English

1 entries
  • chyne noun (backbone)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • нуруу noun (backbone)

Māori

4 entries
  • iwituararo noun (backbone)
  • iwituaroa noun (backbone)
  • tuaitara noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • tuaiwi noun (backbone)

Navajo

1 entries
  • íígháán noun (backbone)

Nepali

1 entries
  • मेरुदण्ड noun (backbone)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • birrbirre noun (backbone)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries
  • núm̄es noun (backbone)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • rygg noun (bound edge of a book)
  • ryggrad noun (backbone)
  • ryggrad noun (courage or assertiveness)
  • ryggsøyle noun (backbone)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • ryggrad noun (backbone)
  • ryggsøyle noun (backbone)
  • virvelsøyle noun (backbone)

Occitan

1 entries
  • colomna vertebrala noun (backbone)

Old English

1 entries
  • hryċġbān noun (backbone)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • دیكن noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • سونكو noun (backbone)

Pashto

2 entries
  • شمزۍ noun (backbone)
  • شنځۍ noun (backbone)

Polish

4 entries
  • determinacja noun (courage or assertiveness)
  • grzbiet noun (bound edge of a book)
  • kolec noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • kręgosłup noun (backbone)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • coluna noun (backbone)
  • coluna vertebral noun (backbone)
  • dorso noun (bound edge of a book)
  • espinha noun (backbone)

Romanian

1 entries
  • coloană vertebrală noun (backbone)

Russian

4 entries
  • игла́ noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • колю́чка noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • корешо́к noun (bound edge of a book)
  • позвоно́чник noun (backbone)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cnàimh an droma noun (backbone)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • hrptenica noun (backbone)
  • hrptènjača noun (backbone)
  • hȑbat noun (backbone)
  • králješnica noun (backbone)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කශේරුව noun (backbone)

Slovak

1 entries
  • chrbtica noun (backbone)

Slovene

4 entries
  • bodica noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • hrbet noun (bound edge of a book)
  • hrbtenica noun (backbone)
  • hrbtenica noun (courage or assertiveness)

Spanish

4 entries
  • columna vertebral noun (backbone)
  • entrecuesto noun (backbone)
  • espina noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • espina dorsal noun (backbone)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • bakabonyo noun (backbone)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bokrygg noun (bound edge of a book)
  • rygg noun (bound edge of a book)
  • ryggrad noun (backbone)
  • ryggrad noun (courage or assertiveness)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • bangananan noun (backbone)
  • guluguran noun (backbone)
  • tinik noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)

Tajik

1 entries
  • сутунмӯҳра noun (backbone)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • iẓḍi (n ukrum) noun (backbone)

Tatar

2 entries
  • умыртка noun (backbone)
  • умырткалык noun (backbone)

Thai

3 entries
  • กระดูกสันหลัง noun (backbone)
  • สัน noun (bound edge of a book)
  • สันหนังสือ noun (bound edge of a book)

Turkish

2 entries
  • diken noun (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure)
  • omurga noun (backbone)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • oňurga noun (backbone)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • коріне́ць noun (bound edge of a book)
  • спи́нка noun (bound edge of a book)
  • хребе́т noun (backbone)

Urdu

2 entries
  • رِیڑھ noun (backbone)
  • رِیڑھ کی ہَڈّی noun (backbone)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • umurtqa pogʻonasi noun (backbone)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • gáy sách noun (bound edge of a book)
  • xương sống noun (backbone)

Volapük

1 entries
  • bäkabom noun (backbone)

Welsh

1 entries
  • asgwrn cefn noun (backbone)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • batsą́tsʼin noun (backbone)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • רוקנביין noun (backbone)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • ndoksaen noun (backbone)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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The sight sent chills of delight up my spine.

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The sight made a chill run down my spine.

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When I heard the news on the radio, a chill ran down my spine.

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A shiver ran down my spine.

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