Tendon

//ˈtɛn.dən//

Synonyms for "tendon" (26 found)

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Translations

131 translations across 89 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • dell noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • tendin noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τένων noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Arabic

1 entries
  • وَتَر noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ջիլ noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • vətər noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • сухажы́лле noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • сухожи́лие noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အရွတ် noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Catalan

1 entries
  • tendó noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ژێ noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 肌腱 noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • шӑнӑр noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Czech

1 entries
  • šlacha noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Danish

1 entries
  • sene noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Dutch

1 entries
  • pees noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tendeno noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kõõlus noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Even

1 entries
  • хум noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Finnish

1 entries
  • jänne noun (band of fibrous tissue)

French

1 entries
  • tendon noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Galician

4 entries
  • balastrón noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • balistrón noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • bestra noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • fío noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მყესი noun (band of fibrous tissue)

German

1 entries
  • Sehne noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Greek

1 entries
  • τένοντας noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • tandon noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גִיד noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Hindi

2 entries
  • नस noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • स्नायु noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • ín noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • ínszalag noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sin noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • tendon noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • urat noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • tendine noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • tendon noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Irish

1 entries
  • teannán noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Italian

1 entries
  • tendine noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Japanese

2 entries
  • noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • litad noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • сіңір noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • тарамыс noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សរសៃ noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • សរសៃពួរ noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Korean

3 entries
  • noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • 심줄 noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • 힘줄 noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Kriol

1 entries
  • jinuj noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • сиңир noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • тарамыш noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Lao

3 entries
  • ນະຫາລຸ noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • ເສັ້ນເອັນ noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • ເອັນ noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Latin

1 entries
  • tenōn noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Latvian

2 entries
  • cīpsla noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • dzīsla noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • sausgyslė noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Low German

1 entries
  • Seen noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Fies noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • тети́ва noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Malay

1 entries
  • tendon noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠰᡠᠪᡝ noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Middle English

2 entries
  • synwe noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • thenoun noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • шандас noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • шөрмөс noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Munsee

1 entries
  • wchéht noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Māori

4 entries
  • iaia noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • io noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • iohere noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • ioio noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Nanai

1 entries
  • сумул noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sene noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • sen noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • sene noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Occitan

1 entries
  • tendon noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Old English

1 entries
  • sinu noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • нуар noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • سڭیر noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • طنب noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • عصب noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Persian

2 entries
  • تاندون noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • پی noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Polish

1 entries
  • ścięgno noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • tendão noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Quechua

1 entries
  • bunelan noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Romanian

3 entries
  • ligament noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • tendon noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • vână noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Russian

2 entries
  • жи́ла noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • сухожи́лие noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tètiva noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • тѐтива noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Slovak

1 entries
  • šľacha noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Slovene

2 entries
  • kita noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • tetiva noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Spanish

1 entries
  • tendón noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sena noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • litid noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • uaua noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Tajik

2 entries
  • пай noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • раг noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தசைநாண் noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Telugu

1 entries
  • స్నాయువు noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Thai

4 entries
  • ลวดกำ noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • สายตัว noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • เส้นเอ็น noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • เอ็น noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྒྱུད་པ noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣñor noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kiriş noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • tendon noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сухожи́лля noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Unami

1 entries
  • hàtës noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سىڭىر noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • chandir noun (band of fibrous tissue)
  • pay noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • gân noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Volapük

1 entries
  • kordül noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • beerip noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Yakut

1 entries
  • иҥиир noun (band of fibrous tissue)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

About four years ago my Achilles tendon started to hurt and I was told it was Achilles tendonitis.

Source: tatoeba (328613)

The iliacus inserts onto a tendon.

Source: tatoeba (8979597)

Williams is expected to miss six to eight weeks after an operation Friday to repair a partial tear of the quadriceps tendon in her left knee.

Source: tatoeba (11597313)

The tendon is a connection between the muscle and the bone.

Source: tatoeba (12533033)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.