এৰাল noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
পঘা noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

mərəz noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
qayış noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Catalan

1 entries

amarra noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

共享网络 verb (to connect a PC and a smartphone)

Czech

3 entries

provaz noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
úvaz noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
řetěz noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Danish

2 entries

fortøjring noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
tøjr noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Dutch

4 entries

einde noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
grens noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
kabel noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
lijn noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Finnish

4 entries

lieka noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
mahdollisuuksien raja noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
turvaköysi noun (nautical: line that connects safety harness to jackstay)
panna liekaan verb (to restrict something with or as if with a tether)

French

2 entries

longe noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
attacher verb (to restrict something with or as if with a tether)

Galician

1 entries

amarre noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

German

4 entries

Ende noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
Grenze noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
Haltegurt noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
Halteseil noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Ingrian

1 entries

kytyt noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Irish

1 entries

teaghrán noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Italian

4 entries

briglia noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
campo noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
cavezza noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
guinzaglio noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Macedonian

2 entries

граница noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
јаже noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Malay

4 entries

buntu fikiran noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
rantai tambat noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
suntuk fikiran noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
tali tambat noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Norwegian

1 entries

tjor noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

كوستك noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
كوستكلمك verb (to restrict something with or as if with a tether)

Polish

4 entries

postronek noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
pęta noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
pęto noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
uwięź noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Portuguese

4 entries

amarra noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
peia noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
acoplar verb (to connect a PC and a smartphone)
amarrar verb (to restrict something with or as if with a tether)

Russian

4 entries

грани́ца noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
преде́л noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)
при́вязь noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
страхо́вочная верёвка noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

oputa noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
privez noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
sputanost noun (limit of one's abilities, resources etc)

Spanish

4 entries

atadero noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
atadijo noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
atadura noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
cabestro noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Swedish

4 entries

ankarkätting noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
ankartross noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
fånglina noun (nautical: line that connects safety harness to jackstay)
förankringslina noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Tagalog

1 entries

soga noun (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Astronauts use tethers to keep tools from floating away. They tether their tools to their spacesuits.

Source: tatoeba (5322357)

You sound like you're at the end of your tether. Rough day?

Source: tatoeba (9004089)

Yanni and Skura reached the end of their tether and took it out on each other.

Source: tatoeba (9787540)

Tom is at the end of his tether.

Source: tatoeba (10968565)

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