Vertebra

//ˈvɜː.tɪb.ɹə//

Synonyms for "vertebra" (3 found)

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Noun(1 words)
spondyle

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Related terms

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derived

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Translations

85 translations across 61 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • werwel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σφόνδυλος noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Arabic

2 entries
  • فقرة noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • فَقَرَة noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ող noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • умыртҡа noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пазвано́к noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • гръбначен прешлен noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကျောရိုးဆစ် noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • ကျောရိုးဆစ်များ noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Catalan

1 entries
  • vèrtebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • dugokan noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بڕبڕە noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 透龍骨 /透龙骨 noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 椎骨 noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • 脊椎 noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • 脊椎骨 noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Czech

1 entries
  • obratel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Danish

1 entries
  • ryghvirvel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Dutch

3 entries
  • ruggengraatswervel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • rugwervel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • wervel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • Tz:Z1 noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Evenki

2 entries
  • нугды̄ noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • сигдэ noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nikama noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • selkänikama noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

French

1 entries
  • vertèbre noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Galician

1 entries
  • vértebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მალა noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • ხერხემალი noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

German

2 entries
  • Wirbel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • Wirbelknochen noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Greek

1 entries
  • σπόνδυλος noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חֻלְיָה noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • csigolya noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • nikan noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • piiluu noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • vertebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Inupiaq

1 entries
  • ikik noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Irish

1 entries
  • veirteabra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Italian

1 entries
  • vertebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 椎骨 noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Korean

1 entries
  • 척추 noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Latin

1 entries
  • vertebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Latvian

1 entries
  • skriemelis noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пршлен noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കശേരു noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • нугалам noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • нугалмай noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • нурууны үе noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • сээр noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Māori

1 entries
  • tangai noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Navajo

1 entries
  • íígháán noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • birrbirre noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • ryggvirvel noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • فقره noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • مهره noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • персцень noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Persian

1 entries
  • مهره noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Polish

1 entries
  • kręg noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • vértebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Romanian

1 entries
  • vertebră noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Russian

1 entries
  • позвоно́к noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cnàimh an droma noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • dromaltach noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • králješak noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • králježak noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • pršljen noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • кра́љежак noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Slovak

1 entries
  • stavec noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vretence noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Spanish

1 entries
  • vértebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kota noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • ryggkota noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • gulugod noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Turkish

2 entries
  • mühre noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • omur noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • хребе́ць noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Walloon

1 entries
  • cronzoxh noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cefngymal noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)
  • fertebra noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Yakut

1 entries
  • тоноҕос noun (any of the small bones making up the backbone)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.

Source: tatoeba (329491)

Sami fractured a vertebra and lost consciousness.

Source: tatoeba (6941662)

A giraffe neck vertebra can be five inches long.

Source: tatoeba (8547069)

Already I seemed to hear the water rippling against the desiccated bones and rattling them together, rolling my skull against Mahomed's, and his against mine, till at last Mahomed's stood straight up upon its vertebræ, and glared at me through its empty eyeholes, and cursed me with its grinning jaws, because I, a dog of a Christian, disturbed the last sleep of a true believer.

Source: wiktionary

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