ligament

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ligament. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ligament, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ligament in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ligament you have here. The definition of the word ligament will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofligament, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪɡəmənt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

ligament (plural ligaments)

  1. (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
    • 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Christmas Banquet”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
      It so chanced that at this juncture the decayed ligaments of the skeleton gave way, and the dry bones fell together in a heap, thus causing the dusty wreath of cypress to drop upon the table.
  2. (figurative) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
    • 1795 July, Alexander Hamilton, “The Defence of the Funding System”, in edited by Harold C. Syrett, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton‎, volume 19, New York: Columbia University Press, published 1973, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40:
      It remains to mention one consideration which naturally occurred in the reflections upon the expediency of assuming the State Debts. This is its tendency to strengthen our infant Government by increasing the number of ligaments between the Government and the interests of Individuals.
    • 1845, Daniel Webster, oration on Justice Joseph Story
      Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). Cf. also liement, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

Noun

ligament m (plural ligaments)

  1. ligament

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈɡaːmɛnt/, /ˈliɡamɛnt/

Noun

ligament (plural ligamentes)

  1. A ligament or similar connecting tissue (e.g. a tendon)
  2. (rare) That which binds.

Descendants

  • English: ligament

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ligament, itself a borrowing from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). By surface analysis, liga +‎ -ment. Compare legământ, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

Noun

ligament n (plural ligamente)

  1. ligament

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ligament ligamentul ligamente ligamentele
genitive-dative ligament ligamentului ligamente ligamentelor
vocative ligamentule ligamentelor

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

ligament n

  1. (anatomy) a ligament

Declension

Declension of ligament
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ligament ligaments
definite ligamentet ligamentets
plural indefinite ligament ligaments
definite ligamenten ligamentens

See also

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia