tendon
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tendon¹
- /ˈtɛn.dən/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”). Compare Middle English thenoun.
noun tendons
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A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.
Similar: sinew
- The hamstring of a quadruped.
- A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
tendon²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 天丼 (tendon), clipping of 天ぷら丼 (tenpura donburi).
noun tendons
- Tempura donburi, a bowl of rice topped with vegetables or seafood fried in batter.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sinew, muscle, sublimis, band, aponeurosis, cord, ligament, connective-tissue, hamstring, musculotendon, endotendon, endotendineum, tensor, tail, tendonogenesis, subtendon
Translations
Every language
noun band of fibrous tissue
| Español | tendón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 심줄 simjul, 힘줄 himjul, 건 geon |
| 日本語 | 腱 ken, 筋 suji |
| 中文 | 肌腱 jījiàn, 腱 jiàn |
| हिन्दी | स्नायु snāyu, नस nas |
| Português | tendão |
| Français | tendon |
| Deutsch | Sehne |
| Italiano | tendine |
| Ελληνικά | τένοντας ténontas |
| Română | tendon, ligament, vână |
| Русский | сухожи́лие suxožílije, жи́ла žíla |
| Tiếng Việt | gân |
| العربية | وَتَر watar |
| עברית | גִיד gid |
Talk about this word "tendon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tendon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tendon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tendon "tendon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tendon.Cite this
@misc{tendon_2026,
title = {tendon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tendon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
