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[back bone]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], [enm]; equivalent to [en]. Compare the semantically
analogous [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] The series of vertebrae , separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord , and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
2. [en] Any fundamental support , structure , or infrastructure .
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. [en] [courage] , fortitude , or strength .
9. * [page=207]
10. * [en]
**** Synonyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- See also Thesaurus:backbone
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[backbone]
[series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Brunei Bisaya: [bsb]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] [ground animals and humans] , [ca] [fish] , [ca] [human]
- Central Dusun: [dtp]
- Chinese:
- Coastal Kadazan: [kzj]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [psḏ]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Iranun: [ill]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kapampangan: [pam]
- Khmer: [km]
- Kimaragang: [kqr]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lotud: [dtr]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Navajo: [nv] , [nv]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] [the backbone]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagal Murut: [mvv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl] , [tl]
- Tambunan Dusun: [kzt]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th]
- Timugon Murut: [tih]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr]
- Yami: [tao]
[trans-bottom]
[any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[courage, fortitude, or strength]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Breton: [br]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Latin: [la]
- Old Norse: [non] , [non]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
[trans-bottom]
[en] [en]