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Is tendon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tendon is a Scrabble US word. The word tendon is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is tendon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tendon is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

T1E1N1D2O1N1

Is tendon a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tendon is a Words With Friends word. The word tendon is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1E1N2D2O1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

TENDON,

5-letter words (8 found)

DONNE,NONET,NOTED,ONNED,TENNO,TENON,TONED,TONNE,

4-letter words (11 found)

DENT,DOEN,DONE,DOTE,NEON,NODE,NONE,NOTE,TEND,TOED,TONE,

3-letter words (18 found)

DEN,DOE,DON,DOT,END,EON,NED,NET,NOD,NON,NOT,ODE,ONE,TED,TEN,TOD,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EN,ET,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 51 words from tendon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tendon

tendon

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.dən/

Noun

tendon (plural tendons)

  1. (anatomy) 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.
    Synonym: sinew
  2. (biology) The hamstring of a quadruped.
  3. (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

Derived terms

  • Achilles’ tendon

Translations

See also

  • ligament

References

  • “tendon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “tendon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Denton

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈten.don/

Noun

tendon

  1. accusative singular of tendo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tendō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.dɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

tendon m (plural tendons)

  1. tendon

Derived terms

  • tendon d’Achille

Related terms

  • tendineux
  • tendinite

Descendants

  • → Romanian: tendon
  • →? Turkish: tendon

Further reading

  • “tendon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

tendon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てんどん

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tendon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tenˈdon/

Noun

tendon n (plural tendoane)

  1. (anatomy) tendon

Declension

Derived terms

  • tendonul lui Ahile

References

  • tendon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tendon or from English tendon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tenˈdon/
  • Hyphenation: ten‧don

Noun

tendon (definite accusative tendonu, plural tendonlar)

  1. (anatomy) tendon
    Synonym: kiriş

Further reading

  • “tendon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tendon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Source: wiktionary.org