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Definition for: backbone

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

backbone ( plural: backbones)

  1. set of bones which connected make up the spine and spinal column and run down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
  2. any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure
    Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.
  3. courage, fortitude, or strength
    He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone .

Synonyms

  • spine

Translations

  • Arabic: العمود الفقري
  • Bosnian: kičma f
  • Brazilian Portuguese: espinha dorsal f
  • Breton: livenn-gein f
  • Dutch: ruggengraat m
  • Finnish: selkäranka (1)
  • French: colonne vertébrale f , rachis m (medical jargon)
  • German: Rückgrat n
  • Hungarian: gerinc
  • Icelandic: hryggur m
  • Indonesian: tulang belakang, tulang punggung
  • Interlingua: spina dorsal
  • Italian: spina dorsale f
  • Japanese: 背骨 (せぼね, sebone), 脊椎 (せきつい, sekitsui)
  • Latin: spina f
  • Latvian: mugurkauls m . (1,3)
  • Old Norse: hryggr m , hryggjarstykki n
  • Polish: kręgosłup m
  • Russian: позвоночник (pozvonóčnik) m (1), хребет (χr'eb'ét) m (1,2)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: кичма f
    Latin: kičma f
  • Slovene: hrbtenica f (1,3)
  • Spanish: espina dorsal f
  • Swedish: ryggrad

Other Translations for "backbone"

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