"ligature" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ligature.wav Forms: ligatures [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ligature}} Middle English ligature, {{der|en|frm|ligature}} Middle French ligature, {{der|en|LL.|ligātūra}} Late Latin ligātūra, {{der|en|la|ligātus}} Latin ligātus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ligature (countable and uncountable, plural ligatures)
  1. (uncountable) The act of tying or binding something. Tags: uncountable Translations (act of tying): ligaturë (Albanian), лигатура (ligatura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ligatuur [feminine] (Dutch), verbinding [feminine] (Dutch), sitominen (Finnish), δεσμός (desmós) [masculine] (Greek), lekötés (Hungarian), elkötés (Hungarian), összekötés (Hungarian), legatura [feminine] (Italian), ligātūra [feminine] (Latin), knytting [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), knyting [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ligação [feminine] (Portuguese), legare [feminine] (Romanian), legătură [feminine] (Romanian), лигату́ра (ligatúra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-r36CGJI7 Disambiguation of 'act of tying': 64 8 5 3 4 3 3 7 4
  2. (countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct. Tags: countable Translations (cord or similar used to tie something): lligada [feminine] (Catalan), lligadura [feminine] (Catalan), afbinding [feminine] (Dutch), band [masculine] (Dutch), verbinding [feminine] (Dutch), ligatuuri (note: in surgery) (Finnish), side (Finnish), sidos (english: generally) (Finnish), Ombinjsel [neuter] (Plautdietsch), frânghie [feminine] (Romanian), șnur [neuter] (Romanian), sfoară [feminine] (Romanian), funie [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-zheyEAxS Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'cord or similar used to tie something': 1 39 26 1 1 1 1 29 1
  3. A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-dWi-arte
  4. The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  5. (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Typography Translations (typography: character that combines multiple letters): ὑφέν (huphén) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), կցագիր (kcʻagir) (Armenian), լիգատուրա (ligatura) (Armenian), যুক্তাক্ষর (juktakkhor) (Bengali), যুক্তবর্ণ (juktoborno) (Bengali), 合字 (hézì) (Chinese Mandarin), slitek [masculine] (Czech), ligatura [feminine] (Czech), ligatur [common-gender] (Danish), ligatuur [feminine] (Dutch), ligatuuri (Finnish), ligature [feminine] (French), ლიგატურა (ligaṭura) (Georgian), Ligatur [feminine] (German), λιγκατούρα (ligkatoúra) [feminine] (Greek), संयुक्ताक्षर (sãyuktākṣar) (Hindi), ligatúra (Hungarian), nasclitir [feminine] (Irish), logotipo [masculine] (Italian), legatura [feminine] (Italian), 合字 (gōji) (Japanese), 합자 (hapja) (Korean), കൂട്ടക്ഷരം (kūṭṭakṣaraṁ) (Malayalam), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ligatura [feminine] (Portuguese), ligatură [feminine] (Romanian), лигату́ра (ligatúra) [feminine] (Russian), вязь (vjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), лигатура [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligatura [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligadura [feminine] (Spanish), ligatur [common-gender] (Swedish), pang-angkop (Tagalog), ตัวแฝด (dtuua-fɛ̀ɛt) (Thai), clymlythyren [feminine] (Welsh)
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  6. (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase): легато (legato) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ligatuur [feminine] (Dutch), ligatuuri (Finnish), Ligatur [feminine] (German), λιγκατούρα (ligkatoúra) [feminine] (Greek), kötőív (Hungarian), ceangal [masculine] (Irish), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), лигату́ра (ligatúra) [feminine] (Russian), ligatura [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligadura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-6ID7ZnYX Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: group of notes played as a musical phrase': 1 3 4 6 5 56 14 9 3
  7. (music) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-Z0w1ygD3 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  8. (countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments. Tags: countable Translations (piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece): ligatuuri (Finnish), kiristin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-1VxpFZrJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 9 20 16 8 7 20 8 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 3 6 19 12 5 5 15 6 2 1 2 1 18 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 7 20 14 6 6 17 7 1 1 1 1 14 1 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 7 9 20 15 7 5 18 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 2 6 9 25 19 6 5 20 6 3 Disambiguation of 'piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece': 1 25 25 1 1 2 1 43 1
  9. Impotence caused by magic or charms. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-7wawyjKb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ligature point Related terms: liaison, ligate, ligation

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ligature.wav Forms: ligatures [present, singular, third-person], ligaturing [participle, present], ligatured [participle, past], ligatured [past]
Etymology: From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ligature}} Middle English ligature, {{der|en|frm|ligature}} Middle French ligature, {{der|en|LL.|ligātūra}} Late Latin ligātūra, {{der|en|la|ligātus}} Latin ligātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} ligature (third-person singular simple present ligatures, present participle ligaturing, simple past and past participle ligatured)
  1. (surgery) To ligate; to tie. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-verb-stwKE-zD Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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      "note": "in surgery",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "frânghie"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sfoară"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "funie"
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      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ὑφέν"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kcʻagir",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "կցագիր"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ligatura",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "լիգատուրա"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "juktakkhor",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "যুক্তাক্ষর"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "juktoborno",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "যুক্তবর্ণ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hézì",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "合字"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "slitek"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ligatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "ligatur"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatuur"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ligatuuri"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ligature"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ligaṭura",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ლიგატურა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ligatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "λιγκατούρα"
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      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "संयुक्ताक्षर"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ligatúra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "nasclitir"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "logotipo"
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      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "legatura"
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      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "合字"
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      "roman": "hapja",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "합자"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "kūṭṭakṣaraṁ",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "കൂട്ടക്ഷരം"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "abbreviatur"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "abbreviatur"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ligatura"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatură"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ligatúra",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лигату́ра"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vjazʹ",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вязь"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "лигатура"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ligatura"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ligadura"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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      "word": "ligatur"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "pang-angkop"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtuua-fɛ̀ɛt",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ตัวแฝด"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clymlythyren"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "legato",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "легато"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ligatuur"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "word": "ligatuuri"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Ligatur"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "λιγκατούρα"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "word": "kötőív"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
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      "word": "ceangal"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece",
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      "code": "fi",
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