"sprain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɹeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sprain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sprains [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: 1601, verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to press out, to wring”), from Latin exprimere, in which case cognate to express. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|espraindre||to press out, to wring}} Middle French espraindre (“to press out, to wring”), {{der|en|la|exprimere}} Latin exprimere, {{m|en|express}} express Head templates: {{en-noun}} sprain (plural sprains)
  1. The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining Synonyms: wramp Translations (act or result of spraining): στρέμμα (strémma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), اِلْتِوَاء (iltiwāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), изкълчване (izkǎlčvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), навяхване (navjahvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), torçada [feminine] (Catalan), esquinç [masculine] (Catalan), 扭傷 (Chinese Mandarin), 扭伤 (niǔshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), vyvrtnutí [neuter] (Czech), zvrtnutí [neuter] (Czech), podvrtnutí [neuter] (Czech), výron (kotníku) [masculine] (Czech), forstuvning (Danish), verstuiking (Dutch), nyrjähdys (note: of joint) (Finnish), venähdys (note: of soft tissue) (Finnish), entorse [feminine] (French), Verstauchung [feminine] (German), मोच (moc) [feminine] (Hindi), rándulás (Hungarian), slogatura [feminine] (Italian), contorsione [feminine] (Italian), 捻挫 (nenza) (alt: ねんざ) (Japanese), forstuelse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), strekk [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skręcenie [neuter] (Polish), zwichnięcie [neuter] (Polish), torcedura (Portuguese), torção [feminine] (Portuguese), растяже́ние (rastjažénije) (alt: связок) [neuter] (Russian), snìomh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zvin [masculine] (Slovene), torcedura [feminine] (Spanish), esguince [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sprain-en-noun-TWb2niqY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Verb

IPA: /spɹeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sprain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sprains [present, singular, third-person], spraining [participle, present], sprained [participle, past], sprained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: 1601, verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to press out, to wring”), from Latin exprimere, in which case cognate to express. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|espraindre||to press out, to wring}} Middle French espraindre (“to press out, to wring”), {{der|en|la|exprimere}} Latin exprimere, {{m|en|express}} express Head templates: {{en-verb}} sprain (third-person singular simple present sprains, present participle spraining, simple past and past participle sprained)
  1. To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation Translations (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle): swik (Afrikaans), verstuit (Afrikaans), изкълчвам (izkǎlčvam) (Bulgarian), навяхвам (navjahvam) (Bulgarian), 扭傷 (Chinese Mandarin), 扭伤 (niǔshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), vyvrtnout si [perfective] (Czech), zvrtnout si [perfective] (Czech), udělat si výron (Czech), podvrtnout si (kotník) [perfective] (Czech), natáhnout si (sval) [perfective] (Czech), forstuve (Danish), verstuiken (Dutch), nyrjäyttää (Finnish), nyrjähtää (english: joint) (Finnish), venäyttää (Finnish), venähtää (english: soft tissue) (Finnish), se fouler (French), torcer (Galician), trasvirar (Galician), estordegar (Galician), escordar (Galician), esnogar (Galician), verstauchen (German), megrándít (Hungarian), leon (Irish), slogare (Italian), 挫く (kujiku) (alt: くじく) (Japanese), 捻挫する (nenza-suru) (alt: ねんざ-する) (Japanese), 삐다 (ppida) (Korean), takoki (Maori), tanuku (Maori), skręcić (Polish), zwichnąć (Polish), torcer (Portuguese), растя́гивать (rastjágivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), растяну́ть (rastjanútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zviti si (Slovene), torcer (Spanish), esguinzar (Spanish), hacerse una esguince (Spanish), stuka (Swedish), malisok (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-sprain-en-verb-HMd8wjXU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

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      "alt": "связок",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastjažénije",
      "sense": "act or result of spraining",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "растяже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act or result of spraining",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snìomh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act or result of spraining",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or result of spraining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torcedura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or result of spraining",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esguince"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sprain"
  ],
  "word": "sprain"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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