different between biceps vs tendon
biceps
English
Etymology
From Latin biceps (“double-headed, two peaked”), from bis (“double”) + caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?ba?.s?ps/
Noun
biceps (plural biceps or bicepses)
- (anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.
- 1901, Michael Foster & Lewis E. Shore, Physiology for Beginners, page 73
- The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.
- 1901, Michael Foster & Lewis E. Shore, Physiology for Beginners, page 73
- Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
- 1996, Robert Kennedy & Dwayne Hines II, Animal Arms, page 21
- The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.
- 1996, Robert Kennedy & Dwayne Hines II, Animal Arms, page 21
- (informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
- 2005, Lisa Plumley, Once Upon a Christmas, page 144
- Biting her lip, she held his biceps for balance and waded farther.
- 2005, Lisa Plumley, Once Upon a Christmas, page 144
- (prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
- 2000, James I. Porter, Nietzsche and the Philology of the Future, page 347
- This means that in the metrical sequence […] recited in ordinary speech rhythm, the princeps occupied a slightly shorter time than the biceps (5:6), and if a long syllable was used to fill the biceps it had to be dragged a little […]
- 2000, James I. Porter, Nietzsche and the Philology of the Future, page 347
Usage notes
- Now often mistaken as a plural form; see bicep. An archaic plural bicipites, borrowed from the Latin, also exists.
Synonyms
- (the biceps brachii): biceps brachii, biceps cubiti
- (the upper arm): guns, pipes, pythons, upper arm
Antonyms
- (prosody): princeps
Derived terms
- bicep
- biceps curl
- biceps femoris
- gluteobiceps
Related terms
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bi.s?ps/
- Hyphenation: bi?ceps
- Rhymes: -is?ps
Noun
biceps m (plural bicepsen, diminutive bicepsje n)
- (anatomy) biceps; any two-headed muscle
- the biceps brachii
- 2007, C. A. Bastiaanssen, Anatomie en Fysiologie, page 387
- De biceps en de triceps zijn elkaars antagonisten.
- The biceps and the triceps are each other's antagonist.
- De biceps en de triceps zijn elkaars antagonisten.
- 2007, C. A. Bastiaanssen, Anatomie en Fysiologie, page 387
Synonyms
- (biceps brachii): armbuigspier, elleboogbuiger, spierbal
See also
- tweekoppige
French
Etymology
From Latin biceps (“double-headed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.s?ps/
Noun
biceps m (plural biceps)
- (anatomy) biceps (any two-headed muscle)
- the biceps brachii
- 1978, Freddy Buache, Cinéma Anglais, page 154
- Mais Bronson se définit uniquement par son physique (biceps, démarche souple) et non par la densité de sa présence ce qui limite ses possibilités d'emploi.
- But Bronson is defined only by his physique (biceps, supple gait) and not by the density of his presence which limits his employment possibilities.
- Mais Bronson se définit uniquement par son physique (biceps, démarche souple) et non par la densité de sa présence ce qui limite ses possibilités d'emploi.
- 1978, Freddy Buache, Cinéma Anglais, page 154
Derived terms
- avoir du biceps
- biceps brachial
- biceps crural
- biceps fémoral
Further reading
- “biceps” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Alternative forms
- bicapit?s
- bicip?s
Etymology
From bis (“twice”) +? -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?bi.keps/, [?b?k?ps?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?bi.t??eps/, [?bi?t???ps]
Adjective
biceps (genitive bicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- double-headed, having two heads
- (of mountains) having two summits or peaks
- (of swords) double-edged
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Proverbia 5:4b
- acuta quasi gladius biceps
- as sharp as a two-edged sword
- acuta quasi gladius biceps
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Proverbia 5:4b
- (by extension) divided into two parts
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Synonyms
- (double-headed): anceps
Related terms
- anceps
- caput
- centiceps
- triceps
Descendants
References
- biceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- biceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Polish
Etymology
From German Bizeps, from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?i.t?s?ps/
Noun
biceps m inan
- biceps brachii
Declension
Quotations
- 1970, Stanis?aw Lorentz, Walka o Dobra Kultury, Warszawa 1939-1945, Volume 2, page 27
- I w?a?nie wtedy przysz?o mi na my?l uratowanie prasy powsta?czej, któr? bardzo troskliwie zbiera?em do 2 wrze?nia, to jest do dnia podpalenia naszego domu, a jednocze?nie dnia, kiedy zosta?em ranny w prawy biceps.
- 1994, Zwi?zek Literatów Polskich, Dialog: Miesi?cznik Po?wi?cony Dramaturgii Wspó?czesnej, page 13
- Podwija r?kaw i napina starczy biceps.
LEO: Dzi?kuj?, st?d widz?.
STARZEC (klepie si? po bicepsie): Niebywa?e!- He [Starzec] rolls up his sleeve and tenses elderly biceps.
LEO: Thanks, I see it from here.
STARZEC (taps himself on the biceps): Unheard of!
- He [Starzec] rolls up his sleeve and tenses elderly biceps.
- Podwija r?kaw i napina starczy biceps.
Further reading
- biceps in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French biceps, from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).
Noun
biceps m (plural bicep?i)
- biceps; any two-headed muscle
- the biceps brachii
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin biceps (“two-headed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?t?seps/
- Hyphenation: bi?ceps
Noun
bìceps m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- biceps
Declension
References
- “biceps” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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tendon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tend?, from Ancient Greek ????? (tén?n, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tend? (“to stretch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?n.d?n/
Noun
tendon (plural tendons)
- (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
- (biology) The hamstring of a quadruped.
- (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
Derived terms
- tendonitis
- Achilles’ tendon
Translations
References
- “tendon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “tendon”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
See also
- ligament
Anagrams
- Denton
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ten.don/
Noun
tendon
- accusative singular of tendo
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin tend?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.d??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
tendon m (plural tendons)
- tendon
Related terms
- tendineux
- tendinite
Further reading
- “tendon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tendon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ten?don/
Noun
tendon n (plural tendoane)
- (anatomy) tendon
Declension
Derived terms
- tendonul lui Ahile
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French tendon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?n?d?n/
Noun
tendon (definite accusative tendonu, plural tendonlar)
- (anatomy) tendon
Synonyms
- kiri?
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