different between lumbago vs lumbar

English

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumb?g? (“backache of the lumbar region”), from Late Latin lumbus (“lumbar”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“loins”)) + -?g? (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?m?be????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?m?be???o?/, /?l?m-/
• Rhymes: -e????
• Hyphenation: lum?ba?go

Noun

lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos) (pathology, also attributively)

1. (uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

   Synonyms: low back pain, (abbreviation) LBP
2. (countable) An episode of such backache.

Related terms

• lumbaginous

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:pain

Verb

lumbago (third-person singular simple present lumbagos, present participle lumbagoing, simple past and past participle lumbagoed)

1. (transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.

Translations

References

Further reading

• low back pain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

1. (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)

Romanian

Etymology

From French lumbago, from Latin lumbago.

Noun

lumbago n (uncountable)

1. lumbago

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lumb?go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lum?ba?o/, [l?m?ba.??o]
• Rhymes: -a?o
• Hyphenation: lum?ba?go

Noun

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

1. (pathology) lumbago

   Synonym: lumbalgia

Further reading

• “lumbago” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin lumbus (“loin”) + -ar. See loin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: l?m?bä IPA^(key): /?l?m.b??/
• (US) enPR: l?m?bär IPA^(key): /?l?m.b??/

Adjective

lumbar (not comparable)

1. Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

lumbar (plural lumbars)

1. (informal) The lumbar region.

   Synonym: lower back

2. A lumbar vertebra.

Anagrams

• Labrum, brumal, labrum, umbral

Catalan

Adjective

lumbar (masculine and feminine plural lumbars)

1. (anatomy) lumbar

Related terms

• llom

Further reading

• “lumbar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lumbar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “lumbar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lumbar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Adjective

lumbar m or f (plural lumbares)

1. (anatomy) lumbar

Derived terms

• vértebra lumbar

Related terms

• lombo

Further reading

• “lumbar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lumbus (“loin”) +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lum?ba?/, [l?m?ba?]

Adjective

lumbar (plural lumbares)

1. lumbar

Derived terms

Related terms

• lomo

Further reading

• “lumbar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.