See also: musclé

English [ edit ]

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Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

enPR: mŭsʹəl , IPA (key) : /ˈmʌs.əl/

, IPA : Audio (US)

Rhymes: -ʌsəl

Homophone: mussel

Noun [ edit ]

muscle (countable and uncountable, plural muscles)

Derived terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

organ composed of muscle tissue Arabic: عَضَلَة f ( ʿaḍala ) Egyptian Arabic: عضلة f ( ʿaḍala )

Armenian: մկան (hy) ( mkan )

Asturian: músculu (ast) m

Chinese: Mandarin: 肌肉 (zh) ( jīròu ) , 筋肉 (zh) ( jīnròu )

Finnish: lihas (fi)

Galician: músculo (gl) m

Greek: μυς (el) m ( mys )

Gujarati: સ્નાયુ ( snāyu )

Icelandic: vöðvi (is) m

Japanese: 筋肉 (ja) ( きんにく, kinniku )

Kalmyk: бульчң ( bul'çñ )

Latin: torus m

Latvian: muskulis m Malay: otot

Maltese: muskolu m

Polish: mięśnie pl

Portuguese: músculo (pt) m

Romanian: mușchi (ro) m

Russian: мы́шца (ru) f ( mýšca ) , му́скул (ru) m ( múskul )

, Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мишић m , мишића f Roman: mišić (sh) m , mišića (sh) f

Slovene: mišica (sl) f

Swahili: msuli (sw)

Swedish: muskel (sv) c

Telugu: కండ (te) ( kaṇḍa )

Tocharian B: passoñ

Walloon: musse (wa) m , tchå (wa) f ( big muscle unformally ) , nier (wa) m ( strong muscle, unformally )

, , Welsh: cyhyryn (cy) m

well-developed physique Polish: muskulatura (pl) f Portuguese: musculatura f

strength, force Arabic: قوَة (ar) f

Chinese: Mandarin: 力量 (zh) ( lìliàng )

Finnish: voima (fi) muskeli (fi)

French: muscle (fr) m

Greek: ρώμη (el) f ( rómi ) , δύναμη (el) f ( dýnami )

, Icelandic: styrkur (is) m

Latvian: spēks (lv) m Norman: muscle m ( Jersey )

Portuguese: músculo (pt) m , força (pt) f

, Russian: му́скул (ru) m ( múskul ) , си́ла (ru) f ( síla )

, Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мишић m , мишића f Roman: mišić (sh) m , mišića (sh) f

Telugu: కండబలం (te) ( kaṇḍabalaṃ )

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Verb [ edit ]

muscle (third-person singular simple present muscles, present participle muscling, simple past and past participle muscled)

To use force to make progress, especially physical force. He muscled his way through the crowd. 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman 47 (6): 28-34. Hensel and Wilson hit a series of leg shots simultaneously as Christian muscles between them with Quinn right on his heels.

Derived terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

use force to make progress Portuguese: forçar (pt) Swahili: msuli (sw)

Related terms [ edit ]

Anagrams [ edit ]

Catalan [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin musculus, doublet of múscul and musclo.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

muscle m (plural muscles)

shoulder 2000, Francesc Serés, Els ventres de la terra , Columna, page 41: Quan ens cansem ella recolza el cap al meu muscle. When we get tired, she rests her head on my shoulder. espatlla

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French [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle French muscle, a borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”). See also the inherited doublet moule (“mussel, clam”).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /myskl/

: audio

Noun [ edit ]

muscle m (plural muscles)

Verb [ edit ]

muscle

Further reading [ edit ]

“muscle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Latin musculus.

Noun [ edit ]

muscle m (plural muscles)

Descendants [ edit ]

Norman [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”), from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse, muscle, mussel”).

Noun [ edit ]

muscle m (plural muscles)

Occitan [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin mūsculus.

Noun [ edit ]

muscle m (plural muscles)

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