muscle
English
/ˈmʌs.əl/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
- (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
- (uncountable) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
- (uncountable) Strength, force.
- (uncountable) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English muscle borrowed from Middle French muscle derived from Latin mūsculus (muscle, little mouse, a muscle, mussel muscle, mussel).
Origin
Latin
mūsculus
Gloss
muscle, little mouse, a muscle, mussel muscle, mussel
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bike English
- blind English
- bound English
- boy English
- brain English
- car English
- intermuscle English
- man English
- muscle boy English
- muscle car English
- musclebike English
- muscleblind English
- musclebound English
- musclebrain English
- muscledom English
- muscleful English
- musclehead English
- muscleless English
- musclelessness English
- musclelike English
- muscleman English
- musclemanship English
- musclesome English
- musclewoman English
- musclewood English
- muscley English
- muscly English
- mussel English
- nonmuscle English
- outmuscle English
- wood English
- *musclus Latin
- *mūsclus Latin
- muscularis Latin
- musculosus Latin
- musculus Latin
- mūsculus Latin
- Muskel German
- muscle French
- músculo Spanish, Castilian
- μῦς Ancient Greek
- músculo Portuguese
- muscelle Old English
- muscle Middle English
- musclo Catalan, Valencian
- músculo Galician
- masol Cebuano
- masolon Cebuano
- muscula Old High German
- m. Translingual
- muscle Norman
- masel Tagalog
- muscle Middle French
- muscle Occitan
- mišica Slovene
- músculu Asturian