English

wikipedia

Etymology
From French muscle#French|muscle, from Latin musculus, literally �little mouse� (from the mouselike appearence of some muscles).

Pronunciation
enPR|mŭsʹ�l, IPA|/�m�s�l/, SAMPA|/"mVs@l/
audio|en-us-muscle.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�s�l

Homophones
mussel

Noun
en-noun

1. uncountable A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

#: Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.

1. countable An organ composed of muscle tissue.

#: The muscles in his legs strained under the load.

1. context|uncountable|figurative Strength.

#: It took a lot of muscle to move the boulders.

1. uncountable Hired strongman|strongmen or bodyguards.

#*1985 � w:Lance Parkin|Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, p 34
#*:It was easy enough to dodge him, let him crash into the floorboards. Peltroc knew that his priority was the leader, not the hired muscle.

Translations
contractile tissue

Arabic: ARchar|عض�ة (�á�ala) f
Bosnian: miši�#Bosnian|miši� m
Catalan: múscul m
Chinese: �� (jīròu); �� (jīnròu)
Croatian: mišica
Czech: sval m
Danish: muskel
Dutch: spier
Esperanto: muskolo
Finnish: lihaskudos
French: muscle#French|muscle m
German: Muskel m
Greek: � (mys) m
Hebrew: שר�ר (shrir)
Icelandic: vöðvi m
Ido: musklo
Indonesian: otot
Italian: muscolo m
Japanese: �� (����, kinniku)
mid
Korean: �� (himsal), 근� (��, geunyuk)
Latin: musculus m
Latvian: muskulis m
Lithuanian: raumuo
Macedonian: м��к�л (muskul)
Maltese: muskolu m
Norwegian: muskel
Persian: FAchar|�ا����
Polish: musku� m, mi�sie� m
Portuguese: músculo m
Romanian: mu�chi
Russian: м���а (mýštsa) f, м��к�л (múskul) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ми�и�#Serbian|ми�и� m
:Roman: miši�#Serbian|miši� m
Slovak: sval
Slovene: mišica f
Spanish: músculo m
Tagalog: masel
Ukrainian: м'�зи (m�jazy)
Telugu: ��డర� (kanDaram)

<!--DefB-->organ composed of muscle tissue

Bosnian: miši�#Bosnian|miši� m
Finnish: lihas
Latvian: muskulis m
Icelandic: vöðvi m
Maltese: muskolu m
mid
Polish: mi��nie p
Russian: м���а (mýštsa) f, м��к�л (múskul) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ми�и�#Serbian|ми�и� m
:Roman: miši�#Serbian|miši� m
Slovene: mišica f
Swedish: muskel c
Telugu: ��డ (kanDa)

<!--DefC-->strength

Bosnian: miši�#Bosnian|miši� m
Finnish: voima
French: muscle#French|muscle m
Greek: ��μη (rómi) f
Icelandic: styrkur m
mid
Russian: м���а (mýštsa) f, м��к�л (múskul) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ми�и�#Serbian|ми�и� m
:Roman: miši�#Serbian|miši� m
Telugu: ��డబల� (kanDabalam)

Derived terms
top3
cardiac muscle
involuntary muscle
make a muscle
w:Muscle Beach|Muscle Beach
musclebound
muscle car
mid3
muscle dysmorphia
muscle in on
muscleman
muscle shirt
muscle tone
muscular
mid3
muscularity
musculature
muscly
skeletal muscle
smooth muscle
voluntary muscle

See also
myology
myotomy

Verb
en-verb|muscl|ing

1. To use force to make progress.

Translations
<!--DefA-->use force to make progress

mid

Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Chinese: �� (lì liàng)

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Muscles|*

French

Etymology
Latin musculus, literally �little mouse�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/myskl/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. muscle#English|muscle (contractile tissue, strength)

Category:Anatomy

ar:muscle
zh-min-nan:muscle
de:muscle
et:muscle
el:muscle
fr:muscle
gl:muscle
ko:muscle
io:muscle
id:muscle
it:muscle
hu:muscle
ja:muscle
pl:muscle
ru:muscle
simple:muscle
fi:muscle
sv:muscle
ta:muscle
te:muscle
vi:muscle
zh:muscle

• 2007-12-22 02:13 - Circeus - Change deprecated template, Replaced: {{fr-noun-reg|m}} → {{fr-noun|m}} [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]]

Full Revision History