diaphragm

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• /ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/
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From Middle English diafragma, Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma, “partition”), from διά (diá, “across”) and φράγμα (phrágma, “barrier”), from the verb φράσσω (phrássō). First attested in the late 14th century.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: diafragmë — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Southern Altai: буур эт (buur et) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Arabic: حِجَاب حَاجِز (ḥijāb ḥājiz) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Arabic: حجاب حاجز (ḥegāb ḥāgez) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Aramaic: ܚܸܠܒܹ̈ܐ (ḥelbā) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܲܪܢܘܿܣ (parnōs) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܙܘܿܩܵܐ ܒܝܲܡܵܐ (ḥāzōqā byammā) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Armenian: ստոծանի (stocani) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Azerbaijani: diafraqma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Belarusian: дыяфра́гма (dyjafráhma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Bulgarian: диафра́гма (diafrágma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Catalan: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Chinese Mandarin: 橫膈膜 /横膈膜 (hénggémó) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Czech: bránice — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Danish: mellemgulv — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Dutch: middenrif — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Esperanto: diafragmo — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Estonian: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Estonian: vahelihas — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Faroese: tind — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Finnish: pallea — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• French: diaphragme — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Georgian: დიაფრაგმა (diapragma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Georgian: შუასაძგიდი (šuasaʒgidi) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• German: Zwerchfell — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Greek: διάφραγμα (diáfragma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Ancient Greek: διάφραγμα (diáphragma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Hindi: मध्यपट (madhyapaṭ) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Hindi: तनुपट (tanupaṭ) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Hindi: मध्यच्छद (madhyacchad) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Hungarian: rekeszizom — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Icelandic: þind — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Indonesian: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Ingrian: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Ingrian: verikammari — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Inuktitut: ᑲᓂᕙᐅᑎ (kanivauti) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Irish: scairt — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Italian: diaframma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Japanese: 横隔膜 (ōkakumaku) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Kazakh: көкет (köket) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Korean: 횡격막 (hoenggyeongmak) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Korean: 가로막 (garomak) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Central Kurdish: ناوپەنچِک (nawpençik) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Northern Kurdish: navpençik — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Kyrgyz: диафрагма (diafragma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Latin: praecordia — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Latvian: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Lithuanian: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Macedonian: дијафра́гма (dijafrágma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Malay: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Māori: pātūpoho — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Central Melanau: neb — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Khiamniungan Naga: sākhīap — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Navajo: acháshjish — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Norwegian Bokmål: mellomgolv — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Norwegian Bokmål: mellomgulv — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mellomgolv — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Old English: midhriðre — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Old English: midhrif — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Pashto: زنخول (zanxwál) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Persian: دیافراگم (diyâfrâgm) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Persian: میانبند (miyânband) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Persian: پرده حاجز (parde-ye hājez) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Polish: przepona — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Portuguese: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Romanian: diafragmă — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Russian: диафра́гма (diafrágma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐчага — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀шит — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: дијафра̀гма — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: prèčaga — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: òšit — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: dijafràgma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Slovak: bránica — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Slovak: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Slovene: prepona — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Slovene: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Spanish: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Swedish: mellangärde — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Swedish: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Tagalog: lamang-tabing — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Tajik: диафрагма (diafragma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Thai: กะบังลม (gà-bang-lom) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Turkish: diyafram — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Ukrainian: діафра́гма (diafráhma) — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Uzbek: diafragma — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Vietnamese: cơ hoành — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Volapük: ditavöl — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Welsh: llengig — anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen
• Bulgarian: мембра́на (membrána) — anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle
• Finnish: kalvo — anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle
• Hindi: मध्यपट (madhyapaṭ) — anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle
• Macedonian: мембра́на (membrána) — anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle
• Russian: мембра́на (membrána) — anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle
• Swahili: kiwambo — anatomy: separating membrane or sheet of muscle
• Catalan: diafragma — contraceptive device
• Danish: pessar — contraceptive device
• Dutch: pessarium — contraceptive device
• Finnish: pessaari — contraceptive device
• French: diaphragme — contraceptive device
• German: Diaphragma — contraceptive device
• German: Scheidendiaphragma — contraceptive device
• German: Pessar — contraceptive device
• Hindi: मध्यपट (madhyapaṭ) — contraceptive device
• Irish: diafram — contraceptive device
• Italian: diaframma — contraceptive device
• Macedonian: дијафра́гма (dijafrágma) — contraceptive device
• Māori: pātātea — contraceptive device
• Portuguese: diafragma — contraceptive device
• Russian: диафра́гма (diafrágma) — contraceptive device
• Serbo-Croatian: дијафра̀гма — contraceptive device
• Serbo-Croatian: dijafràgma — contraceptive device
• Spanish: diafragma — contraceptive device
• Swedish: pessar — contraceptive device
• Bulgarian: мембра́на (membrána) — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Catalan: diafragma — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Danish: membran — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Dutch: diafragma — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Dutch: membraan — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Finnish: kalvo — mechanics: flexible membrane
• French: membrane — mechanics: flexible membrane
• German: Membran — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Irish: scannán — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Italian: diaframma — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Korean: 격막 (gyeongmak) — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Korean: 가로막 (garomak) — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Macedonian: мембра́на (membrána) — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Māori: kiri tōiri — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Norwegian Bokmål: membran — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Norwegian Nynorsk: membran — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Portuguese: diafragma — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Romanian: membrană — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Romanian: diafragmă — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Russian: мембра́на (membrána) — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Russian: диафра́гма (diafrágma) — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Spanish: diafragma — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Swedish: membran — mechanics: flexible membrane
• Bulgarian: мембра́на (membrána) — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Catalan: diafragma — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Danish: membran — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Finnish: kalvo — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Finnish: kaiutinkalvo — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Gujarati: સ્વરપડદો (svarpaḍdo) — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Irish: scannán — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Macedonian: мембра́на (membrána) — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Māori: kiri tōiri — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Norwegian Bokmål: membran — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Norwegian Nynorsk: membran — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Polish: membrana — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Romanian: membrană — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Russian: мембра́на (membrána) — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Russian: диффузо́р (diffuzór) — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Spanish: diafragma — acoustics: vibrating membrane in a speaker
• Bulgarian: диафра́гма (diafrágma) — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Bulgarian: бле́нда (blénda) — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Danish: blænder — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Finnish: himmennin — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• French: diaphragme — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• German: Blende — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Irish: spiara — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Italian: diaframma lamellare — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Macedonian: дијафра́гма (dijafrágma) — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Macedonian: бле́нда (blénda) — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Norwegian Bokmål: blender — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blendar — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Polish: blenda — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Romanian: diafragmă — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Russian: диафра́гма (diafrágma) — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Spanish: diafragma — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Swedish: bländare — optics: structure with a central aperture used to limit the passage of light
• Bulgarian: мембра́на (membrána) — chemistry: permeable or semipermeable membrane
• Finnish: kalvo — chemistry: permeable or semipermeable membrane
• Macedonian: мембра́на (membrána) — chemistry: permeable or semipermeable membrane
• Russian: мембра́на (membrána) — chemistry: permeable or semipermeable membrane
• Catalan: diafragmar — optics: to reduce lens aperture
• Finnish: himmentää — optics: to reduce lens aperture
• French: diaphragmer — optics: to reduce lens aperture
• Spanish: diafragmar — optics: to reduce lens aperture