noun
Meaning 1
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a bad sprain of the wrist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sprain
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/spɹeɪn/
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rhymes with -eɪn
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CMU ARPABET: S P R EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He sprained his knee after falling off the bicycle.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrench, twist, pull
verb
Meaning 4
twist suddenly so as to sprain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- wrench one's ankle
- The wrestler twisted his shoulder
- the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
- I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: twist, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: injure, wound
History
Etymology
Origin unknown. Noun attested since 1601; verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to squeeze or press out”), from Latin exprimere (“to squeeze out, express”), in which case cognate to express.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِلْتِوَاء (iltiwāʔ) — act or result of spraining
- Belarusian: расцягне́нне (rascjahnjénnje) — act or result of spraining
- Belarusian: расьцягне́ньне (rasʹcjahnjénʹnje) — act or result of spraining
- Belarusian: расцяжэ́нне (rascjažénnje) — act or result of spraining
- Belarusian: расьцяжэ́ньне (rasʹcjažénʹnje) — act or result of spraining
- Bulgarian: изкъ́лчване (izkǎ́lčvane) — act or result of spraining
- Bulgarian: навя́хване (navjáhvane) — act or result of spraining
- Catalan: torçada — act or result of spraining
- Catalan: esquinç — act or result of spraining
- Chinese Mandarin: 扭傷 /扭伤 (niǔshāng) — act or result of spraining
- Czech: vyvrtnutí — act or result of spraining
- Czech: zvrtnutí — act or result of spraining
- Czech: podvrtnutí — act or result of spraining
- Czech: výron (kotníku) — act or result of spraining
- Danish: forstuvning — act or result of spraining
- Dutch: verstuiking — act or result of spraining
- Finnish: nyrjähdys — act or result of spraining
- Finnish: venähdys — act or result of spraining
- French: entorse — act or result of spraining
- German: Verstauchung — act or result of spraining
- Greek: διάστρεμμα (diástremma) — act or result of spraining
- Ancient Greek: στρέμμα (strémma) — act or result of spraining
- Hindi: मोच (moc) — act or result of spraining
- Hungarian: rándulás — act or result of spraining
- Italian: slogatura — act or result of spraining
- Italian: contorsione — act or result of spraining
- Japanese: 捻挫 (nenza) — act or result of spraining
- Korean: 염좌 (yeomjwa) — act or result of spraining
- Norwegian Bokmål: forstuelse — act or result of spraining
- Norwegian Bokmål: strekk — act or result of spraining
- Polish: skręcenie — act or result of spraining
- Polish: zwichnięcie — act or result of spraining
- Portuguese: torcedura — act or result of spraining
- Portuguese: torção — act or result of spraining
- Romanian: entorsă — act or result of spraining
- Russian: растяже́ние (rastjažénije) — act or result of spraining
- Scottish Gaelic: snìomh — act or result of spraining
- Slovak: podvrtnutie — act or result of spraining
- Slovene: zvin — act or result of spraining
- Spanish: torcedura — act or result of spraining
- Spanish: esguince — act or result of spraining
- Spanish: desguince — act or result of spraining
- Tamil: சுளுக்கு (cuḷukku) — act or result of spraining
- Turkish: burkulma — act or result of spraining
- Ukrainian: розтя́гнення (roztjáhnennja) — act or result of spraining
- Afrikaans: swik — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Afrikaans: verstuit — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Basque: bihurritu — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Bulgarian: изкълчвам (izkǎlčvam) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Bulgarian: навяхвам (navjahvam) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Chinese Mandarin: 扭傷 /扭伤 (niǔshāng) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Czech: vyvrtnout si — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Czech: zvrtnout si — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Czech: udělat si výron — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Czech: podvrtnout si (kotník) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Czech: natáhnout si (sval) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Danish: forstuve — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Dutch: verstuiken — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Finnish: nyrjäyttää — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Finnish: nyrjähtää — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Finnish: venäyttää — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Finnish: venähtää — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- French: se fouler — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Galician: torcer — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Galician: trasvirar — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Galician: estordegar — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Galician: escordar — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Galician: esnogar — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- German: verstauchen — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Hebrew: נָקַע — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Hungarian: megrándít — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Irish: leon — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Italian: slogare — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Japanese: 挫く (kujiku) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Japanese: 捻挫する (nenza-suru) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Korean: 삐다 (ppida) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Māori: takoki — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Māori: tanuku — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Polish: skręcać — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Polish: skręcić — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Polish: zwichnąć — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Portuguese: torcer — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Russian: растя́гивать (rastjágivatʹ) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Russian: растяну́ть (rastjanútʹ) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Slovene: zviti si — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Spanish: torcer — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Spanish: esguinzar — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Spanish: hacerse un esguince — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Spanish: distender — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Spanish: distensión — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Swedish: stuka — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Tagalog: malisok — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle
- Tamil: சுளுக்கு (cuḷukku) — to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle