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string

noun · verb · 53 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈstɹɪŋ/
  • [ˈstɹ̝̊wɪŋ] ~ [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wɪŋ]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cord, rope, line, thread, twine

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • a violin string
  • a bowstring

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • a string of shells or beads
  • a string of sausages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A series of items or events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • a string of successes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sequence, series

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kermi

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A stringed instrument.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, metonymically

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, plural-normally, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: string section

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable

Examples

  • no strings attached

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conditions, provisions

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Cannabis or marijuana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

The points made in a game of billiards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

A board supporting steps

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stringer, stringboard, stringpiece

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • the strings of beans

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

noun

Meaning 27

A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

A stringcourse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: architecture, business, construction, manufacturing, masonry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

noun

Meaning 29

A hoax; a fake story.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stable

Antonyms: none provided

31

noun

Meaning 31

A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: oil industry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To put (items) on a string.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To put strings on (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

noun

Meaning 37

stringed instruments that are played with a bow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the strings played superlatively well

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bowed stringed instrument

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stringed instrument

Narrower terms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass, cello, violoncello, viol, viola, violin, fiddle

38

noun

Meaning 38

a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a string of beads
  • a strand of pearls

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chain, strand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: necklace

39

noun

Meaning 39

a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drawstring, drawing string

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tie

Narrower terms: purse string

40

noun

Meaning 40

a lightweight cord

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: twine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cord

Narrower terms: chalk line, snap line, snapline, packthread

41

noun

Meaning 41

a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cord

Narrower terms: snare

42

noun

Meaning 42

a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

Narrower terms: beads, string of beads

43

noun

Meaning 43

a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sequence

Narrower terms: extension, filename extension, file name extension, string of words, word string, linguistic string, substring

44

noun

Meaning 44

a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a string of islands
  • train of mourners
  • a train of thought

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: train

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: series

45

noun

Meaning 45

(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cosmic string

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: elementary particle, fundamental particle

46

noun

Meaning 46

a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fiber, fibre

47

verb

Meaning 47

add as if on a string

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • string these ideas together
  • string up these songs and you'll have a musical

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: string up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: add

48

verb

Meaning 48

provide with strings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • string my guitar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unstring

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

49

verb

Meaning 49

thread on or as if on a string

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • string pearls on a string
  • the child drew glass beads on a string
  • thread dried cranberries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thread, draw

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrange, set up

Narrower terms: bead, wire

50

verb

Meaning 50

remove the stringy parts of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • string beans

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw

51

verb

Meaning 51

string together; tie or fasten with a string

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • string the package

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure

52

verb

Meaning 52

stretch out or arrange like a string

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrange, set up

53

verb

Meaning 53

move or come along

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: string along

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

History

Etymology

From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengh- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”). Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”), Swedish sträng (“string, cord, wire”), Icelandic strengur (“string”), Latvian stringt (“to be tight, wither”), Latin stringō (“to tighten”), Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “halter”), Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”).

From Middle English stryngen, strengen, from the noun (see above).

Across languages

Translations

421 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: varg — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Arabic: وَتَر (watar) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Armenian: լար (lar) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Basque: katea — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Belarusian: вяро́вачка (vjaróvačka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Belarusian: мату́з (matúz) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Belarusian: лі́на (lína) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Bengali: দড়ি (doṛi) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Bengali: তার (tar) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Bulgarian: ни́шка (níška) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Bulgarian: връв (vrǎv) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Bulgarian: шнур (šnur) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Burmese: ကြိုး (krui:) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Catalan: corda — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Catalan: cordill — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Catalan: cordell — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Chinese Cantonese: 繩 /绳 — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Chinese Cantonese: 線 /线 (sin3) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線 /线 (xiàn) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Cornish: korden — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Czech: provázek — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Czech: šňůra — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Danish: streng — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Dutch: draad — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Dutch: koord — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Dutch: streng — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Esperanto: kordo — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Esperanto: ŝnureto — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Estonian: nöör — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Faroese: strongur — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Finnish: naru — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Finnish: nyöri — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • French: corde — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Galician: corda — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Galician: bramante — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Galician: cordel — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Galician: cordón — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Georgian: სიმი (simi) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Georgian: ბაწარი (bac̣ari) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • German: Schnur — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Greek: σπάγγος (spángos) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Greek: σπάγκος (spágkos) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Greek: κλωστή (klostí) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ancient Greek: νῆμα (nêma) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Mbya Guarani: xã — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hawaiian: hilo — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hebrew: מֵיתָר (meitar) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Higaonon: lubid — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hindi: तार (tār) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hindi: रस्सी (rassī) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hindi: रस्सा (rassā) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hungarian: zsineg — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hungarian: zsinór — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hungarian: madzag — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Hungarian: spárga — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Icelandic: band — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Icelandic: snæri — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Icelandic: spotti — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Icelandic: strengur — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ido: kordeto — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ingrian: šnurkka — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ingrian: noora — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ingrian: nodraan — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ingrian: pagla — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ingrian: köys — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Irish: sreang — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Irish: sreangán — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Italian: spago — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Italian: stringa — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Italian: laccetto — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Italian: legaccio — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Italian: corda — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Japanese: 紐 (himo) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Kabuverdianu: bulina — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Khmer: ខ្សែ (ksai) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Korean: 끈 (kkeun) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Central Kurdish: بەند (bend) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Central Kurdish: پەت (pet) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Central Kurdish: دەزو (dezu) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Lao: ດ້າຍ (dāi) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Lao: ເຊືອກ (sư̄ak) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Latin: līnum — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Latin: līnea — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Latin: fīlum — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Latvian: stīga — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Latvian: aukla — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Lithuanian: styga — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Macedonian: низа (niza) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Macedonian: врвка (vrvka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Malay: tali — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Malayalam: ചരട് (caraṭŭ) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Malayalam: ഞാൺ (ñāṇ) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Māori: aho — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Māori: tau — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Māori: miro — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Māori: tui — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Mongolian: чавхдас (čavxdas) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Norwegian: streng — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Old English: strenġ — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Pali: yotta — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Persian: رشته (rešte) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Persian: زه (zeh) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Persian: تار (târ) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Polish: sznurek — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Portuguese: barbante — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Portuguese: corda — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Portuguese: fio — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Romanian: coardă — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Romanian: șiret — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Romanian: șnur — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Russian: бечёвка (bečóvka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Russian: верёвка (verjóvka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Russian: шнур (šnur) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Samoan: filo — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Scottish Gaelic: teud — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Serbo-Croatian: жицa — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Serbo-Croatian: žica — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Slovak: šnúra — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Slovak: povrázok — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Slovak: špagát — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Slovene: vrv — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: cuerda — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: mecate ("cordel" or "cuerda") — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: cordel — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: piola — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: piolín — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: bramante — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: pita (a "cordel") — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Spanish: tralla — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Swahili: uzi — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Swedish: snöre — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Tahitian: hiro — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Thai: ด้าย (dâai) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Thai: เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Tibetan: སྐུད་པ (skud pa) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Tocharian B: śerkw — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Tongan: filo — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Turkish: ip — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Turkish: tel — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ottoman Turkish: سجیم (sicim) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Turkmen: tar — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Turkmen: ýüp — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ukrainian: верве́чка (vervéčka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ukrainian: моту́зка (motúzka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ukrainian: вірьо́вка (virʹóvka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Ukrainian: шво́рка (švórka) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Uzbek: tor — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Vietnamese: chuỗi — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Welsh: llinyn — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Yiddish: שטריקל (shtrikl) — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Yup'ik: pelacinak — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Zulu: intambo — long, thin structure made from twisted threads
  • Danish: streng — this structure as a substance
  • Finnish: naru — this structure as a substance
  • Finnish: nyöri — this structure as a substance
  • French: corde — this structure as a substance
  • Icelandic: snæri — this structure as a substance
  • Irish: sreangán — this structure as a substance
  • Italian: corda — this structure as a substance
  • Italian: fune — this structure as a substance
  • Italian: canapo — this structure as a substance
  • Italian: stringa — this structure as a substance
  • Swedish: sträng — this structure as a substance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弦 (xián) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 琴弦 (qínxián) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弓弦 (gōngxián) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Finnish: nauha — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Finnish: kieli — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Finnish: jänne — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Greek: χορδή (chordí) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Hindi: डोर (ḍor) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Hindi: डोरी (ḍorī) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Hindi: धागा (dhāgā) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Hungarian: szál — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Hungarian: rost — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Hungarian: húr — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Hungarian: cipőfűző — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Italian: corda — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Japanese: 弦 (gen) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Japanese: 弓弦 (bowstring) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Latvian: stīga — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Polish: struna — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Romanian: coardă — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Romanian: strună — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Russian: струна́ (struná) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Russian: тетива́ (tetivá) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Russian: ни́тка (nítka) — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Scottish Gaelic: teud — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Slovak: struna — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Slovak: tetiva — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Spanish: floema — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Tagalog: bagting — any similar long, thin and flexible object
  • Danish: streng — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Finnish: nauha — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Hungarian: szál — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Italian: legaccio — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Italian: resta — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Italian: rete — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Māori: kaui — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Russian: стру́йка (strújka) — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Swedish: sträng — cohesive substance in the form of a string
  • Bulgarian: низ (niz) — series of items or events
  • Catalan: seguit — series of items or events
  • Catalan: reguitzell — series of items or events
  • Danish: serie — series of items or events
  • Esperanto: vico — series of items or events
  • Estonian: rida — series of items or events
  • Finnish: ketju — series of items or events
  • Finnish: nauha — series of items or events
  • French: suite — series of items or events
  • French: série — series of items or events
  • Greek: σειρά (seirá) — series of items or events
  • Hawaiian: kāili — series of items or events
  • Hungarian: sorozat — series of items or events
  • Hungarian: sor — series of items or events
  • Hungarian: láncolat — series of items or events
  • Hungarian: füzér — series of items or events
  • Italian: serie — series of items or events
  • Italian: sfilza — series of items or events
  • Italian: sequela — series of items or events
  • Italian: fila — series of items or events
  • Italian: catena — series of items or events
  • Māori: kaui — series of items or events
  • Plautdietsch: Rieej — series of items or events
  • Romanian: șir — series of items or events
  • Romanian: serie — series of items or events
  • Romanian: suită — series of items or events
  • Russian: ряд (rjad) — series of items or events
  • Russian: цепо́чка (cepóčka) — series of items or events
  • Russian: верени́ца (vereníca) — series of items or events
  • Russian: се́рия (sérija) — series of items or events
  • Slovak: sled — series of items or events
  • Slovak: reťaz — series of items or events
  • Slovak: sekvencia — series of items or events
  • Slovak: následnosť — series of items or events
  • Spanish: retahíla — series of items or events
  • Spanish: ristra — series of items or events
  • Spanish: sarta — series of items or events
  • Spanish: ringlera — series of items or events
  • Swedish: serie — series of items or events
  • Swedish: följd — series of items or events
  • Swedish: rad — series of items or events
  • Arabic: سِلْسِلَة (silsila) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Belarusian: радо́к (radók) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Bulgarian: низ (niz) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Catalan: cadena — programming: sequence of characters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 字符串 (zìfúchuàn) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 字串 (zìchuàn) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Czech: řetězec — programming: sequence of characters
  • Danish: streng — programming: sequence of characters
  • Dutch: karakterreeks — programming: sequence of characters
  • Esperanto: signoĉeno — programming: sequence of characters
  • Estonian: sõne — programming: sequence of characters
  • Finnish: merkkijono — programming: sequence of characters
  • French: chaîne de caractères — programming: sequence of characters
  • German: Zeichenkette — programming: sequence of characters
  • German: String — programming: sequence of characters
  • Greek: συμβολοσειρά (symvoloseirá) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Gujarati: શબ્દમાળા (śabdamāḷā) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Hebrew: מחרוזת (makhrózet) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Hindi: स्ट्रिंग (sṭriṅg) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Hungarian: karakterlánc — programming: sequence of characters
  • Hungarian: karakterfüzér — programming: sequence of characters
  • Hungarian: string — programming: sequence of characters
  • Icelandic: strengur — programming: sequence of characters
  • Icelandic: stafastrengur — programming: sequence of characters
  • Italian: stringa — programming: sequence of characters
  • Italian: sequenza di caratteri — programming: sequence of characters
  • Japanese: 文字列 (mojiretsu) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Japanese: 列 (retsu) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Japanese: ストリング (sutoringu) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Kazakh: жолдық тұрпат (joldyq tūrpat) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Korean: 문자열 (munjayeol) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Korean: 열 (yeol) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Korean: 렬 (ryeol) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Norwegian Bokmål: streng — programming: sequence of characters
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: streng — programming: sequence of characters
  • Persian: رشته (rešte) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Polish: ciąg znaków — programming: sequence of characters
  • Portuguese: cadeia de caracteres — programming: sequence of characters
  • Romanian: șir de caractere — programming: sequence of characters
  • Russian: строка́ (stroká) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Serbo-Croatian: niska — programming: sequence of characters
  • Serbo-Croatian: ниска — programming: sequence of characters
  • Slovak: reťazec — programming: sequence of characters
  • Swahili: tungo — programming: sequence of characters
  • Swedish: sträng — programming: sequence of characters
  • Thai: สตริง (sàtring) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Thai: สายอักขระ — programming: sequence of characters
  • Turkish: dizgi — programming: sequence of characters
  • Ukrainian: рядо́к (rjadók) — programming: sequence of characters
  • Vietnamese: chuỗi — programming: sequence of characters
  • Vietnamese: xâu — programming: sequence of characters
  • Welsh: llinyn — programming: sequence of characters
  • Southern Altai: кыл (kïl) — string of a musical instrument
  • Arabic: وَتَر (watar) — string of a musical instrument
  • Azerbaijani: tel — string of a musical instrument
  • Azerbaijani: sim — string of a musical instrument
  • Bashkir: ҡыл (qıl) — string of a musical instrument
  • Belarusian: струна́ (struná) — string of a musical instrument
  • Bengali: তার (tar) — string of a musical instrument
  • Bulgarian: струна (struna) — string of a musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 琴弦 (qínxián) — string of a musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弦 (xián) — string of a musical instrument
  • Czech: struna — string of a musical instrument
  • Danish: streng — string of a musical instrument
  • Dutch: snaar — string of a musical instrument
  • Esperanto: kordo — string of a musical instrument
  • Estonian: keel — string of a musical instrument
  • Finnish: kieli — string of a musical instrument
  • French: corde — string of a musical instrument
  • Galician: corda — string of a musical instrument
  • German: Saite — string of a musical instrument
  • Greek: χορδή (chordí) — string of a musical instrument
  • Ancient Greek: χορδή (khordḗ) — string of a musical instrument
  • Hebrew: מֵיתָר (meytár) — string of a musical instrument
  • Hindi: तंतु (tantu) — string of a musical instrument
  • Hindi: ताँत (tā̃t) — string of a musical instrument
  • Hindi: तंत (tant) — string of a musical instrument
  • Hungarian: húr — string of a musical instrument
  • Icelandic: strengur — string of a musical instrument
  • Ingrian: keeli — string of a musical instrument
  • Italian: corda — string of a musical instrument
  • Japanese: 弦 (tsuru) — string of a musical instrument
  • Kazakh: қыл (qyl) — string of a musical instrument
  • Korean: 현 (hyeon) — string of a musical instrument
  • Kyrgyz: кыл (kıl) — string of a musical instrument
  • Lithuanian: styga — string of a musical instrument
  • Macedonian: струна (struna) — string of a musical instrument
  • Mongolian: утас (utas) — string of a musical instrument
  • Church Slavic: строуна (struna) — string of a musical instrument
  • Old East Slavic: струна (struna) — string of a musical instrument
  • Persian: سیم (sim) — string of a musical instrument
  • Polish: struna — string of a musical instrument
  • Portuguese: corda — string of a musical instrument
  • Romanian: coardă — string of a musical instrument
  • Russian: струна́ (struná) — string of a musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: стру̏на — string of a musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: жи̏ца — string of a musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: strȕna — string of a musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȉca — string of a musical instrument
  • Slovak: struna — string of a musical instrument
  • Slovene: struna — string of a musical instrument
  • Spanish: cuerda — string of a musical instrument
  • Swedish: sträng — string of a musical instrument
  • Thai: สาย (sǎai) — string of a musical instrument
  • Turkish: tel — string of a musical instrument
  • Ottoman Turkish: شراع (şiraʿ) — string of a musical instrument
  • Ukrainian: струна́ (struná) — string of a musical instrument
  • Vietnamese: đàn — string of a musical instrument
  • Vietnamese: dây — string of a musical instrument
  • Vietnamese: huyền — string of a musical instrument
  • Welsh: tant — string of a musical instrument
  • Bulgarian: струнна секция (strunna sekcija) — stringed instruments section
  • Danish: strygerne — stringed instruments section
  • Dutch: snaarinstrumenten — stringed instruments section
  • Estonian: keelpillid — stringed instruments section
  • Finnish: jouset — stringed instruments section
  • French: cordes — stringed instruments section
  • Greek: έγχορδα (énchorda) — stringed instruments section
  • Hungarian: húrosok — stringed instruments section
  • Hungarian: vonósok — stringed instruments section
  • Italian: strumenti a corda — stringed instruments section
  • Portuguese: cordas — stringed instruments section
  • Romanian: coarde — stringed instruments section
  • Swedish: stränginstrument — stringed instruments section
  • Bulgarian: условие (uslovie) — conditions
  • Bulgarian: ограничение (ograničenie) — conditions
  • Finnish: ehdot — conditions
  • Finnish: rajoitukset — conditions
  • Hungarian: kikötés — conditions
  • Hungarian: feltétel — conditions
  • Hungarian: előfeltétel — conditions
  • Italian: clausola restrittiva — conditions
  • Italian: condizioni accessorie — conditions
  • Japanese: 条件 (jōken) — conditions
  • Russian: усло́вие (uslóvije) — conditions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弦 (xián) — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Finnish: säie — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • French: corde — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • German: String — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Greek: χορδή (chordí) — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Hungarian: húr — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Italian: teoria delle stringhe — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Kazakh: желі (jelı) — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Polish: struna — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Romanian: string — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Russian: струна́ (struná) — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Slovak: struna — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Turkish: ip — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Turkish: tel — physics: subject of study in string theory
  • Finnish: pilvi — slang: cannabis or marijuana
  • French: cannabis — slang: cannabis or marijuana
  • French: marijuana — slang: cannabis or marijuana
  • Hungarian: fű — slang: cannabis or marijuana
  • Hungarian: marihuána — slang: cannabis or marijuana
  • Azerbaijani: düzmək — put on a string
  • Bulgarian: нанизвам (nanizvam) — put on a string
  • Catalan: enfilar — put on a string
  • Danish: trække på snor — put on a string
  • Dutch: rijgen — put on a string
  • Dutch: aaneenrijgen — put on a string
  • Finnish: pujottaa — put on a string
  • French: enfiler — put on a string
  • Galician: enfiar — put on a string
  • German: auffädeln — put on a string
  • German: einfädeln — put on a string
  • Ingrian: ripustaa — put on a string
  • Māori: kaui — put on a string
  • Portuguese: enfileirar — put on a string
  • Russian: нани́зывать (nanízyvatʹ) — put on a string
  • Spanish: enhebrar — put on a string
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیزمك (dizmek) — put on a string
  • Bulgarian: слагам струни (slagam struni) — put strings on
  • Danish: opstrenge — put strings on
  • Danish: strenge op — put strings on
  • Finnish: nauhoittaa — put strings on
  • Finnish: jänteistää — put strings on
  • Portuguese: encordoar — put strings on
  • Spanish: encordar — put strings on
  • Swedish: stränga — put strings on
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