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umbilical cord

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft.

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Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of funiculus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Synonyms: funiculus

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An overdependence on or overattachment to support, especially from one's parents or guardians.

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Usage: figuratively

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noun

Meaning 6

membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: umbilical

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel, funiculus, fetal membrane

History

Etymology

From umbilical + cord. Largely displaced native navel-string. First attested in 1753.

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akan: egyaade — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Southern Altai: киндик (kindik) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Arabic: حَبْل سُرِّيّ (ḥabl surriyy) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Armenian: պորտալար (portalar) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Asturian: llibradura — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Azerbaijani: göbək ciyəsi — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Azerbaijani: göbəkbağı — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Bashkir: кендек бауы (kendek bawı) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Bashkir: кендек (kendek) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Belarusian: пупаві́на (pupavína) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Breton: funig ar begel — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Breton: kordenn ar begel — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Bulgarian: пъ́пна връв (pǎ́pna vrǎv) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Burmese: ချက်ကြိုး (hkyakkrui:) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Catalan: cordó umbilical — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Chinese Cantonese: 臍帶 /脐带 — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Hakka Chinese: 臍帶 /脐带 (chhì-tai) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Chinese: 臍帶 /脐带 (châi-tòa) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臍帶 /脐带 (qídaì) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Czech: pupeční šňůra — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Danish: navlestreng — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Dutch: navelstreng — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Dutch: navelsnoer — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Egyptian: X:p-G41-A-F51 (ẖpꜣ) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Egyptian: N35:Q3-G40-G1-G43-Z2:Z7 (npꜣw) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Erzya: почопикс (počopiks) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Estonian: nabanöör — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Finnish: napanuora — cord between foetus and placenta
  • French: cordon ombilical — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Galician: cordón umbilical — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Galician: cadillo — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Georgian: ჭიპლარი (č̣iṗlari) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • German: Nabelschnur — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Greek: ομφάλιος λωρός (omfálios lorós) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Hebrew: חֶבֶל הַטַבּוּר — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Hindi: नाभिरज्जु (nābhirajju) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Hungarian: köldökzsinór — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Ido: umbilikala kordono — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Indonesian: tali pusat — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Ingrian: napanoora — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Irish: srincne — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Irish: caolán imleacáin — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Irish: caol imleacáin — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Irish: sreang imleacáin — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Italian: cordone ombelicale — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Japanese: 臍帯 (saitai) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Japanese: 臍の緒 (heso no o) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Kabuverdianu: unbigu — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Kannada: ಹೊಕ್ಕುಳಬಳ್ಳಿ (hokkuḷabaḷḷi) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Kashmiri: نان (nān) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Kazakh: кіндікбау (kındıkbau) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Khmer: ទងផ្ចិត (tɔɔng phcət) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Korean: 탯줄 (taetjul) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Korean: 제대 (jedae) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Northern Kurdish: navkebendik — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Kyrgyz: киндик (kindik) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Lao: ສາຍບື (sāi bư̄) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Lao: ສາຍສະບື (sāi sa bư̄) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Latin: nervus umbilicaris — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Latvian: nabassaite — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Lithuanian: virkštelė — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Macedonian: папочна врвца (papočna vrvca) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Malayalam: പൊക്കിൾക്കൊടി (pokkiḷkkoṭi) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Māori: tāngaengae — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Māori: iho — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Māori: uho — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Māori: rauru — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Māori: pito — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Māori: kaha — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Marathi: नाळ (nāḷ) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Classical Nahuatl: xīcmecayōtl — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Norwegian: navlestreng — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Persian: بند ناف (band-e nâf) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Polish: pępowina — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Portuguese: cordão umbilical — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Punjabi: ਨਾੜੂ (nāṛū) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Russian: пупови́на (pupovína) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Serbo-Croatian: пупчана врпца — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Serbo-Croatian: pupčana vrpca — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Slovak: pupočná šnúra — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Slovene: popkovnica — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Slovene: popkovina — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Spanish: cuerda umbilical — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Swahili: kitovu — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Swedish: navelsträng — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Tagalog: talimpusod — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Tajik: наи ноф (na-yi nof) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Tamil: தொப்புள்கொடி (toppuḷkoṭi) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Tamil: கொப்பூழ்க்கொடி (koppūḻkkoṭi) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Telugu: బొడ్డు తాడు (boḍḍu tāḍu) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Thai: สายสะดือ (sǎai-sà-dʉʉ) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Tooro: orulera class 11 — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Turkish: göbek bağı — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Ukrainian: пупови́на (pupovýna) — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Unami: lehëlexëwiatàkw — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Uzbek: kindik ichakchasi — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Vietnamese: cuống nhau — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Vietnamese: dây rốn — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Vietnamese: cuống rốn — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Welsh: llinyn bogail — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Yoruba: ìwọ́ — cord between foetus and placenta
  • Finnish: napanuora — line connecting an astronaut to the spacecraft during spacewalk
  • Hungarian: köldökzsinór — line connecting an astronaut to the spacecraft during spacewalk
  • Polish: pępowina — line connecting an astronaut to the spacecraft during spacewalk
  • Swahili: kitovu — line connecting an astronaut to the spacecraft during spacewalk
  • Finnish: napanuora — any line connecting a rocket to its launch pad
  • Polish: pępowina — any line connecting a rocket to its launch pad
  • Swahili: kitovu — any line connecting a rocket to its launch pad