tendinous
/ˈtɛn.dɪn.əs/adjective
tendinous is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon or sinew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-E-N-D-I-N-O-U-S, and it appears about once in every 40 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does tendinous mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon or sinew.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tendinous?
- /ˈtɛn.dɪn.əs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tendinous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is tendinous?
Tendinous appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Tendinous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | tendinoso |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tendinous come from?
Borrowed from New Latin tendinōsus, from tendō (“sinew, tendon”) + -ōsus (“-ous”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).