tendon
French, noun/tɑ̃.dɔ̃/
tendon is spelled T-E-N-D-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tendon is a French masculine noun meaning “tendon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie fibreuse, blanchâtre, ronde ou aplatie, qui forme l’extrémité des muscles et qui sert à les attacher…”.
What does tendon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetendon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie fibreuse, blanchâtre, ronde ou aplatie, qui forme l’extrémité des muscles et qui sert à les attacher aux os ou à d’autres parties. 2. Partie postérieure des jambes des chevaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tendon
- tendons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tendon?
- /tɑ̃.dɔ̃/
- \tɑ̃.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tendon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tendon in French?
tendon appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).