English Explanatory Dictionary

frenulum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.
  2. Such a ridge of tissue connecting the foreskin to the glans on the underside of the penis; the penile frenulum.
  3. A bristle or row of bristles on the edge of the hindwings of some lepidoptera which unites the wings by interlocking with a catch on the posterior part of the forewings.

Pronunciation

/ˈfriː.njʊl.əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frenulum.wav /ˈfrɛn.jəl.əm/

Word forms

frenulum frenula frenulums fraenulum frænulum

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin frēnulum, diminutive of frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”).

Synonyms

frenum fiddlestring

Derived words

frenular frenulate frenulectomy frenuloplasty

Translations

Catalan: fre Catalan: tel de la llengua Chinese Mandarin: 繫帶 /系带 Czech: uzdička Dutch: tongriem Esperanto: frenulo Finnish: frenulum Finnish: kiinnityspoimu Finnish: kielijänne French: frein French: filet Galician: freo German: Frenulum German: some of them are also called Bändchen German: most of them have specific compounds Greek: χαλινός Icelandic: haft Inuktitut: ᕿᓪᓗᑕᖅ Italian: frenulo Japanese: 小帯 Korean: 소대 Polish: wędzidełko Portuguese: freio Portuguese: frénulo Russian: узде́чка Spanish: frenillo Swedish: frenulum Swedish: penissträng Swedish: ollonsträng Walloon: filé del linwe Welsh: ffrwynig Welsh: ffrwynyn
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