frenulum en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfriː.njʊl.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfrɛn.jəl.əm/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin frēnulum, diminutive of frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”).
Meanings
-
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.
Humans have three oral frenulums: beneath the tongue, between the upper lip and gum, and between the lower lip and gum.
- (specifically) 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. ▸ Such a ridge of tissue connecting the foreskin to the glans on the underside of the penis; the penile frenulum.
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frenula | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fraenulum | alternative, hypercorrect | lexicographic | |
| frenulums | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| frænulum | alternative, hypercorrect | lexicographic |
Deriveds
frenulectomy · frenulate · frenular · frenuloplasty
Synonyms
frenum · fiddlestring · frenum
Translations (32)
ru узде́чка (small fold of tissue) · sv ollonsträng (small fold of tissue) · pt frénulo (small fold of tissue) · ko 소대 (small fold of tissue) · nl tongriem (small fold of tissue) · pt freio (small fold of tissue) · de some of them are also called Bändchen (small fold of tissue) · fr frein (small fold of tissue) · es frenillo (small fold of tissue) · fi frenulum (small fold of tissue) · iu ᕿᓪᓗᑕᖅ (small fold of tissue) · de most of them have specific compounds (small fold of tissue) · eo frenulo (small fold of tissue) · ca fre (small fold of tissue) · sv frenulum (small fold of tissue) · it frenulo (small fold of tissue) · fi kiinnityspoimu (small fold of tissue) · cy ffrwynig (small fold of tissue) · is haft (small fold of tissue) · de Frenulum (small fold of tissue) · fi kielijänne (small fold of tissue) · ca tel de la llengua (small fold of tissue) · sv penissträng (small fold of tissue) · wa filé del linwe (small fold of tissue) · el χαλινός (small fold of tissue) · cs uzdička (small fold of tissue) · cmn 繫帶 /系带 (small fold of tissue) · pl wędzidełko (small fold of tissue) · ja 小帯 (small fold of tissue) · fr filet (small fold of tissue) · cy ffrwynyn (small fold of tissue) · gl freo (small fold of tissue)