sprain

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

Noun

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

Concepts

entorse

foulure

tordre

se fouler

fouler

se faire une entorse

passer

pencher

retourner

tourner

avérer

aborder

se tordre

absurdité

adresser

crampe

détourner

illogique

Synonymes

twist

wrench

🔧

strain

dislocate

wrick

turn

put out of joint

luxate

crick

distort

rick

dislocation

wring

etc.

crush

warp

wrest

be sprained

mangle

pull

contort

cramp

feel sore

distord

fracture

injury

ligament

luxation

make

screw

screw up

splay

spraining

feel stiff

unscrew

feel pain

be twisted

break

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/spɹeɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

1601, verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to press out, to wring”), from Latin exprimere, in which case cognate to express.