shoulder blade

See also: shoulderblade, and shoulder-blade

English

Shoulder blade—scapula.

Alternative forms

• shoulderblade
• shoulder-blade

Etymology

From Middle English schulder-blade.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shoulder blade (plural shoulder blades)

1. Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.

Synonyms

• scapula, shoulder bone

Translations

bone

• Abaza: жвгӏвымса́къьа (žʷʻʷəmsáqʲʼa)
• Abkhaz: а-жәҩашәа́ҟьа (a-ẑʷjʷaŝʷáqʲʼa)
• Adyghe: блэбгъу (blɛbğʷu)
• Afrikaans: skouerblad (af)
• Arabic: لَوْح اَلْكَتِف m (lawḥ al-katif), عَظْم كَتِفِيّ m (ʕaẓm katifiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: لوح m (looḥ)

• Armenian: թիակ (hy) (tʻiak)
• Aromanian: spalã f, spatã f, plãtari f
• Avar: бугьналага (buhnalaga)
• Bats: ფხანერ (pxaner)
• Bulgarian: лопатка f (lopatka)
• Catalan: omòplat m, escàpula f
• Cebuano: payod, bulogsan
• Chechen: пханар (pxanar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肩胛骨 (zh) (jiānjiǎgǔ)

• Czech: lopatka (cs) f
• Danish: skulderblad (da) n
• Dutch: schouderblad (nl) n
• Esperanto: skapolo
• Faroese: herðablað n
• Finnish: lapaluu (fi)
• French: omoplate (fr) f
• Galician: espádoa (gl) f, omoplata (gl) f
• Georgian: ბეჭი (ka) (beč̣i)
• German: Schulterblatt (de) n
• Greek: ωμοπλάτη (el) f (omopláti)

  Ancient: ὠμοπλάτη f (ōmoplátē)

• Hebrew: שֶׁכֶם (he) m (shéchem)
• Hidatsa: áarábahxu
• Hiligaynon: abá
• Hungarian: lapocka (hu), lapockacsont (hu)
• Icelandic: herðablað (is) n
• Ido: skapulo (io)
• Indonesian: tulang belikat (id)
• Ingush: пхандар (pxandar)
• Interlingua: omoplate, scapula
• Iranun: pakau
• Irish: slinneán m
• Italian: scapola (it) f
• Japanese: 肩胛骨 (ja) (けんこうこつ, kenkōkotsu), 肩甲骨 (ja) (けんこうこつ, kenkōkotsu)
• Kabardian: блэгъу (kbd) (blɛğʷu)
• Kalmyk: дал (dal)
• Korean: 어깨뼈 (ko) (eokkaeppyeo), 견갑골 (肩胛骨) (ko) (gyeon'gapgol)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: defe, hestiyê bêrokê

• Latin: scapula f
• Latvian: lāpstiņa f
• Macedonian: лопатка f (lopatka)
• Malay: tulang belikat, tulang kipas, tulang daun, tulang dayung, tulang tamparan nyamuk, skapula
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᠯᠪᠠ (halba)
• Maori: pākoukou, koko o te pokohiwi, pākau
• Mingrelian: აფხა (apxa), ბეჭი (beč̣i)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дал (mn) (dal), далын яс (dalyn jas) (China)

• Navajo: agąąstsiin
• Norman: palette dé l'êpaule f
• Norwegian: skapula m

  Bokmål: skulderblad n

  Nynorsk: skulderblad n

• Occitan: platèla f, omoplata (oc) f, paleta f, escapula f
• Ossetian: уӕн (wæn), уӕныстӕг (wænystæg)
• Ottoman Turkish: كبزه (kebze), كورك كمیكی (kürek kemiği)
• Pitjantjatjara: aḻipiṟi
• Plautdietsch: Schullablaut n
• Polabian: lüpotă f
• Polish: łopatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: omoplata (pt) f, espádua (pt) f, escápula (pt) f
• Romanian: omoplat (ro) n, scapulă (ro) f, spată (ro) f
• Russian: лопа́тка (ru) f (lopátka)
• Scots: spaul-bane
• Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh-slinnein m, slinnean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ло̀патица f

  Roman: lòpatica (sh) f

• Slovak: lopatka f
• Slovene: lopatica (sl) f
• Spanish: omóplato (es) m, escápula (es) f
• Svan: ბარჯ (barǯ), ფხოტლა̈ნ (pxoṭlän)
• Swedish: skulderblad (sv) n
• Tagalog: payumpong, paypay
• Tarifit: taɣruṭṭ f
• Telugu: అంసఫలకము (te) (aṁsaphalakamu)
• Thai: กระดูกสะบัก (grà-dùuk-sà-bàk)
• Turkish: kürek kemiği (tr), kebze (tr)
• Tày: cắp pai
• Vietnamese: xương bả vai
• Volapük: skapular
• Welsh: palfais f
• West Coast Bajau: busei