Meanings
plural shoulder blades · alternative shoulderblade · alternative shoulder-blade
- Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
Synonyms: scapula, shoulder bone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEither of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
More synonyms by meaning
nouneither of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*skuldrublad
- Old English*sċuldorblæd
- Middle Englishschuldre blad
- Englishshoulder blade
From Middle English schuldre blad, from Old English *sċuldorblæd, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldrublad.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans skouerblad
- skouerbladbone
Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη
- ὠμοπλάτη (ōmoplátē)bone
Arabic لَوْح اَلْكَتِف, عَظْم كَتِفِيّ
- لَوْح اَلْكَتِف (lawḥ al-katif)bone
- عَظْم كَتِفِيّ (ʕaẓm katifiyy)bone
Bulgarian лопатка
- лопатка (lopatka)bone
Catalan omòplat, escàpula
- omòplatbone
- escàpulabone
Chinese Mandarin 肩胛骨
- 肩胛骨 (jiānjiǎgǔ)bone
Czech lopatka
- lopatkabone
Danish skulderblad
- skulderbladbone
Dutch schouderblad
- schouderbladbone
Esperanto skapolo
- skapolobone
Finnish lapaluu
- lapaluubone
French omoplate
- omoplatebone
German Schulterblatt
- Schulterblattbone
Greek ωμοπλάτη
- ωμοπλάτη (omopláti)bone
Hebrew שֶׁכֶם
- שֶׁכֶם (shéchem)bone
Hungarian lapocka, lapockacsont
- lapockabone
- lapockacsontbone
Icelandic herðablað
- herðablaðbone
Indonesian tulang belikat
- tulang belikatbone
Irish slinneán
- slinneánbone
Italian scapola
- scapolabone
Japanese 肩胛骨, 肩甲骨
- 肩胛骨 (kenkōkotsu)bone
- 肩甲骨 (kenkōkotsu)bone
Korean 어깨뼈, 견갑골
- 어깨뼈 (eokkaeppyeo)bone
- 견갑골 (gyeon'gapgol)bone
Latin scapula
- scapulabone
Latvian lāpstiņa
- lāpstiņabone
Lithuanian mentikaulis
- mentikaulisbone
Malay tulang belikat, tulang kipas
- tulang belikatbone
- tulang kipasbone
- tulang daunbone
- tulang dayungbone
- tulang tamparan nyamukbone
- skapulabone
Māori pākoukou, koko o te pokohiwi
- pākoukoubone
- koko o te pokohiwibone
- pākaubone
Norwegian skapula
- skapulabone
Norwegian Bokmål skulderblad
- skulderbladbone
Persian شانه
- شانه (šāne)bone
Polish łopatka
- łopatkabone
Portuguese omoplata, espádua
- omoplatabone
- espáduabone
- escápulabone
Romanian omoplat, scapulă
- omoplatbone
- scapulăbone
- spatăbone
Russian лопа́тка
- лопа́тка (lopátka)bone
Scottish Gaelic cnàimh-slinnein, slinnean
- cnàimh-slinneinbone
- slinneanbone
Slovak lopatka
- lopatkabone
Spanish omóplato, escápula
- omóplatobone
- escápulabone
Swedish skulderblad
- skulderbladbone
Tagalog payumpong, paypay
- payumpongbone
- paypaybone
Tamil தோள்பட்டை
- தோள்பட்டை (tōḷpaṭṭai)bone
Thai กระดูกสะบัก
- กระดูกสะบัก (grà-dùuk-sà-bàk)bone
Turkish kürek kemiği, kebze
- kürek kemiğibone
- kebzebone
Vietnamese xương bả vai
- xương bả vaibone
Welsh palfais
- palfaisbone
Cite this entry
shoulder blade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder%20blade
“shoulder blade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder%20blade. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoulder blade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder%20blade.
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