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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSchlüsselstelle
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Schlüsselstelle
"Er ist der Eckpfeiler des Projekts."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.
"He is the linchpin of the local community." - 2
A pin inserted through the end of an axle to keep the wheel from sliding off.
"The cart lost its linchpin and the wheel came loose."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from obsolete 'linch' (from Old English 'lynis', meaning axle-tree) + 'pin'. Originally a pin passed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel on, later generalized to mean something that holds various parts of a complicated structure together.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "linchpin" is said worldwide
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pièce maîtresse
Transliteration: pièce maîtresse
"Il est la pièce maîtresse de notre stratégie."
Schlüsselstelle
Transliteration: Schlüsselstelle
"Er ist der Eckpfeiler des Projekts."
perno
Transliteration: perno
"Questo accordo è il perno della nostra politica estera."
pieza clave
Transliteration: pieza clave
"Ella es la pieza clave de la compañía."
peça-chave
Transliteration: peca-chave
"Ele é a peça-chave da equipe de desenvolvimento."
धुरी
Transliteration: dhuri
"वह इस संगठन की धुरी है।"
顶梁柱
Transliteration: dǐng liáng zhù
"他是公司的顶梁柱。"
핵심
Transliteration: haeksim
"그는 우리 팀의 핵심 인물이다."
要
Transliteration: kaname
"彼はプロジェクトの要である。"
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