English-Dutch translations for achilles

• Achilles
  Veiligheid is de achilleshiel van onze computersystemen. Security is the Achilles' heel of our computer systems.
  De mensenrechten zijn overduidelijk de achilleshiel van het Iraanse regime. Human rights are clearly the Achilles heel of the Iranian regime.
  Dat is de achilleshiel van de Europese visserijpolitiek. This is the Achilles' heel of the European fisheries policy.

Definition of achilles

• A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the ''Iliad'as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean camp

Related words

• Achilles heel
• Achilles' tendon
• Achilles' heel
• Achilles tendon
• tendon of Achilles