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pectinate en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɛktəneɪt/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pectinātus (“combed”), from pectinō (“to comb”), from pecten (“comb”). First attested in the mid-18th century. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -ate.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Resembling a comb. ▸ Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.
    • The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.
  2. (not-comparable) Resembling a comb. ▸ Striate.

Deriveds

unipectinate · bipectinate · monopectinate · pectinately · subpectinate · pectinate line · impectinate

Relateds

unipectinated · pectinatella · bipectinated · pectinibranchiate · pectination · pectinal · pectiniform · pecten

Synonyms

pectinated · pectinated

Translations (3)

es pectinado (resembling a comb) · bg гребенчат (resembling a comb) · pt pectinado (resembling a comb)

pectinate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɛktəneɪt/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pectinātus (“combed”), from pectinō (“to comb”), from pecten (“comb”). First attested in the mid-18th century. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -ate.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To fit together in an alternating manner; to interlock or interdigitate.
    • To ſet croſſe legg’d, or with our fingers pectinated or ſhut together is accounted bad, and friends will perſwade us from it. 1646, Thomas Browne, “Compendiouſly of many queſtionable cuſtomes, opinions, pictures, practiſes, and popular obſervations”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 5th book, paragraph 9, page 266:

Forms

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pectinated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pectinated Tense=Past lexicographic
pectinating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pectinates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

pectinate en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɛktəneɪt/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Ancient Greek πήγνῡμι (pḗgnūmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πηκτός (pēktós) Ancient Greek πηκτικός (pēktikós)der. French acide pectique French pectineder. English pectin English -ate English pectinate From pectin + -ate (“chemical suffix”).

Meanings

  1. An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.

Forms

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pectinates Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

pectate · pectin