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pinnate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pɪnˈneɪt/

Etymology

From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).

Meanings

  1. Resembling a feather.
  2. Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
    • Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.
    • The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.
  3. Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
    • the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken
  4. Having wings or fins.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more pinnate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pinnate Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

quadripinnate · pluripinnate · unipinnate · odd-pinnate · ternate-pinnate · equally pinnate · imparipinnate · bipinnate · even-pinnate · abruptly-pinnate · multipinnate · tripinnate · nonpinnate · tripinnated · paripinnate · subpinnate

Relateds

palmate · pinnately

Synonyms

pinnated

Translations (18)

tl sangahan (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · de federartig (resembling a feather) · bg перест (resembling a feather) · de gefiedert (resembling a feather) · pt penado (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · pt pinado (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · fi pariliuskainen (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · de gefiedert (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · de paarig gefiedert (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · fr penné (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · mi mata raukura (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · bg криловиден (having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck) · de Fieder- (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · fi sulkasuoninen (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · fi parilehdykkäinen (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · fi pariosainen (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · de fiederblättrig (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) · fi sulkamainen (resembling a feather)