Dictionary

plantigrade en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d] (General-American)
• /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

Deriveds

semiplantigrade · nonplantigrade · plantigrady · plantigradism · subplantigrade

Translations (17)

cy gwadnrodiol (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · es plantígrado (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · bg плоскостъпен (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · ru стопоходя́щий (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · it plantigrado (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · io plantigrada (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · sv hälgående (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · hu talponjáró (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · ga bonnsiúlach (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · ru плоскосто́пный (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · sv plantigrad (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · ca plantígrad (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · el πελματοβάμων (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · fr plantigrade (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · ja 蹠行の (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · id plantigrad (walking with the entire sole of the foot) · bg който ходи на цяло стъпало (walking with the entire sole of the foot)

plantigrade en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d] (General-American)
• /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).

Meanings

1. A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

Forms

Coordinates

unguligrade · digitigrade

Translations (16)

ca plantígrad (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · nl zoolganger (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · de Fersengänger (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · es plantígrado (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · io plantigrado (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · ja 蹠行動物 (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · hu talponjáró (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · id plantigrad (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · fi kanta-astuja (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · br palvgerzher (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · el πελματοβάμονα (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · it plantigrado (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · de Sohlengänger (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · sv hälgångare (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · cy gwadnrodiwr (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) · fr plantigrade (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot)