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spinescent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /-ʌnt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /spʌɪ̯-/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, also)
  • /spaɪ̯ˈnɛs.ənt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
  • spī-nĕs′ənt
  • /spəi̯-/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
  • /spʌi̯-/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, also)
  • /spɑe̯ˈnes.ənt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /-ˈnes-/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnēscēns, present participle of spīnēscō (“to become thorny”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”). By surface analysis, spine + -escent.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a spine or spines.
  2. (not-comparable) Terminating in a spine.

Deriveds

spinescence · spinescently

Translations (6)

pl kolczasty (terminating in a spine) · ro spinescent (having a spine or spines) · ro spinescent (terminating in a spine) · pl kolczasty (having a spine or spines) · fr spinescent (terminating in a spine) · fr spinescent (having a spine or spines)