adj
Meaning 1
Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chitinous
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/ˈkaɪtɪnəs/
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CMU ARPABET: K AY1 T AH0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
of or resembling chitin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek χῐτών (khĭtṓn)der. Latin chitōnder. French chitinebor. English chitin Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English chitinous From chitin + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: хіці́навы (xicínavy) — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- Bulgarian: хитинов (hitinov) — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- French: chitineux — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- Ido: chitinoza — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- Polish: chitynowy — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- Portuguese: quitinoso — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- Russian: хити́новый (xitínovyj) — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- Spanish: quitinoso — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
- Ukrainian: хіти́новий (xitýnovyj) — made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin