Standard Lemma guide

digitate

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdɪdʒɪtət/
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  • /ˈdɪdʒɪteɪt/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having parts that spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To point out as with one's finger, indicate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

resembling a finger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • digitate leaves of the horse chestnut

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fingerlike

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِصْبَعِيّ (ʔiṣbaʕiyy) — having or resembling fingers or being fingerlike
  • Finnish: sormellinen — having or resembling fingers or being fingerlike
  • Finnish: sormimainen (fingerlike) — having or resembling fingers or being fingerlike
  • German: fingerförmig — having or resembling fingers or being fingerlike
  • Latin: digitātus — having or resembling fingers or being fingerlike
  • Arabic: إِصْبَعِيّ (ʔiṣbaʕiyy) — botany: having leaves divided in finger-like parts
  • Finnish: sormilehdykkäinen — botany: having leaves divided in finger-like parts
  • German: fingerförmig — botany: having leaves divided in finger-like parts
  • Latin: digitātus — botany: having leaves divided in finger-like parts
  • Arabic: صَبَعَ (ṣabaʕa) — to point out
  • Finnish: osoittaa sormella — to point out
  • Latin: digitō — to point out
  • Arabic: تَصَبَّعَ (taṣabbaʕa) — to spread in a finger-like manner.
  • German: fingerförmig emporragen — to spread in a finger-like manner.