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diptote

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈdɪptoʊt/

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noun

Meaning 1

A noun which has only two cases.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin diptōtum, from Ancient Greek δίπτωτος (díptōtos), from δί- (dí-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “case”).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَمْنُوع مِنَ الصَّرْف (mamnūʕ mina ṣ-ṣarf) — a noun which has only two cases
  • Arabic: غَيْر مُنْصَرِف (ḡayr munṣarif) — a noun which has only two cases
  • Arabic: غَيْرُ أَمْكَنَ — a noun which has only two cases
  • Dutch: diptoot — a noun which has only two cases
  • French: diptote — a noun which has only two cases
  • German: diptotisches Nomen — a noun which has only two cases
  • German: Diptoton — a noun which has only two cases
  • German: Diptotum — a noun which has only two cases
  • Latin: diptotum — a noun which has only two cases
  • Latin: diptoton — a noun which has only two cases
  • Portuguese: diptoto — a noun which has only two cases
  • Russian: двухпаде́жное существи́тельное (dvuxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje) — a noun which has only two cases
  • Russian: дипто́т (diptót) — a noun which has only two cases