adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a feather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pinnate
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/pɪnˈneɪt/
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rhymes with -eɪt
adj
Meaning 2
Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.
- The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
Examples
- the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Having wings or fins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pinnated
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: перест (perest) — resembling a feather
- Finnish: sulkamainen — resembling a feather
- German: gefiedert — resembling a feather
- German: federartig — resembling a feather
- Finnish: pariliuskainen — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Finnish: pariosainen — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Finnish: parilehdykkäinen — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Finnish: sulkasuoninen — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- French: penné — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- German: paarig gefiedert — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- German: gefiedert — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- German: fiederblättrig — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- German: Fieder- — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Māori: mata raukura — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Portuguese: pinado — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Portuguese: penado — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Tagalog: sangahan — having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
- Bulgarian: криловиден (kriloviden) — having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck