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See also: acícula
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə
Noun[edit]
acicula (plural aciculas or aciculae)
- One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
needlelike spine of some animals and plants
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Further reading[edit]
- “acicula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Late Latin acicula (“hairpin”), diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
acicula f (plural acicule)
- shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)
- Synonym: spillettoni m pl
- (zoology) acicula
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- acicula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of acus (“needle”) + -cula.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈki.ku.la/, [äˈkɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/, [äˈt͡ʃiːkulä]
Noun[edit]
acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acicula | aciculae |
Genitive | aciculae | aciculārum |
Dative | aciculae | aciculīs |
Accusative | aciculam | aciculās |
Ablative | aciculā | aciculīs |
Vocative | acicula | aciculae |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “acicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- acicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- English terms derived from Latin
- Rhymes:English/ɪkjʊlə
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