"acicular" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-acicular.wav
Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin aciculāris. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|aciculāris}} Latin aciculāris, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} acicular (not comparable)
  1. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: needlelike, pinlike Translations (needle-shaped): игловиден (igloviden) (Bulgarian), neulamainen (Finnish), aciculaire [feminine, masculine] (French), βελονοειδής (velonoeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), מַחְטָנִי (makhtaní) (Hebrew), acicular (Portuguese), acicular (Romanian), игольчатый (igolʹčatyj) (Russian), игловидный (iglovidnyj) (Russian), iğnemsi (Turkish), asiküler (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-acicular-en-adj-5F7VDI8D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 4 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 6 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 67 6 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 4 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 9 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 67 8 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 8 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 76 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 69 8 22 Disambiguation of 'needle-shaped': 93 2 5
  2. Having sharp points like needles. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having sharp points): piikikäs (Finnish), aciculaire [feminine, masculine] (French), остроконечный (ostrokonečnyj) (Russian), sivri (Turkish), asiküler (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-acicular-en-adj-oFmtpRPZ Disambiguation of 'having sharp points': 4 88 8
  3. (botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-acicular-en-adj-gA02txkc Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acicularity, acicularly, nonacicular, subacicular Related terms: acicle, acicula Translations (botany: needle-like): neulasmainen (Finnish), aciculaire [feminine, masculine] (French), מַחְטָנִי (makhtaní) (Hebrew), acicular (Romanian), игольчатый (igolʹčatyj) (Russian), iğnemsi (Turkish), asiküler (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'botany: needle-like': 48 2 50

Adjective [Portuguese]

IPA: /a.si.kuˈlaʁ/ [Brazil], [a.si.kuˈlah] [Brazil], /a.si.kuˈlaʁ/ [Brazil], [a.si.kuˈlah] [Brazil], /a.si.kuˈlaɾ/ [São-Paulo], /a.si.kuˈlaʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [a.si.kuˈlaχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /a.si.kuˈlaɻ/ [Caipira], /ɐ.si.kuˈlaɾ/ [Portugal], /ɐ.si.kuˈlaɾ/ [Portugal], /ɐ.si.kuˈla.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: aciculares [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-adj}} acicular m or f (plural aciculares)
  1. acicular (needle-shaped) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-acicular-pt-adj--v3eWNN~ Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French aciculaire. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|aciculaire}} Borrowed from French aciculaire Head templates: {{ro-adj}} acicular m or n (feminine singular aciculară, masculine plural aciculari, feminine/neuter plural aciculare) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: aciculară [feminine, singular], aciculari [masculine, plural], aciculare [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], acicular [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], aciculară [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], aciculari [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, plural], aciculare [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, neuter, plural], acicularul [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], aciculara [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], acicularii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], acicularele [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural], aciculare [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], acicularului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], acicularei [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], acicularilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], acicularelor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural]
  1. acicular Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-acicular-ro-adj-PUj34RD5 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /aθikuˈlaɾ/, [a.θi.kuˈlaɾ], /asikuˈlaɾ/, [a.si.kuˈlaɾ] Forms: aciculares [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -aɾ Head templates: {{es-adj}} acicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural aciculares)
  1. acicular Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-acicular-es-adj-PUj34RD5 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279,\nSometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.”"
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        "(botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like."
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      "ipa": "/asikuˈlaɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a.si.kuˈlaɾ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acicular"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
  "path": [
    "acicular"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "acicular",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
  "path": [
    "acicular"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "acicular",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
  "path": [
    "acicular"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "acicular",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
  "path": [
    "acicular"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "acicular",
  "trace": ""
}

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