"acicular" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/ [US]
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 Translations (needle-shaped): игловиден (igloviden) (Bulgarian), neulamainen (Finnish), aciculaire [feminine, masculine] (French), βελονοειδής (velonoeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), מַחְטָנִי (makhtaní) (Hebrew), acicular (Portuguese), acicular (Romanian)
    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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 6 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 5 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 78 6 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 4 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 73 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 8 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 71 7 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 73 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 74 8 17 Disambiguation of 'needle-shaped': 94 2 4
  2. Having sharp points like needles. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having sharp points): piikikäs (Finnish), aciculaire [feminine, masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-acicular-en-adj-oFmtpRPZ Disambiguation of 'having sharp points': 4 89 7
  3. (botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (botany: needle-like): neulasmainen (Finnish), aciculaire [feminine, masculine] (French), מַחְטָנִי (makhtaní) (Hebrew), acicular (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-acicular-en-adj-gA02txkc Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'botany: needle-like': 19 2 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acicularity, acicularly, nonacicular, subacicular

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/ [Southern-Brazil], /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 and 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 [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], aciculară [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], aciculari [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], aciculare [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], acicularul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], aciculara [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], acicularii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], acicularele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], acicular [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], aciculare [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], aciculari [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], aciculare [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], acicularului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], acicularei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], acicularilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], acicularelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, 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/ [Spain], [a.θi.kuˈlaɾ] [Spain], /asikuˈlaɾ/ [Latin-America, Philippines], [a.si.kuˈlaɾ] [Latin-America, Philippines] 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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          "acicular",
          "acicular#English"
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        "masculine"
      ]
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "word": "игловиден"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aciculaire"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βελονοειδής"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "makhtaní",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "word": "מַחְטָנִי"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "word": "acicular"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "word": "acicular"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having sharp points",
      "word": "piikikäs"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having sharp points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aciculaire"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "botany: needle-like",
      "word": "neulasmainen"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "aciculaire"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makhtaní",
      "sense": "botany: needle-like",
      "word": "מַחְטָנִי"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "botany: needle-like",
      "word": "acicular"
    }
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}

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        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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      ],
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        "acicular (needle-shaped)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acicular",
          "acicular#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "ipa": "[a.si.kuˈlah]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.si.kuˈlaʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[a.si.kuˈlah]",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a.si.kuˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.si.kuˈlaʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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    {
      "ipa": "[a.si.kuˈlaχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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      "ipa": "/a.si.kuˈlaɻ/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ɐ.si.kuˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.si.kuˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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      "form": "aciculară",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "aciculari",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
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      ]
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "acicularele",
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        "accusative",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "acicular",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "acicularului",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "acicularilor",
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        "dative",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "acicularelor",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acicular m or n (feminine singular aciculară, masculine plural aciculari, feminine and neuter plural aciculare)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "acicular"
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      "links": [
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          "acicular",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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}

{
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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      "args": {},
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    "a‧ci‧cu‧lar"
  ],
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        "Spanish adjectives",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish epicene adjectives",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "acicular"
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        [
          "acicular",
          "acicular#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aθikuˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a.θi.kuˈlaɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/asikuˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a.si.kuˈlaɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acicular"
}

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