"elater" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈleɪ.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈleɪ.tɚ/ [General-American] Forms: elaters [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: elate + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|elate|er|id2=agent noun}} elate + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} elater (plural elaters)
  1. That which elates.
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-ZryRGsCV Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛl.ə.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/ [General-American] Forms: elaters [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|elatēr}} New Latin elatēr, {{der|en|grc|ἐλατήρ||driver, that which drives away}} Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} elater (plural elaters)
  1. (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-MfU6UiyQ
  2. (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-n72yHHJb Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum). Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-nLUOvOuo Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Elateroid beetles
    Sense id: en-elater-en-noun-dXf2knbc Disambiguation of Elateroid beetles: 15 7 16 10 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 19 14 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 12 19 15 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 9 23 12 47 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 10 18 13 39 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pseudoelater
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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