"tentaculum" meaning in All languages combined

See tentaculum on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tentacula [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|tentāculum}} New Latin tentāculum, {{doublet|en|nocap=1}} doublet Head templates: {{en-noun|tentacula}} tentaculum (plural tentacula)
  1. (zoology) A tentacle. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-tentaculum-en-noun-0nQHzcad Categories (other): Zoology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. (anatomy) A feeler or whisker. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-tentaculum-en-noun-JVrEqOon Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [tɛnˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [t̪en̪ˈt̪äː.ku.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From tentō (“I feel, touch, try”) + -culum, literally "thing for feeling". Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|tentō|-culum|t1=I feel, touch, try}} tentō (“I feel, touch, try”) + -culum Head templates: {{la-noun|tentāculum<2>}} tentāculum n (genitive tentāculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tentāculum<2>}} Forms: tentāculum [canonical, neuter], tentāculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tentāculum [nominative, singular], tentācula [nominative, plural], tentāculī [genitive, singular], tentāculōrum [genitive, plural], tentāculō [dative, singular], tentāculīs [dative, plural], tentāculum [accusative, singular], tentācula [accusative, plural], tentāculō [ablative, singular], tentāculīs [ablative, plural], tentāculum [singular, vocative], tentācula [plural, vocative]
  1. (New Latin, zoology) a tentacle Tags: New-Latin, declension-2

Inflected forms

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