"-clinal" meaning in English

See -clinal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”). Cognate with Latin clīnō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{der|en|grc|κλίνω|t=to lean}} Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”), {{cog|la|clīnō}} Latin clīnō Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -clinal, {{en-suffix}} -clinal
  1. having a specified slope Tags: morpheme Derived forms: anticlinal, declinal, geanticlinal, geosynclinal
    Sense id: en--clinal-en-suffix-Bh2zLreM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for -clinal meaning in English (1.2kB)

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