"cacuminal" meaning in English

See cacuminal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈkjuːmənəl/ Forms: more cacuminal [comparative], most cacuminal [superlative]
Etymology: From cacūmin- (the stem of the Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cacūmen||extremity, point, peak}} Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} cacuminal (comparative more cacuminal, superlative most cacuminal)
  1. Pertaining to a point, top, or crown. Translations (pertaining to a point, top, or crown): верхушечный (verxušečnyj) [medicine, sciences] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cacuminal-en-adj-NrlbFTe6 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to a point, top, or crown': 100 0
  2. (phonology, dated) Pronounced using a concave or retroflexed tongue. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Phonology Translations (phonetics): какуминальный (kakuminalʹnyj) (Russian), ретрофлексный (retrofleksnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cacuminal-en-adj-Fa2kkZhz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 50 48 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 44 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 48 52 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'phonetics': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cacuminalization

Noun

IPA: /kəˈkjuːmənəl/ Forms: cacuminals [plural]
Etymology: From cacūmin- (the stem of the Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cacūmen||extremity, point, peak}} Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cacuminal (plural cacuminals)
  1. (phonology, dated) A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Phonology
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Inflected forms

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