"cartilaginous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌkɑː.tɪˈlad͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑɹ.təˈlæd͡ʒ.ən.əs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cartilaginous.wav Forms: more cartilaginous [comparative], most cartilaginous [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”); compare French cartilagineux. Equivalent to cartilage + -ous, with modifications made to its morphology. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cartilāginōsus||full of cartilage, very gristly}} Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), {{af|la|cartilāgō|-ōsus|nocat=1|t1=cartilage, gristle|t2=-ous, -ose}} cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”), {{cog|fr|cartilagineux}} French cartilagineux, {{suf|en|cartilage|ous}} cartilage + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} cartilaginous (comparative more cartilaginous, superlative most cartilaginous)
  1. (anatomy) Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
    Related to or resembling cartilage.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (resembling cartilage): cartilaginós (Catalan), rustomainen (Finnish), cartilaginos (Romanian), cartilaginoso (Spanish), kıkırdaksı (Turkish), kıkırdağımsı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cartilaginous-en-adj-0f8mwszX Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'resembling cartilage': 59 34 7
  2. (anatomy) Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
    (zoology, of a vertebrate animal) Having a skeleton of cartilage.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy, Zoology Translations (zoology: having skeleton of cartilage): rusto- (Finnish), see e.g. rustokala (Finnish), kıkırdaklı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cartilaginous-en-adj-P8CdOlmT Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'zoology: having skeleton of cartilage': 24 63 14
  3. (mycology) Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe. Categories (topical): Mycology Translations (mycology: having tough or fibrous texture): rustoinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cartilaginous-en-adj-db~s1N50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 28 28 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 27 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 26 28 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 26 26 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 26 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 28 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 32 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 25 25 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 31 31 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 25 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 27 27 47 Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'mycology: having tough or fibrous texture': 3 13 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cartilagenous, cartilagineous, cartiliginous Translations (comprising cartilage): cartilaginós (Catalan), 软骨的 (Chinese Mandarin), chrupavčitý [masculine] (Czech), kartilaga (Esperanto), rustoinen (Finnish), cartilaxinoso [masculine] (Galician), knorpelig (German), χονδρικός (chondrikós) (Greek), porcos (Hungarian), ooshgę́ęzhii (Navajo), gristlen (Old English), cartilaginos [masculine] (Romanian), cartilaginoso (Spanish), kıkırdaklı (Turkish), kıkırdaksı (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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    },
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        "2": "cartilagineux"
      },
      "expansion": "French cartilagineux",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "cartilage",
        "3": "ous"
      },
      "expansion": "cartilage + -ous",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”); compare French cartilagineux. Equivalent to cartilage + -ous, with modifications made to its morphology.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more cartilaginous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most cartilaginous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.",
        "Related to or resembling cartilage."
      ],
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          "anatomy"
        ],
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        ],
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          "bone",
          "bone"
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        "(anatomy) Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.",
        "Related to or resembling cartilage."
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Zoology"
      ],
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          "text": "Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1692, John Ray, “Of Formed Stones, Sea-shells, and Other Marine-like Bodies Found at Great Distances from the Shores?”, in Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC, page 109:",
          "text": "[T]here are other Bodies beſides Shells found in the Earth, reſembling the Teeth and Bones of ſome Fiſhes, […] the Vertebres of Thornbacks and other Cartilagineous Fiſhes there found, and ſold for Stones among the Gloſſopetræ, […]",
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        }
      ],
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        "Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.",
        "Having a skeleton of cartilage."
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          "anatomy"
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          "cartilage"
        ],
        [
          "bone",
          "bone"
        ],
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "vertebrate",
          "vertebrate"
        ],
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          "skeleton",
          "skeleton"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.",
        "(zoology, of a vertebrate animal) Having a skeleton of cartilage."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a vertebrate animal"
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        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology"
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      "glosses": [
        "Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe."
      ],
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          "mycology"
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        "(mycology) Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe."
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        "biology",
        "mycology",
        "natural-sciences"
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      "ipa": "/ˌkɑɹ.təˈlæd͡ʒ.ən.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "cartilagenous"
    },
    {
      "word": "cartilagineous"
    },
    {
      "word": "cartiliginous"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "cartilaginós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "软骨的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chrupavčitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "kartilaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "rustoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cartilaxinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "knorpelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chondrikós",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "χονδρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "porcos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "ooshgę́ęzhii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "gristlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cartilaginos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "cartilaginoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "kıkırdaklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "comprising cartilage",
      "word": "kıkırdaksı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "resembling cartilage",
      "word": "cartilaginós"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resembling cartilage",
      "word": "rustomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "resembling cartilage",
      "word": "cartilaginos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resembling cartilage",
      "word": "cartilaginoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "resembling cartilage",
      "word": "kıkırdaksı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "resembling cartilage",
      "word": "kıkırdağımsı"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "zoology: having skeleton of cartilage",
      "word": "rusto-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "zoology: having skeleton of cartilage",
      "word": "see e.g. rustokala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "zoology: having skeleton of cartilage",
      "word": "kıkırdaklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mycology: having tough or fibrous texture",
      "word": "rustoinen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cartilaginous"
}

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