"flagellate" meaning in English

See flagellate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more flagellate [comparative], most flagellate [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛlət Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flagrum Latin -lus Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate Learned borrowing from Latin flagellō (“to whip, flog”) and its participle flagellātus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|lbor|la>flagellātus>flogged|id=to whip|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin flagrum Latin -lus Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate, {{lbor|en|la|flagellō||to whip, flog}} Learned borrowing from Latin flagellō (“to whip, flog”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)
  1. Resembling a whip. Translations (resembling a whip): piiskamainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-adj-BZ9ms8sl Disambiguation of 'resembling a whip': 99 1
  2. (biology) Having flagella. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: having flagella): камшичест (kamšičest) (Bulgarian), flagel·lar (Catalan), siima- (Finnish), жгу́тиковый (žgútikovyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-adj-J4vT~oLK Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 41 36 11 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 37 39 14 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 34 39 17 5 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: having flagella': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biflagellate, flagellation, triflagellate Related terms: flagellum

Noun

Forms: flagellates [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlət Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flagrum Latin -lus Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate Learned borrowing from Latin flagellō (“to whip, flog”) and its participle flagellātus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|lbor|la>flagellātus>flogged|id=to whip|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin flagrum Latin -lus Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate, {{lbor|en|la|flagellō||to whip, flog}} Learned borrowing from Latin flagellō (“to whip, flog”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flagellate (plural flagellates)
  1. (biology) Any organism that has flagella. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (organism with flagella): siimaeliö (Finnish), Geißeltierchen [neuter] (German), flagellato (Italian), жгутиконо́сец (žgutikonósec) [masculine] (Russian), trùng roi (Vietnamese)
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Verb

Forms: flagellates [present, singular, third-person], flagellating [participle, present], flagellated [participle, past], flagellated [past]
Rhymes: -ɛlət Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flagrum Latin -lus Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate Learned borrowing from Latin flagellō (“to whip, flog”) and its participle flagellātus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|lbor|la>flagellātus>flogged|id=to whip|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin flagrum Latin -lus Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate, {{lbor|en|la|flagellō||to whip, flog}} Learned borrowing from Latin flagellō (“to whip, flog”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)
  1. (transitive) To whip or scourge. Tags: transitive Translations (to whip or scourge): бичувам (bičuvam) (Bulgarian), flagel·lar (Catalan), skurĝi (Esperanto), piiskata (Finnish), flagelare (Italian), asut'iy (Quechua), поро́ть (porótʹ) (Russian), flagelar (Spanish), flagellera (Swedish), piska (Swedish), gissla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-verb-OWKUTg8h Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 41 36 11 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 37 39 14 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 34 39 17 5 Disambiguation of 'to whip or scourge': 97 3
  2. (transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flagellate-en-verb-9dpIucQi

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "piiskamainen"
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