"orbiculate" meaning in English

See orbiculate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more orbiculate [comparative], most orbiculate [superlative]
enPR: ôr-bĭk'yə-lāt' Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt Etymology: First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1650}} First attested in 1650, {{bor+|en|la|orbiculātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=substantive|pos1=noun-forming suffix}} -ate (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} orbiculate (comparative more orbiculate, superlative most orbiculate)
  1. spherical or circular; orbicular Derived forms: orbiculately, semiorbiculate, suborbiculate Translations (spherical or circular): orbiculé (French)
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Noun

Forms: orbiculates [plural]
enPR: ôr-bĭk'yə-lāt' Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt Etymology: First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1650}} First attested in 1650, {{bor+|en|la|orbiculātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=substantive|pos1=noun-forming suffix}} -ate (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} orbiculate (plural orbiculates)
  1. That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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