"prolate" meaning in English

See prolate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/, /pɹəʊˈleɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prolate.wav Forms: more prolate [comparative], most prolate [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|prolatum}} Latin prolatum Head templates: {{en-adj}} prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)
  1. Elongated at the poles. Related terms: proffer, equidimensional Translations (Elongated at the poles): удължен (udǎlžen) (Bulgarian), oblong (French)
    Sense id: en-prolate-en-adj-~yekvLzA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/, /pɹəʊˈleɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prolate.wav Forms: prolates [present, singular, third-person], prolating [participle, present], prolated [participle, past], prolated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|prolatum}} Latin prolatum Head templates: {{en-verb}} prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-prolate-en-verb-lMxdNdEW

Inflected forms

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