pinnate

English

Etymology

From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪnˈneɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Adjective

pinnate (comparative more pinnate, superlative most pinnate)

1. Resembling a feather.
2. (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis

   Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.

   The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.

3. (zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

   the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken

4. (zoology) Having wings or fins.

Synonyms

• pinnated

Derived terms

• abruptly-pinnate
• bipinnate
• even-pinnate
• imparipinnate
• multipinnate
• odd-pinnate
• paripinnate
• pluripinnate
• quadripinnate
• tripinnate
• tripinnated

 

Translations

resembling a feather

• Bulgarian: перест (bg) (perest)
• Finnish: sulkamainen
• German: gefiedert (de), federartig

having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis

• Finnish: pariliuskainen, pariosainen (lobes); parilehdykkäinen (leaflets); sulkasuoninen (fi) (veins)
• French: penné (fr)
• German: paarig gefiedert, gefiedert (de), fiederblättrig, Fieder-
• Maori: mata raukura
• Portuguese: pinado, penado (pt)
• Tagalog: sangahan

having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck

• Bulgarian: криловиден (kriloviden)

See also

• pinnately
• palmate

Anagrams

• pentina

Latin

Adjective

pinnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of pinnātus