falcate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“curved, sickle-shaped”), from falx (“sickle”, oblique stem in falc-) +‎ -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfælkeɪt/

Adjective

falcate (comparative more falcate, superlative most falcate)

  1. (zoology, botany) Shaped like a sickle.

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Italian

Noun

falcate f

  1. plural of falcata

Adjective

falcate f

  1. feminine plural of falcato

Latin

Adjective

falcāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of falcātus
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