stellate

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛl.eɪt/, /ˈstɛl.ət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlˌeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛleɪt, -ɛlət

Borrowed from Latin stēllātus (“starry”), from stēlla (“star”) +‎ -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to stell(a) +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

stellate (not comparable)

1. Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.

   Synonyms: stellated, stelliform

   stellate cells

   stellate flowers

   • 1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:

     Exit wounds can be stellate, slit-like, crescent, circular, or completely irregular (Figure 4.23).

stellate (plural stellates)

1. (cytology) Ellipsis of stellate cell.

From stell(a) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

stellate (third-person singular simple present stellates, present participle stellating, simple past and past participle stellated)

1. (geometry) To extend the edges or planes of a polyhedron to form a new shape.

• stellated
• stellation

• “stellate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “stellate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

stellate

1. feminine plural of stellato

• selletta

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [steːlˈlaː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [st̪elˈlaː.t̪e]

stēllāte

1. vocative masculine singular of stēllātus

stēllāte

1. vocative masculine singular of stēllātus