falciform
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin falx (“sickle”) + -i- + -form (“-shaped”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: fălʹsĭfôrm, IPA(key): /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈfɒl.sɪ.fɔːm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective[edit]
falciform (comparative more falciform, superlative most falciform)
- Sickle-shaped.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 627:
- What announced the accomplishment of this rise in temperature?
A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously.
- 2009, Nick Laird, Glover's Mistake:
- David realized he’d been unconsciously pushing his nails into his palms, leaving little red falciform marks.
Derived terms[edit]
- falciform cartilage (anatomy)
- falciformity (rare)
- falciform ligament (anatomy)
- falciform process (anatomy)
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
- falcade (horsemanship)
- falcate (anatomy, botany, and zoölogy)
- falcated (astronomy; also, obsolete in botany and zoölogy)
- falcation (obsolete)
- falchion
- case of falchions (sword-play, obsolete)
- double falchion (sword-play, obsolete)
- single falchion (sword-play, obsolete)
- falciferous (rare)
- falciparum (pathology)
- falcon
- falconet
- falcon-gentle
- falconine (zoölogy)
- falconry
- falculate
Translations[edit]
sickle-shaped
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References[edit]
- “falciform, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French falciforme.
Adjective[edit]
falciform m or n (feminine singular falciformă, masculine plural falciformi, feminine and neuter plural falciforme)
Declension[edit]
Declension of falciform
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | falciform | falciformă | falciformi | falciforme | ||
definite | falciformul | falciforma | falciformii | falciformele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | falciform | falciforme | falciformi | falciforme | ||
definite | falciformului | falciformei | falciformilor | falciformelor |
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