lunate

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”).

Adjective[edit]

lunate (comparative more lunate, superlative most lunate)

  1. Shaped like a crescent.
    a lunate beak

Noun[edit]

lunate (plural lunates)

  1. (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period
  2. (anatomy) The lunate bone

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lunate

  1. feminine plural of lunato

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

lūnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of lūnō

References[edit]

  • lunate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • lunate in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lunate&oldid=73875699"