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carinate

/ˈkæɹɪnət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
car-i-nate
IPA
/ˈkæɹɪnət/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a boat's keel.

adj

Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

adj

Having a carina.

noun

Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

more carinate (comparative) most carinate (superlative) carinates (plural)

Derived Forms

bicarinate carination ecarinate multicarinate quadricarinate subcarinate tricarinate unicarinate

Phrases

carinate abdomen

Synonyms

ridged carinated keeled carinate bird flying bird

Questions

How do you pronounce carinate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæɹɪnət/.
What does carinate mean?
Shaped like a boat's keel.
Where does carinate come from?
Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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