coarctate
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).
Pronunciation
edit- (adjective):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/, /ˈkoʊˌɑɹkˌteɪt/, /koʊˈɑɹk.tɪt/, /ˈkoʊˌɑɹk.tɪt/
- (verb):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/
Adjective
editcoarctate (comparative more coarctate, superlative most coarctate)
- (medicine) Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
- (entomology) (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.
Verb
editcoarctate (third-person singular simple present coarctates, present participle coarctating, simple past and past participle coarctated)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “coarctate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “coarctate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ko.arkˈtaː.te/, [koärkˈt̪äːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.arkˈta.te/, [koärkˈt̪äːt̪e]
Verb
editcoarctāte
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