diptote

English

Alternative forms

• dipt.

Etymology

From Latin diptōtum, from Ancient Greek δίπτωτος (díptōtos), from δί- (dí-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “case”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪptoʊt/

Noun

diptote (plural diptotes)

1. (grammar) A noun which has only two cases.

   In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

Coordinate terms

• aptote
• monoptote
• triptote
• tetraptote
• pentaptote

Derived terms

• diptotic

Translations

a noun which has only two cases

• Arabic: مَمْنُوع مِنَ الصَّرْف (ar) m (mamnūʕ mina ṣ-ṣarf), غَيْر مُنْصَرِف m (ḡayr munṣarif)
• Dutch: diptoot m
• French: diptote (fr) m
• German: diptotisches Nomen n, Diptoton (de) n, Diptotum n
• Latin: diptotum n, diptoton n
• Portuguese: diptoto m
• Russian: двухпаде́жное существи́тельное n (dvuxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje), дипто́т m (diptót)

Anagrams

• pottied, tiptoed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dip.tɔt/

Adjective

diptote (plural diptotes)

1. diptote