imbricate
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).
Adjective
editimbricate (not comparable)
- Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”)
- 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VII, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.[1], 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:
- The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.
Verb
editimbricate (third-person singular simple present imbricates, present participle imbricating, simple past and past participle imbricated)
- (transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.
- (linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
Related terms
editTranslations
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /im.briˈkaː.te/, [ɪmbrɪˈkäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.briˈka.te/, [imbriˈkäːt̪e]
Participle
editimbricāte
Verb
editimbricāte
Spanish
editVerb
editimbricate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of imbricar combined with te
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- en:Linguistics
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin participle forms
- Latin verb forms
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms