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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfingerförmig
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fing-er-foerm-ich
"Die Pflanze hat fingerförmige Blätter."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having fingers or digits; branching out into finger-like parts or lobes.
"The botanist carefully examined the digitate leaves of the plant." - 2
Resembling a hand with extended fingers in structure or arrangement.
"The fossil showed a distinct digitate structure resembling a rudimentary hand."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'digitatus' meaning having fingers or toes, originating from 'digitus' (finger or toe). First appearing in the early 17th century, it was adopted into English scientific nomenclature primarily in botany and zoology to describe structures resembling fingers.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Digitate" is said worldwide
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digité
Transliteration: dee-zhi-tay
"La plante possède des feuilles digitées."
fingerförmig
Transliteration: fing-er-foerm-ich
"Die Pflanze hat fingerförmige Blätter."
digitato
Transliteration: dee-gee-tah-toh
"La foglia ha una forma digitata."
digitado
Transliteration: dee-hee-tah-doh
"La especie presenta hojas digitadas."
digitado
Transliteration: dee-gee-tah-doo
"A folha digitada é característica desta planta."
उँgali-नुमा
Transliteration: ungali-numa
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"इस पौधे की पत्तियाँ उँगली जैसी होती हैं।"
指状的
Transliteration: zhǐ zhuàng de
Script: 中文汉字
"这种植物具有指状的叶子。"
손가락모양의
Transliteration: song-gar-ak-mo-yang-ui
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 식물은 손가락 모양의 잎을 가지고 있다."
指状の
Transliteration: shijō no
Script: 日本語
"その植物は指状の葉を持っている。"
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