different between abaxial vs reduplicate

English

Alternative forms

• abaxile

Etymology

ab- (“away from”) +? axial (“axis”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?bæk.si.?l/ or IPA^(key): /æb?æk.si.?l/
• Hyphenation US: ab?ax?i?al, UK: ab?ax?ial

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.

Synonyms

• (on the back of an animal): dorsal
• eccentric

Antonyms

• adaxial

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.b?k.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bak.si?al/

Adjective

abaxial (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Further reading

• “abaxial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “abaxial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bak.sjal/

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Galician

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

1. abaxial

German

Etymology

From ab- +? axial, or rather from ab- + axial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap?a?ksi?a?l/

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. abaxial

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /abak(i)si?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???k?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais, comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abak?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxial?, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)

1. abaxial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba??sjal/, [a.??a???sjal]
• Hyphenation: a?ba?xial

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxiales)

1. abaxial

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin reduplic?tus, from reduplic?re, from re- with duplic?re.

Adjective

reduplicate (comparative more reduplicate, superlative most reduplicate)

1. doubled
2. (botany) valvate with the margins curved outwardly
3. (botany) folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another

Verb

reduplicate (third-person singular simple present reduplicates, present participle reduplicating, simple past and past participle reduplicated)

1. (transitive) To double again: to multiply: to repeat.
2. (transitive, linguistics) To repeat (a word or part of a word) in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.

Related terms

• reduplication

Translations

Italian

Adjective

reduplicate f

1. feminine plural of reduplicato

References