different between acuminate vs aluminate

English

Alternative forms

• accuminate

Etymology

From Late Latin acuminatus, past participle of acuminare (“to sharpen to a point”).

Pronunciation

• Adjective:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kju?m?n?t/
• Verb:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kju?m?ne?t/

Adjective

acuminate (comparative more acuminate, superlative most acuminate)

1. Tapering to a point; pointed.

   acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

2. (botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.

Translations

Verb

acuminate (third-person singular simple present acuminates, present participle acuminating, simple past and past participle acuminated)

1. (transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
   • September 17, 1784, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. John Newton

     To acuminate even despair.

2. (intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.

Derived terms

• acumination

Italian

Adjective

acuminate f pl

1. feminine plural of acuminato

Verb

acuminate f pl

1. feminine plural past participle of acuminare

Anagrams

• neumatica

Latin

Participle

ac?min?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ac?min?tus

English

Etymology

aluminic +? -ate

Noun

aluminate (plural aluminates)

1. (chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid

Derived terms

Related terms

• alumina

Translations

Anagrams

• a la minute, à la minute

French

Noun

aluminate m (plural aluminates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) aluminate