different between crenate vs cremate

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i?.ne?t/

Adjective

crenate (comparative more crenate, superlative most crenate)

1. (botany) Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.

Derived terms

• crenulate
• bicrenate
• double crenate

Translations

Noun

crenate (plural crenates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of crenic acid

Translations

Anagrams

• centare, enacter, re-enact, reenact, reënact, trecena

Italian

Adjective

crenate

1. feminine plural of crenato

Anagrams

• carente
• cerante
• creante
• nartece
• recante

Latin

Adjective

cr?n?te

1. vocative masculine singular of cr?n?tus

English

Etymology

Latin crem? (“I burn (something) to ashes; I cremate (something)”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ime?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???me?t/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /k???me?t/

Verb

cremate (third-person singular simple present cremates, present participle cremating, simple past and past participle cremated)

1. (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
2. (transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Related terms

• cremation
• crematorium

Translations

Anagrams

• ceramet, meercat

Italian

Verb

cremate

1. second-person plural present of cremare
2. second-person plural imperative of cremare

Anagrams

• certame

Latin

Verb

crem?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of crem?