different between filiform vs sarment

English

Etymology

Latin filum (“thread”), +? -iform.

Adjective

filiform (comparative more filiform, superlative most filiform)

1. Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
2. Having all component parts or segments cylindrical and more or less uniform in size.

   Tiger beetles have filiform antennae.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French filiforme.

Adjective

filiform m or n (feminine singular filiform?, masculine plural filiformi, feminine and neuter plural filiforme)

1. filiform

Declension

English

Etymology

Latin sarmentum (“a twig”).

Noun

sarment (plural sarments)

1. (botany) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry.

Related terms

• sarmentose

Anagrams

• Arments, artsmen, martens, raments, smarten, starmen

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sarmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /s???ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /s?r?men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sa??ment/

Noun

sarment m (plural sarments)

1. shoot, vine

   Synonym: redorta

Derived terms

• sarmentós

Further reading

• “sarment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin sarmentum

Noun

sarment m (plural sarments)

1. vine, shoot, tendril

Further reading

• “sarment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).