different between incomplete vs fontanelle

English

Etymology

From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incompl?tus, from in- (“un-; not”) + compl?tus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) +? complete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.k?m.?pli?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Adjective

incomplete (comparative more incomplete, superlative most incomplete)

1. Not complete; not finished
2. (botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

Synonyms

• (not complete): unwhole, underdone, unfinished

Antonyms

• complete

Related terms

• incompletely
• incompletion

Translations

Noun

incomplete (plural incompletes)

1. Something incomplete.
   1. (Internet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
   2. (Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
2. A designation of being incomplete.

   He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.

Anagrams

• emplection

Italian

Adjective

incomplete f pl

1. feminine plural of incompleto

Latin

Adjective

incompl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of incompl?tus

English

Alternative forms

• fontanel

Etymology

Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle.

Noun

fontanelle (plural fontanelles)

1. (anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

Synonyms

• soft spot

Translations

Further reading

• fontanelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Old French fontenelle.

Noun

fontanelle f (plural fontanelles)

1. fontanelle

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lle

Noun

fontanelle f

1. plural of fontanella