different between intestate vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Latin intest?tus, from in- (“not”) + test?tus (“testate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?ste?t/

Adjective

intestate (not comparable)

1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

Antonyms

• testate

Related terms

• intestacy

Translations

Noun

intestate (plural intestates)

1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.

Translations

References

• intestate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intestate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• enstatite, satinette

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?s.tat/

Adjective

intestate

1. feminine singular of intestat

Noun

intestate f (plural intestates)

1. female equivalent of intestat

Italian

Verb

intestate

1. second-person plural present indicative of intestare
2. second-person plural imperative of intestare
3. feminine plural of intestato

Anagrams

• astenetti
• attenesti
• stentiate

Latin

Adjective

intest?te

1. vocative masculine singular of intest?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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