different between lenticular vs lentil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenticul?ris (“lentil-shaped”), from l?ns (“a lentil”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?n?t?k.j?.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l?n?t?k.j?.l?/
• Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)

Adjective

lenticular (comparative more lenticular, superlative most lenticular)

1. Of or pertaining to a lens.
2. Shaped like a biconvex lens.
3. Relating to a lenticular image.

Synonyms

• (shaped like a biconvex lens): lentiform

Related terms

• extralenticular
• lens
• lensoidal
• lenticel

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

lenticular (plural lenticulars)

1. A lenticular image.
2. A lenticular galaxy.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenticularis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: len?ti?cu?lar

Adjective

lenticular m or f (plural lenticulares, comparable)

1. lenticular

Romanian

Etymology

From French lenticulaire, from Latin lenticularis.

Adjective

lenticular m or n (feminine singular lenticular?, masculine plural lenticulari, feminine and neuter plural lenticulare)

1. lenticular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenticularis.

Adjective

lenticular (plural lenticulares)

1. lenticular

English

Etymology

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of l?ns, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by German Linse and Ancient Greek ??????? (láthuros). Doublet of lenticula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?nt?l/
• Rhymes: -?nt?l
• Hyphenation: len?til

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
2. The seed of these plants, used as food.

Related terms

• lens
• lenticular

Translations

See also

• split pea

Anagrams

• Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'

Middle English

Noun

lentil

1. Alternative form of lentile