different between prickles vs acicula

English

Noun

prickles

1. plural of prickle
2. (Ulster) gooseflesh

Verb

prickles

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prickle

Anagrams

• Spickler, picklers

English

Etymology

Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?

Noun

acicula (plural aciculae)

1. One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

Synonyms

• acicle

Translations

Further reading

• acicula at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acicula (“hairpin”), diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?t??i.ku.la/
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Hyphenation: a?cì?cu?la

Noun

acicula f (plural acicule)

1. shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)

   Synonym: spillettoni m pl

2. (zoology) acicula

Related terms

References

• acicula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of acus (“needle”) +? -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ki.ku.la/, [ä?k?k???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?t??i.ku.la/, [??t??i?kul?]

Noun

acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension

1. a hairpin or hatpin

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• acia
• acus
• acicularis

Descendants

• ? English: acicula
• ? Italian: acicula (learned)
• ? Portuguese: acícula

References

• acicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• acicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette