different between prolate vs prelate

English

Etymology

From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???.le?t/, /p????le?t/

Adjective

prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)

1. Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Translations

Antonyms

• oblate

Related terms

• proffer

See also

• equidimensional

Verb

prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
   • 1629, Ben Jonson, The New Inn

     Prolate it right.

Anagrams

• La Porte, LaPorte, Laporte, Platero, Portela, patrole

Latin

Participle

pr?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?l?tus

English

Etymology

From Old French prelat, from Medieval Latin praelatus, from past participle of praeferre (“to prefer”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?p??l?t/

Noun

prelate (plural prelates)

1. A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

prelate (third-person singular simple present prelates, present participle prelating, simple past and past participle prelated)

1. (obsolete) To act as a prelate.
   • 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough

     Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.

Anagrams

• pleater, replate, repleat