different between tentacle vs vine

English

Etymology

From New Latin tent?culum, from tent?. Doublet of tentaculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?nt?k?l/, /?t?nt?k?l/

Noun

tentacle (plural tentacles)

1. An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
   • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg

     The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth.

   • 1936, H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time

     Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles.

2. (botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
3. (figuratively) An insidious reach or influence.

4. (Britain, military, historical) An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link.
   • 2013, Dr Ian Gooderson, Air Power at the Battlefront (page 26)

     A joint RAF/Army staffed Air Support Control (ASC) headquarters was established at each army corps and each armoured division, linked to the forward brigades by a 'tentacle' equipped with two-way wireless telegraphy.

Synonyms

• tentaculum

Derived terms

• tentacular

Translations

Anagrams

• ectental, electant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /t?n?ta.kl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ten?ta.kle/

Noun

tentacle m (plural tentacles)

1. tentacle

Related terms

• tentacular

Further reading

• “tentacle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tentacle” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tentacle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tentacle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Etymology

From Middle English v?ne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin v?nia, from Latin v?nea (“vines in a vineyard”), from v?neus (“related to wine”), from v?num (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *w?nom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh?y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?n, IPA^(key): /va?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

vine (plural vines)

1. The climbing plant that produces grapes.
2. Any plant of the genus Vitis.
3. (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant.

Synonyms

• (climbing plant that produces grapes): grapevine
• (any climbing or trailing plant): climber (UK)

Hyponyms

• (US): liana

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• kudzu
• liana
• scrambler
• twiner

Anagrams

• Vien, nevi, vein

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?vi.n?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bi.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vi.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine

Verb

vine

1. second-person singular imperative form of venir

Danish

Noun

vine c

1. indefinite plural of vin

Estonian

Noun

vine (genitive vine, partitive vinet)

1. mist

Declension

Derived terms

• uduvine (“haze”)
• vinene (“misty”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vin/

Verb

vine

1. first-person singular present indicative of viner
2. third-person singular present indicative of viner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of viner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of viner
5. second-person singular imperative of viner

Inari Sami

Etymology

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Noun

vi?e

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Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Latin

Noun

v?ne

1. vocative singular of v?nus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman vinne, vine (Old French vigne), from Vulgar Latin vinia, from Latin v?nea (“vineyard; vine”). Doublet of vyny.

Alternative forms

• vin, viene, vign, vigne, veine, vyne, vyn, vyene, vygn, vygne, veyne, win, wine, wyn, wyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?n(?)/

Noun

vine (plural vines or (early) vinen)

2. grapevine
3. vineyard

Related terms

• vyner
• vynet
• vyne?erd
• vyne-tre
• vynour

Descendants

• English: vine
• Scots: vine

References

• “v?ne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French vigne (“siege engine”), from Latin v?nea.

Alternative forms

• vyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?n(?)/

Noun

vine (plural vines)

2. (military) siege engine

References

• “v?ne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

vine (plural vines)

1. Alternative form of wyn (“wine”)

Etymology 4

Noun

vine (plural vines)

1. Alternative form of vyny

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine

Noun

vine

1. plural of vân?

Verb

vine

1. third-person singular present indicative of veni

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bine/, [?bi.ne]

Verb

vine

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of venir.

Volapük

Noun

vine

1. dative singular of vin