periptery
English
noun
Definitions
- The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
- (architecture) A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πτερόν (wing, feather).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πτερόν
Gloss
wing, feather
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -pter English
- -pteran English
- -pterous English
- apterium English
- dipteran English
- hymenopteran English
- peripter English
- peripterous English
- pteranodon English
- pteropod English
- pterotic English
- balaena Latin
- brachypterus Latin
- lepidopterus Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- macropterus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- micropterus Latin
- pteria Latin
- pterus Latin
- xanthopterus Latin
- ornitottero Italian
- héli- French
- ptérion French
- ptérodactyle French
- δίπτερος Ancient Greek
- πτέρινος Ancient Greek
- πτερόν Ancient Greek
- φοινικόπτερος Ancient Greek
- ὑμενόπτερος Ancient Greek
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- φτερό Greek (modern)