pinniform
English
adj
Definitions
- Shaped like a fin or feather.
Etymology
Derived from Latin pinna (feather, wing, fin, a pinnacle, wing-like appendage, flipper, dorsal fin).
Origin
Latin
pinna
Gloss
feather, wing, fin, a pinnacle, wing-like appendage, flipper, dorsal fin
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
- pinna English
- flavipinnis Latin
- longipinnis Latin
- pinna Latin
- pinnaculum Latin
- pinnāculum Latin
- penne French
- peña Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)piHn- Proto-Indo-European
- penya Catalan, Valencian
- pană Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- împăna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pendë Albanian
- *petnā Proto-Italic