mitrate

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.tɹeɪt/

Etymology 1

From mitre +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

mitrate (not comparable)

  1. Having a shape like that of an abbot's or bishop's mitre.
  2. Wearing a mitre.

Etymology 2

From a substantivation of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Mitrata). Equivalent to mitre +‎ -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

mitrate (plural mitrates)

  1. (paleontology) One of an extinct group of stem group echinoderms.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

mitrate

  1. feminine plural of mitrato

Participle

mitrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of mitrato

Etymology 2

Verb

mitrate

  1. inflection of mitrare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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