acicula

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə === Noun === acicula (plural aciculas or aciculae) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. Synonym: acicle ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “acicula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin acicula (“hairpin”), diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/ Rhymes: -ikula Hyphenation: a‧cì‧cu‧la === Noun === acicula f (plural acicule) shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris) Synonym: spillettoni m pl (zoology) acicula ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === acicula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === acculai, aluccia == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of acus (“needle”) +‎ -cula. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈt͡ʃiː.ku.la] === Noun === acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension a hairpin or hatpin ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== acia acus acicularis ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: acícula → English: acicula, acicule, aciculum → French: acicule → Italian: acicula (learned) → Portuguese: acícula → Romanian: acicul (learned) === References === “acicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "acicula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “acicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.