acicular

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aciculāris. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ) === Adjective === acicular (not comparable) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle. Near-synonyms: needlelike, pinlike 1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279,[1] Sometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.” Having sharp points like needles. (botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === acicular m or f (plural aciculares) acicular (needle-shaped) === Further reading === “acicular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acicular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aciculaire. === Adjective === acicular m or n (feminine singular aciculară, masculine plural aciculari, feminine/neuter plural aciculare) acicular ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “acicular”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aθikuˈlaɾ/ [a.θi.kuˈlaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /asikuˈlaɾ/ [a.si.kuˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧ci‧cu‧lar === Adjective === acicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural aciculares) acicular === Further reading === “acicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025