articulate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. === Pronunciation === adjective, noun (UK) enPR: ärtĭ'kyələt, IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/ (US) enPR: ärtĭ'kyələt, IPA(key): /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt verb (UK) enPR: ärtĭ'kyəlāt, IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.leɪt/ (US) enPR: ärtĭ'kyəlāt, IPA(key): /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊleɪt === Verb === articulate (third-person singular simple present articulates, present participle articulating, simple past and past participle articulated) (transitive) To make clear or effective. (ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate. (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific. (transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend. an articulated bus (music, transitive) To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc. (anatomy, intransitive) To form a joint or connect by joints. (obsolete) To treat or make terms. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === articulate (comparative more articulate, superlative most articulate) Clear; effective. (Can we add an example for this sense?) Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution. Synonyms: eloquent, well-spoken Consisting of segments united by joints. Distinctly marked off. (obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. (obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals. (obsolete, as a participle) Articulated (all senses). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === articulate (plural articulates) (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata. ==== Related terms ==== inarticulate === Further reading === “articulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “articulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === articulāte second-person plural present active imperative of articulō === References === “articulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “articulate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Verb === articulate second-person singular voseo imperative of articular combined with te