cordate

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːdeɪt/ Homophones: caudate, chordate (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/ Homophones: chordate; caudate (non-rhotic) === Etymology 1 === From Latin cor(d) (“heart”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== cordate (comparative more cordate, superlative most cordate) (botany) Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base. Synonym: cordiform ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From the substantivation of the above adjective, alternatively straight from Latin cord- (“heart”) +‎ -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== cordate (plural cordates) (philosophy) Any animal with a heart. (archaeology) A heart-shaped hand axe. Misspelling of chordate. For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordate. ===== Usage notes ===== The sense "any animal with a heart" is chiefly confined to discussion of an example given by Willard Van Orman Quine in his essay "Two Dogmas of Empiricism". Compare renate. === Anagrams === Art Deco, red coat, redcoat == Italian == === Noun === cordate f plural of cordata === Anagrams === cardeto, cedrato, detorca == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adverb ==== cordātē (not comparable) prudently, sagaciously, wisely === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== cordāte vocative masculine singular of cordātus === References === “cordate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cordate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.