digitigrade

== English == === Etymology === From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dĭʹjĭtĭgrād', IPA(key): /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/, /-ɾə/ Hyphenation: di‧gi‧ti‧grade === Adjective === digitigrade (not comparable) (zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised. (zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal. (zoology, specifically, obsolete) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora. ==== Derived terms ==== digitigradism digitigrady ==== Translations ==== === Noun === digitigrade (plural digitigrades) (zoology, chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog. ==== Translations ==== === Coordinate terms === plantigrade unguligrade === References === “digitigrade, a. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. === Further reading === digitigrade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /di.ʒi.ti.ɡʁad/ === Adjective === digitigrade (plural digitigrades) digitigrade === Noun === digitigrade m (plural digitigrades) digitigrade === Further reading === “digitigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === digitigrade feminine plural of digitigrado == Latin == === Adjective === digitigrade vocative masculine singular of digitigradus