osculate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin ōsculātus, perfect active participle of ōsculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōsculum (“a kiss”) + -or (verbal suffix), from ōs (“mouth”) + -culum (diminutive suffix). See also oscillate. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt/, /ˈɒskjəˌleɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑskjəˌleɪt/, /ˈɑskjuˌleɪt/ ==== Verb ==== osculate (third-person singular simple present osculates, present participle osculating, simple past and past participle osculated) (ambitransitive) To kiss. (mathematics) To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. (intransitive) To make contact. (Vedic arithmetic) To perform osculation. To form a connecting link between two genera. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== osculation === Etymology 2 === From Latin ōsculātus. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒskjʊlət/, /ˈɒskjələt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑskjələt/, /ˈɑskjulət/ ==== Adjective ==== osculate (not comparable) Relating to kissing. Synonym: osculatory === References === === Anagrams === costulae, lacteous, locustae, scale out, scaleout == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== osculate inflection of osculare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== osculate f pl feminine plural of osculato == Latin == === Participle === ōsculāte vocative masculine singular of ōsculātus