stellate

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛl.eɪt/, /ˈstɛl.ət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlˌeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛleɪt, -ɛlət

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin stēllātus (“starry”), from stēlla (“star”) +‎ -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to stell(a) +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

stellate (not comparable)

1. Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.

   Synonym: stellated

   stellate cells

   stellate flowers

   • 1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:

     Exit wounds can be stellate, slit-like, crescent, circular, or completely irregular (Figure 4.23).

Derived terms

• folliculostellate
• stellate cell
• stellate ganglion
• stellectomy
• substellate

 

Etymology 2

Noun

stellate (plural stellates)

1. (cytology) Ellipsis of stellate cell..

Etymology 3

From stell(a) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

stellate (third-person singular simple present stellates, present participle stellating, simple past and past participle stellated)

1. (geometry) To extend the edges or planes of a polyhedron to form a new shape.

Derived terms

• stellated
• stellation

References

• “stellate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “stellate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Italian

Adjective

stellate

1. feminine plural of stellato

Anagrams

• selletta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /steːlˈlaː.te/, [s̠t̪eːlˈlʲäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stelˈla.te/, [st̪elˈläːt̪e]

Adjective

stēllāte

1. vocative masculine singular of stēllātus

Participle

stēllāte

1. vocative masculine singular of stēllātus