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falcate

/ˈfælkeɪt/

falcate adjective: shaped like a sickle.

Adjective

falcate (comparative more falcate, superlative most falcate)

  1. Shaped like a sickle.

falcate meaning in Tamil

falcate in Tamil

நெல்லரிவாள்போன்ற

Synonyms of falcate

Forms of falcate

comparativemore falcate
superlativemost falcate

Origin of falcate

Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“curved, sickle-shaped”), from falx (“sickle”, oblique stem in falc-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from falcate

Questions about falcate

What does falcate mean?
Falcate means shaped like a sickle.
What is falcate in Tamil?
Falcate in Tamil is நெல்லரிவாள்போன்ற. See Falcate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is falcate?
Falcate is an adjective.
How do you pronounce falcate?
Falcate is pronounced /ˈfælkeɪt/.

Words near falcate in the dictionary

  1. falcarindiol
  2. falcarinol
  3. Falcarragh
  4. falcata
  5. falcatas
  6. falcate
  7. falcated
  8. falcated duck
  9. falcated ducks
  10. falcated teal
  11. falcated teals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: falcate (page history and authors); falcate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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