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sigmate

sigmate adjective: shaped like the Greek letter sigma.

Adjective

sigmate (comparative more sigmate, superlative most sigmate)

  1. Shaped like the Greek letter sigma.

Verb

sigmate (third-person singular simple present sigmates, present participle sigmating, simple past and past participle sigmated)

  1. (transitive) To modify (a Greek word) by adding a sigma, or by changing another letter to sigma.

Forms of sigmate

Adjective
comparativemore sigmate
superlativemost sigmate
Verb
third-person singular presentsigmates
present participlesigmating
past participlesigmated
pastsigmated

Origin of sigmate

From sigma + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From sigma + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about sigmate

What does sigmate mean?
Sigmate means shaped like the Greek letter sigma.
What part of speech is sigmate?
Sigmate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near sigmate in the dictionary

  1. Sigmans
  2. sigmas
  3. sigmaspire
  4. sigmaspires
  5. sigmata
  6. sigmate
  7. sigmated
  8. sigmates
  9. sigmatic
  10. sigmatics
  11. sigmating

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