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stipes

stipes noun: the vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion.

Noun

stipes (plural stipites)

  1. The vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion.
  2. The basal segment of the maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
  3. A stipe; a stalk or stem.

Proper noun capitalized: Stipes

Stipes (plural Stipeses)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

stipes meaning in Tamil

stipes in Tamil

அனுத்தண்டு, சிறுகற்கள்

Forms of stipes

Noun
pluralstipites
Proper noun
pluralStipeses

Origin of stipes

Borrowed from Latin stīpes.

Americanized form of Dutch Stips.

Questions about stipes

What does stipes mean?
Stipes means the vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion.
What is stipes in Tamil?
Stipes in Tamil is அனுத்தண்டு, சிறுகற்கள். See Stipes meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stipes?
Stipes can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of stipes?
The plural of stipes is stipites.

Words near stipes in the dictionary

  1. stipending
  2. stipendium
  3. stipendless
  4. stipends
  5. Stiperstones
  6. stipes
  7. Stipeses
  8. stiphidiid
  9. stiphidiids
  10. stipiform
  11. stipitate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stipes (page history and authors); Stipes (page history and authors); stipes (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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