diptote

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/ˈdɪptoʊt/

noun

A noun which has only two cases.

“In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.”

OriginLatin diptōtum ← Ancient Greek δίπτωτος →
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Meanings

noundiptote (plural diptotes)

plural diptotes · alternative dipt.

  1. grammarA noun which has only two cases.

    In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδίπτωτος
  2. Latindiptōtum
  3. Englishdiptote

From Latin diptōtum, from Ancient Greek δίπτωτος (díptōtos), from δί- (dí-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “case”).

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Translations

Arabic مَمْنُوع مِنَ الصَّرْف, غَيْر مُنْصَرِف
  • مَمْنُوع مِنَ الصَّرْف (mamnūʕ mina ṣ-ṣarf)a noun which has only two cases
  • غَيْر مُنْصَرِف (ḡayr munṣarif)a noun which has only two cases
  • غَيْرُ أَمْكَنَa noun which has only two cases
Dutch diptoot
  • diptoota noun which has only two cases
French diptote
  • diptotea noun which has only two cases
German diptotisches Nomen, Diptoton
  • diptotisches Nomena noun which has only two cases
  • Diptotona noun which has only two cases
  • Diptotuma noun which has only two cases
Latin diptotum, diptoton
  • diptotuma noun which has only two cases
  • diptotona noun which has only two cases
Portuguese diptoto
  • diptotoa noun which has only two cases
Russian двухпаде́жное существи́тельное, дипто́т
  • двухпаде́жное существи́тельное (dvuxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje)a noun which has only two cases
  • дипто́т (diptót)a noun which has only two cases
Cite this entry
APA

diptote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diptote

MLA

“diptote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diptote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diptote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diptote.

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