Meanings
adjectiveflabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)
comparative more flabellate · superlative most flabellate
- biologyFan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.First known use 1819
Origin
- New Latinflābellātus“fanlike”
- Englishflabellate
Borrowed from New Latin flābellātus (“fanlike”). By surface analysis, flabell(um) (“fan-shaped structure”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ветриловиден
- ветриловиден (vetriloviden)fan-shaped
Finnish viuhkamainen
- viuhkamainenfan-shaped
Italian flabellato
- flabellatofan-shaped
Latin flābellātus
- flābellātusfan-shaped
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flabellate
appellatezealotprelatestellatedinoflagellateflagellatebiflagellatehelotlamellatepatellatephytoflagellatescutellatesubstellate
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
flabellate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flabellate
MLA
“flabellate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flabellate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flabellate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flabellate.
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