English Explanatory Dictionary

cartilaginous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
  2. Related to or resembling cartilage.
  3. Having a skeleton of cartilage.
  4. Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.

Pronunciation

/ˌkɑː.tɪˈlad͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cartilaginous.wav /ˌkɑɹ.təˈlæd͡ʒ.ən.əs/

Word forms

cartilaginous more cartilaginous most cartilaginous cartilagenous cartilagineous cartiliginous

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”); compare French cartilagineux. Equivalent to cartilage + -ous, with modifications made to its morphology.

Derived words

cartilaginous fish cartilaginously fibrocartilaginous intercartilaginous intracartilaginous membranocartilaginous neocartilaginous noncartilaginous osseocartilaginous osteocartilaginous precartilaginous semicartilaginous subcartilaginous

Translations

Catalan: cartilaginós Chinese Mandarin: 软骨的 Czech: chrupavčitý Esperanto: kartilaga Finnish: rustoinen French: cartilagineux Galician: cartilaxinoso German: knorpelig Greek: χονδρικός Hungarian: porcos Italian: cartilaginoso Navajo: ooshgę́ęzhii Old English: gristlen Polish: chrząstkowy Polish: chrzęstny Romanian: cartilaginos Spanish: cartilaginoso Turkish: kıkırdaklı Turkish: kıkırdaksı
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