lignifer

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Latin

Etymology

lignum (“wood”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”)

Pronunciation

Noun

lignifer (feminine lignifera, neuter ligniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. bearing, producing or containing wood

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative lignifer lignifera ligniferum ligniferī ligniferae lignifera
genitive ligniferī ligniferae ligniferī ligniferōrum ligniferārum ligniferōrum
dative ligniferō ligniferae ligniferō ligniferīs
accusative ligniferum ligniferam ligniferum ligniferōs ligniferās lignifera
ablative ligniferō ligniferā ligniferō ligniferīs
vocative lignifer lignifera ligniferum ligniferī ligniferae lignifera

Descendants

  • English: ligniferous
  • French: lignifère

References

  • “lignifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lignifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lignifer.

Noun

lignifer m (plural ligniferi)

  1. ligniferous

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative lignifer ligniferul ligniferi ligniferii
genitive-dative lignifer ligniferului ligniferi ligniferilor
vocative ligniferule ligniferilor
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