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- [pin-uh]
- /ˈpɪn ə/
- /ˈɔː.rɪ.kəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pin-uh]
- /ˈpɪn ə/
Definitions of pinna word
- noun plural pinna Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf. 1
- noun plural pinna Zoology. a feather, wing, or winglike part. a fin or flipper. 1
- noun plural pinna Anatomy. auricle (def 1a). 1
- noun pinna any leaflet of a pinnate compound leaf 0
- noun pinna a feather, wing, fin, or similarly shaped part 0
- noun pinna the external ear; auricle 0
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Origin of pinna
First appearance:
before 1660 One of the 46% oldest English words
1660-70; < Latin: feather, wing, fin
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Parts of speech for Pinna
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pinna popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
pinna usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pinna
noun pinna
- airfoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- calamus — any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus, some species of which are a source of rattan and canes
- dorsal — of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- feather — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
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