denticulate
adjective, noun
denticulate is an adjective meaning “Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-N-T-I-C-U-L-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does denticulate mean?
adjective
- 1
Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures.
- 2
Having dentils or denticules.
noun
- 1
A denticulated object.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce denticulate?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-denticulate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of denticulate
- denticulates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is denticulate?
Denticulate appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Denticulate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | dentikuliert |
| French | denticulé |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does denticulate come from?
First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin denticulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).