prehensile
See also: préhensile
WOTD – 25 January 2008
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹiˈhɛnsəl/
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Adjective
prehensile (not comparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
- prehensive
Translations
able to take hold of objects
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