pinna

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnə

Diagram of the pinna (part of ear)

Noun

pinna (plural pinnas or pinnae)

1. (anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle.
2. (botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
3. (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.

Derived terms

• pinnal
• pinnate
• pinniped
• pinnule

Translations

outer ear

• Bulgarian: ушна мида (bg) (ušná mída) f
• Burmese: နားရွက် (my) (năywet)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳廓 (cmn) (ěrkuò)

• Czech: boltec (cs) m
• Finnish: ulkokorva (fi)

• French: pavillon (fr) m, pavillon de l’oreille (fr) m
• German: Ohrmuschel (de) f
• Japanese: 耳介 (ja) (じかい, jikai)
• Polish: małżowina uszna (pl) f, ucho zewnętrzne (pl) n
• Russian: ушная раковина (ru) (ušnája rákovina) f

Anagrams

• panni

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Finnish

Noun

pinna

1. spoke (of a wheel, ie. in bicycle)
2. (nautical) tiller
3. (colloquial) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
4. (colloquial) temper, nerve (in the sense of loosing one's temper)
   • Marian pinna paloi.

     Maria lost her temper.

Declension

Declension of pinna (type kala) singular plural nominative pinna pinnat genitive pinnan pinnojen pinnain1 partitive pinnaa pinnoja accusative pinna pinnan pinnat inessive pinnassa pinnoissa elative pinnasta pinnoista illative pinnaan pinnoihin adessive pinnalla pinnoilla ablative pinnalta pinnoilta allative pinnalle pinnoille essive pinnana pinnoina translative pinnaksi pinnoiksi instructive – pinnoin abessive pinnatta pinnoitta comitative – pinnoineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• (point): piste
• (temper): hermot

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Italian

Noun

pinna f (plural pinne)

1. fin

Anagrams

• panni

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- "backbone, dorsal fin".

Noun

pinna (genitive pinnae); f, first declension

1. Alternative form of penna.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pinna	pinnae
genitive	pinnae	pinnārum
dative	pinnae	pinnīs
accusative	pinnam	pinnās
ablative	pinnā	pinnīs
vocative	pinna	pinnae

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin penna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpinna/
• Hyphenation: pin‧na

Noun

pinna f (plural pinni)

1. feather
2. pen
3. fin