| 单词 | sigmate |
| 释义 | sigmate in British English (ˈsɪɡmɪt, -meɪt) adjective shaped like the Greek letter sigma or the Roman S Derived forms sigmation (sɪɡˈmeɪʃən) noun sigmate in American English (ˈsɪgˌmeɪt) adjective shaped like a sigma or an S sigmate in American English (ˈsɪɡmɪt, -meit) adjective having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S Derived forms sigmation (sɪɡˈmeiʃən) noun Word origin [1885–90; sigm(a) + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: scrum, sensitization, toner, twofer, zoom-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate) |
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