pinnately

1. 1.

   having a pinnate shape

   “a pinnately compound leaf”

Questions about pinnately

What does pinnately mean?

pinnately means "having a pinnate shape".

How many syllables are in pinnately?

pinnately has 4 syllables and divides as pin-na-te-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pinnately a common word?

pinnately is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.