Meaning

1 senses
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.

    Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses.

    adlerhaft, Adler-

    орли́ныйorlínyj

    орли́нийorlýnyj

More definitions
  • curved down like an eagle's beak

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles:
Русский
By meaning 1
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles:

Origin

From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”).

From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”).

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Forms

more aquiline, most aquiline
Comparativemore aquiline Lesson
Superlativemost aquiline Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • curved down like an eagle's beak:hooked

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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