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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lāmina ( “ a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer ” ) . Doublet of lame .
Pronunciation
Noun
lamina (plural laminae or ( archaic ) laminæ or laminas )
A thin layer , plate , or scale of material .
Hypernyms: sheet , layer
Synonyms: lame , lamella
( anatomy ) Either of two broad , flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen .
( botany ) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet .
Synonym: blade
( geology ) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks .
( zootomy ) One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof .
Derived terms
Translations
fine layer in sedimentary rocks
Japanese: 葉層 ( ようそう, yōsō )
References
Anagrams
maalin , Almain , lamian , aminal , Manila , al-Amin , Milana , Alamin , animal , Animal , almain , Malian , manila
Catalan
Verb
lamina
inflection of laminar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
French
Pronunciation
Verb
lamina
third-person singular past historic of laminer
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin lamina , possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- ( “ broad, to broaden ” ) . Possibly through Portuguese lâmina or Spanish lámina ( “ sheet ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: la‧mi‧na
Noun
lamina (plural lamina-lamina , first-person possessive laminaku , second-person possessive laminamu , third-person possessive laminanya )
( archaic ) coat of mail
lamina : a very thin layer of material.
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin lāmina ( “ thin sheet of material ” ) . Doublet of lama , a borrowing from French.
Noun
lamina f (plural lamine )
thin sheet or layer ; lamina
( botany ) lamina, blade
( anatomy ) lamina
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
lamina
inflection of laminare :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- ( “ broad, to broaden ” ) .[ 1] See lātus , latus .
Pronunciation
Noun
lāmina f (genitive lāminae ) ; first declension
( literally , Classical Latin ) a thin piece or sheet of metal , wood , marble , etc.; a plate , leaf , layer
( transferred sense )
a red-hot plate used as torture devices for slaves
money , coin , gold , precious metal
a saw ( cutting device )
( anatomy ) the flap of the ear
the tender shell of an unripe nut
money coin, minted by the Pontiffs of Rome
Inflection
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
“lamina ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“lamina ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
lamina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
lamina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Julius Pokorny (1959 ) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch , Bern, Munich: Francke Verlag
^ The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English
Malay
Noun
lamina (Jawi spelling لامينا , plural lamina -lamina , informal 1st possessive laminaku , 2nd possessive laminamu , 3rd possessive laminanya )
coat of mail
Further reading
Portuguese
Verb
lamina
inflection of laminar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French laminer .
Verb
a lamina (third-person singular present laminează , past participle laminat ) 1st conj.
to laminate
Conjugation
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /laˈmina/
Rhymes: -ina
Syllabification: la‧mi‧na
Verb
lamina
inflection of laminar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative