lamina

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāmina (a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer).

Pronunciation

Noun

lamina (plural laminae or (archaic) laminæ or laminas)

  1. A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
    Hypernyms: sheet, layer
    Synonyms: lame, lamella
    1. (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.
    2. (botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
      Synonym: blade
    3. (geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
    4. (zootomy) One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.

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Catalan

Verb

lamina

  1. inflection of laminar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

Verb

lamina

  1. third-person singular past historic of laminer

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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)

  1. (archaic) coat of mail
  2. lamina: a very thin layer of material.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.na/
  • Rhymes: -amina
  • Hyphenation: là‧mi‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin lāmina (thin sheet of material). Doublet of lama, a borrowing from French.

Noun

lamina f (plural lamine)

  1. thin sheet or layer; lamina
  2. (botany) lamina, blade
  3. (anatomy) lamina
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lamina

  1. inflection of laminare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- (broad, to broaden).[1] See lātus, latus.

Pronunciation

Noun

lāmina f (genitive lāminae); first declension

  1. (literally, Classical Latin) a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc.; a plate, leaf, layer
  2. (transferred sense)
    1. a red-hot plate used as torture devices for slaves
    2. money, coin, gold, precious metal
    3. a saw (cutting device)
    4. (anatomy) the flap of the ear
    5. the tender shell of an unripe nut
  3. money coin, minted by the Pontiffs of Rome

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lāmina lāminae
Genitive lāminae lāminārum
Dative lāminae lāminīs
Accusative lāminam lāminās
Ablative lāminā lāminīs
Vocative lāmina lāminae

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ 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)

  1. coat of mail

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Portuguese

Verb

lamina

  1. inflection of laminar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French laminer.

Verb

a lamina (third-person singular present laminează, past participle laminat) 1st conj.

  1. to laminate

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈmina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: la‧mi‧na

Verb

lamina

  1. inflection of laminar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative