lamina
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/, [ˈlɛəm.ɪ.nə]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æmɪnə
Noun edit
lamina (plural laminae or (archaic) laminæ or laminas)
- a thin layer, plate, or scale of material
- (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 edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- “lamina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “lamina”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Verb edit
lamina
- inflection of laminar:
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
lamina
- third-person singular past historic of laminer
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin lamina, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- (“broad, to broaden”). Possibly through Portuguese lâmina or Spanish lámina (“sheet”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- “lamina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”). Doublet of lama, a borrowing from French.
Noun edit
lamina f (plural lamine)
Derived terms edit
- lamina d'oro (“gold leaf”)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
lamina
- inflection of laminare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- (“broad, to broaden”).[1] See lātus, latus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.mi.na/, [ˈɫ̪äːmɪnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.na/, [ˈläːminä]
Noun edit
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)
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lāmina | lāminae |
Genitive | lāminae | lāminārum |
Dative | lāminae | lāminīs |
Accusative | lāminam | lāminās |
Ablative | lāminā | lāminīs |
Vocative | lāmina | lāminae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- French: lame
- → Catalan: llama
- → Italian: lama
- → Persian: لام (lâm, “microscope slide”)
- Friulian: lame
- Romanian: lamură, lamă
- Romansch: loma, lama
- Sicilian: lanna, landa, landia, lannia
- Venetian: lama
- → Catalan: làmina (learned)
- → English: lamina (learned)
- → French: lamine (learned)
- → Galician: lamia
- → Galician: lámina (learned)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *lammā (see there for further descendants)
- → Greek: λάμα (láma)
- → Italian: lamina (learned)
- → Portuguese: lâmina (learned)
- → Romanian: lamină (learned)
- → Spanish: lámina (learned)
References edit
- “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 edit
Noun edit
lamina (Jawi spelling لامينا, plural lamina-lamina, informal 1st possessive laminaku, 2nd possessive laminamu, 3rd possessive laminanya)
Further reading edit
- “lamina” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
lamina
- inflection of laminar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a lamina (third-person singular present laminează, past participle laminat) 1st conj.
- to laminate
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a lamina | ||||||
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gerund | laminând | ||||||
past participle | laminat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | laminez | laminezi | laminează | laminăm | laminați | laminează | |
imperfect | laminam | laminai | lamina | laminam | laminați | laminau | |
simple perfect | laminai | laminași | lamină | laminarăm | laminarăți | laminară | |
pluperfect | laminasem | laminaseși | laminase | laminaserăm | laminaserăți | laminaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să laminez | să laminezi | să lamineze | să laminăm | să laminați | să lamineze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | laminează | laminați | |||||
negative | nu lamina | nu laminați |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lamina
- inflection of laminar: