meninge
See also: méninge
English edit
Noun edit
meninge (plural meninges)
Afrikaans edit
Noun edit
meninge
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meninge f (plural meninges)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “meninge” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meninge f (plural meningi)
- (anatomy) meninx
- (in the plural, informal) brains
- spremersi le meningi ― to cudgel or rack one’s brains
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ, μῆνιγγος (mêninx, mêningos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meninge f (plural meninges)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
meninge n (plural meninge)
Declension edit
Declension of meninge
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) meninge | meningeul | (niște) meninge | meningele |
genitive/dative | (unui) meninge | meningeului | (unor) meninge | meningelor |
vocative | meningeule | meningelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μήνῐγγος (mḗningos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meninge f (plural meninges)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “meninge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014