lamina

See also: Lamina, laminá, lámina, làmina, and lâmina

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.ɪn.ə/
• Rhymes: -æmɪnə

Noun

lamina (plural laminae or laminas)

1. a thin layer, plate, or scale of material

   Synonyms: sheet, layer

   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

Derived terms

• laminable
• laminal
• laminar
• laminate
• lamino-, lamin-, lamini-
• microlamina
• sublamina

 

Translations

thin layer of material

• Bulgarian: слой (bg) m (sloj)
• French: lame (fr) f, lamelle (fr) f
• Greek: έλασμα (el) n (élasma)
• Hungarian: lemez (hu)

• Latin: lāmina f
• Romanian: lamină (ro) f

thin plate of a vertebra

• Greek: φολίδα (el) f (folída)

• Romanian: lamină (ro) f

flat part of a leaf

• Catalan: limbe m
• Estonian: lehelaba (et)
• Finnish: lehtilapa (fi)
• Greek: πέταλο (el) n (pétalo)

• Hungarian: levéllemez
• Romanian: lamină (ro) f
• Spanish: limbo (es) m

fine layer in sedimentary rocks

• Japanese: 葉層 (ようそう, yōsō)

References

• “lamina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lamina”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• Alamin, Almain, Animal, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, almain, aminal, animal, maalin, manila

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular past historic of laminer

Anagrams

• animal

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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): [laˈmina]
• 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.

Further reading

• “lamina” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Derived terms

• lamina d'oro (“gold leaf”)

Verb

lamina

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

Anagrams

• Manila, manali

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lammina, lamna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.mi.na/, [ˈɫ̪äːmɪnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.mi.na/, [ˈläːminä]

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

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

Derived terms

• lāmella
• lamnula
• sublāmina

Descendants

Descendants of lamina in other languages

• → Catalan: làmina (learned)
• → English: lamina
• French: lame
  • → Catalan: llama
  • → Italian: lama
  • → Persian: لام‎ (lâm, “microscope slide”)
• Friulian: lame
• Galician: lamia, lámina
• Greek: λάμα (láma)
• → Italian: lamina
• → Old High German: lanna
  • Middle High German: lanne
    • → Czech: lano
• Portuguese: lâmina
• Romanian: lamură, lamină, lamă
• Romansch: loma, lama
• Sicilian: lanna
• → Spanish: lámina (learned)
• Venetian: lama

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

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Malay

Noun

lamina (Jawi spelling لامينا‎, plural lamina-lamina, informal 1st possessive laminaku, 2nd possessive laminamu, 3rd possessive laminanya)

1. coat of mail

Further reading

• “lamina” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Portuguese

Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of laminar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of laminar

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Romanian

Etymology

From French laminer.

Verb

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

1. to laminate

Conjugation

    conjugation of lamina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a lamina
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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmina/, [laˈmi.na]

Verb

lamina

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