lamina

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

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”)

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/

NounEdit

lamina (plural laminas or laminae)

1. A very thin layer of material.
2. (anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
3. (botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.
4. (geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

SynonymsEdit

• (very thin layer of material): sheet
• (flat part of a leaf): blade

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from lamina

• laminal
• laminar
• laminate

• laminectomy
• laminiferous
• laminotomy

TranslationsEdit

very thin layer of material

• Greek: έλασμα (el) n (élasma)
• Hungarian: lemez (hu)

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

(anatomy) thin plate or scale

• Greek: φολίδα (el) f (folída)

• Romanian: lamină (ro) f

(botany) flat part of a leaf

• Estonian: lehelaba
• Finnish: lehtilapa (fi)
• Greek: πέταλο (el) n (pétalo)

• Hungarian: levéllemez
• Romanian: lamină (ro) f

fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks

• Japanese: 葉層 (ようそう, yōsō)

AnagramsEdit

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

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FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

lamina

1. third-person singular past historic of laminer

AnagramsEdit

• animal

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”)

NounEdit

lamina f (plural lamine)

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

Derived termsEdit

• lamina d'oro - gold leaf

VerbEdit

lamina

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

AnagramsEdit

• Manila

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• lammina
• lamna

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.mi.na/

NounEdit

lāmina f (genitive lāminae); first declension

1. a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer
2. red-hot plates used as torture devices
3. money, coin, gold, precious metal
4. saw (cutting device)
5. flap of the ear
6. tender shell of an unripe nut

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lāmina	lāminae
genitive	lāminae	lāminārum
dative	lāminae	lāminīs
accusative	lāminam	lāminās
ablative	lāminā	lāminīs
vocative	lāmina	lāminae

Derived termsEdit

• lāmella
• lamnula

DescendantsEdit

• English: lamina
• French: lame
• Friulian: lame
• Galician: lamia
• Greek: λάμα
• Italian: lamina
• Portuguese: lâmina

• Romanian: lamură, lamină, lamă
• Romansh: loma, lama
• Sicilian: lanna
• Spanish: lámina
• Venetian: lama

ReferencesEdit

• 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, 1883–1887)
• lamina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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VerbEdit

lamina

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

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

lamina

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of laminar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of laminar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of laminar.