lamina

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• laminar
• laminal
• laminate
• laminectomy
• laminotomy

Translations

very thin layer of material

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

Latin: lāmina (la) f.

(anatomy) thin plate or scale

Greek: φολίδα (el) (folída) f.

(botany) flat part of a leaf

Greek: πέταλο (el) (pétalo) n.

Hungarian: levéllemez (hu)

Anagrams

• Almain
• aminal
• animal
• maalin
• Malian
• manila, Manila

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French

Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular past historic of laminer

Anagrams

• animal

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”)

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

Anagrams

• Manila

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lammina
• lamna

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈlaː.mi.na/

Noun

lāmina (genitive lāminae); f, 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

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• lāmella
• lamnula

Descendants

• English: lamina
• Greek: λάμα
• Italian: lamina
• Portuguese: lâmina
• Romanian: lamură, lamină
• Spanish: lámina

References

• lamina in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Spanish

Verb

lamina (infinitive laminar)

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.