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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English membre from Old French membre from Latin membrum "limb, body part" from Proto-Indo-European *memso-, mems-ro (“‘flesh’”). Akin to Gothic *mimz "meat, flesh", Crimean Gothic menus. Displaced native Middle English lim, limb "member, limb, joint" (from Old English lim "limb, joint, main branch"), Middle English lith "limb, joint, member" (from Old English liþ "limb, member, join, tip").

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛmbər

[edit] Noun

member (plural members)

1. One who officially belongs to a group.
2. A limb.
3. The penis.
4. (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
5. (set theory) An element of a set.
6. (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.

[edit] Synonyms

• (limb): limb
• (penis): penis
• (of a syllogism): premise or premiss
• (of a set): element

[edit] Derived terms

crew member dismember

male member member of staff

membership

[edit] Translations

in logic See premise

in set theory See element

• Chinese: 成員, 成员 (chéng yuán)
• Korean: 일원 (ilweon)