membraneus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French membraneux, from Middle French membraneux, from Latin membrāneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛm.braːˈnøːs/
• Hyphenation: mem‧bra‧neus
• Rhymes: -øːs

Adjective

membraneus (not comparable)

1. membranous

Inflection

Declension of membraneus
uninflected	membraneus
inflected	membraneuze
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		membraneus
indefinite	m./f. sing.	membraneuze
	n. sing.	membraneus
	plural	membraneuze
definite		membraneuze
partitive		membraneus

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Latin

Etymology

From membrāna (“skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /memˈbraː.ne.us/, [mɛmˈbräːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /memˈbra.ne.us/, [memˈbräːneus]

Adjective

membrāneus (feminine membrānea, neuter membrāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of parchment

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	membrāneus	membrānea	membrāneum		membrāneī	membrāneae	membrānea
Genitive	membrāneī	membrāneae	membrāneī		membrāneōrum	membrāneārum	membrāneōrum
Dative	membrāneō		membrāneō		membrāneīs
Accusative	membrāneum	membrāneam	membrāneum		membrāneōs	membrāneās	membrānea
Ablative	membrāneō	membrāneā	membrāneō		membrāneīs
Vocative	membrānee	membrānea	membrāneum		membrāneī	membrāneae	membrānea

Related terms

• membrāna
• membrānāceus
• membrānārius
• membrānula

Descendants

• English: membranous
• French: membraneux
• Spanish: membranoso

References

• “membraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• membraneus 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)
• membraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.