laminar

English

Etymology

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɪnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

laminar (not comparable)

1. Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     On the wall, in an ornate fixture of darkening bronze, a gas jet burned, laminar and gently singing — adjusted to what scientists of the last century called a "sensitive flame": invisible at the base, as it issues from the orifice, fading upward into smooth blue light that hovers several inches above...

   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:

     The laminar bands of color to the west bleeding out under the hammered clouds. A sudden violet-colored hooding of the earth.

2. In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
   1. (electronics) In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
   2. (anatomy) Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye

Derived terms

• basolaminar
• bilaminar
• colaminar
• extralaminar
• hexalaminar
• interlaminar
• intralaminar
• laminar flow
• laminar flow hood
• laminarise
• laminarite
• laminarity
• laminarization
• laminarize
• laminarly
• laminary
• multilaminar
• nonlaminar
• paralaminar
• pentalaminar
• plurilaminar
• postlaminar
• prelaminar
• quadrilaminar
• retrolaminar
• semilaminar
• spinolaminar
• sublaminar
• supralaminar
• translaminar
• trilaminar
• unilaminar

Translations

of fluid motion, smooth and regular

• Bulgarian: ламинарен (laminaren)
• Finnish: laminaarinen (fi)
• Greek: ελασματώδης m (elasmatódis)
• Spanish: laminar (es)

See also

• laminal

Anagrams

• alarmin, malarin, railman

Catalan

Etymology 1

From làmina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [lə.miˈnar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [lə.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [la.miˈnaɾ]

Adjective

laminar m or f (masculine and feminine plural laminars)

1. laminar, laminary, laminate

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lə.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [la.miˈnaɾ]

Verb

laminar (first-person singular present lamino, first-person singular preterite laminí, past participle laminat)

1. (transitive) to laminate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of laminar (first conjugation)

infinitive			laminar
gerund			laminant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		laminat		laminada
		plural		laminats		laminades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lamino	lamines	lamina	laminem	lamineu	laminen
	imperfect	laminava	laminaves	laminava	laminàvem	laminàveu	laminaven
	future	laminaré	laminaràs	laminarà	laminarem	laminareu	laminaran
	preterite	laminí	laminares	laminà	laminàrem	laminàreu	laminaren
	conditional	laminaria	laminaries	laminaria	laminaríem	laminaríeu	laminarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lamini	laminis	lamini	laminem	lamineu	laminin
	imperfect	laminés	laminessis	laminés	laminéssim	laminéssiu	laminessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	lamina	lamini	laminem	lamineu	laminin
	negative (no)	—	no laminis	no lamini	no laminem	no lamineu	no laminin

Derived terms

• laminació
• laminador
• laminat
• laminatge

Further reading

• “laminar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.miˈna(ʁ)/ [la.miˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.miˈna(ʁ)/ [la.miˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /la.miˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /la.miˈna(ʁ)/ [la.miˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.miˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.miˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.miˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.miˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: la‧mi‧nar

Adjective

laminar m or f (plural laminares)

1. laminar

Verb

laminar (first-person singular present lamino, first-person singular preterite laminei, past participle laminado)

1. to laminate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of laminar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	laminar
Personal	laminar	laminares	laminar	laminarmos	laminardes	laminarem
Gerund
	laminando
Past participle
Masculine	laminado			laminados
Feminine	laminada			laminadas
Indicative
Present	lamino	laminas	lamina	laminamos	laminais	laminam
Imperfect	laminava	laminavas	laminava	laminávamos	lamináveis	laminavam
Preterite	laminei	laminaste	laminou	laminamos1, laminámos2	laminastes	laminaram
Pluperfect	laminara	laminaras	laminara	lamináramos	lamináreis	laminaram
Future	laminarei	laminarás	laminará	laminaremos	laminareis	laminarão
Conditional	laminaria	laminarias	laminaria	laminaríamos	laminaríeis	laminariam
Subjunctive
Present	lamine	lamines	lamine	laminemos	lamineis	laminem
Imperfect	laminasse	laminasses	laminasse	laminássemos	laminásseis	laminassem
Future	laminar	laminares	laminar	laminarmos	laminardes	laminarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lamina	lamine	laminemos	laminai	laminem
Negative (não)		não lamines	não lamine	não laminemos	não lamineis	não laminem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “laminar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French laminaire.

Adjective

laminar m or n (feminine singular laminară, masculine plural laminari, feminine/neuter plural laminare)

1. laminar

Declension

Declension of laminar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	laminar		laminară		laminari	laminare
	definite	laminarul		laminara		laminarii	laminarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	laminar		laminare		laminari	laminare
	definite	laminarului		laminarei		laminarilor	laminarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From lámina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamiˈnaɾ/ [la.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧mi‧nar

Adjective

laminar m or f (masculine and feminine plural laminares)

1. laminar

Verb

laminar (first-person singular present lamino, first-person singular preterite laminé, past participle laminado)

1. (transitive) to laminate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of laminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			laminar
gerund			laminando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		laminado		laminada
		plural		laminados		laminadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lamino	laminastú laminásvos	lamina	laminamos	lamináis	laminan
	imperfect	laminaba	laminabas	laminaba	laminábamos	laminabais	laminaban
	preterite	laminé	laminaste	laminó	laminamos	laminasteis	laminaron
	future	laminaré	laminarás	laminará	laminaremos	laminaréis	laminarán
	conditional	laminaría	laminarías	laminaría	laminaríamos	laminaríais	laminarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lamine	laminestú laminésvos2	lamine	laminemos	laminéis	laminen
	imperfect (ra)	laminara	laminaras	laminara	lamináramos	laminarais	laminaran
	imperfect (se)	laminase	laminases	laminase	laminásemos	laminaseis	laminasen
	future1	laminare	laminares	laminare	lamináremos	laminareis	laminaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		laminatú laminávos	lamine	laminemos	laminad	laminen
	negative		no lamines	no lamine	no laminemos	no laminéis	no laminen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of laminar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive laminar	dative	laminarme	laminarte	laminarle, laminarse	laminarnos	laminaros	laminarles, laminarse
	accusative	laminarme	laminarte	laminarlo, laminarla, laminarse	laminarnos	laminaros	laminarlos, laminarlas, laminarse
with gerund laminando	dative	laminándome	laminándote	laminándole, laminándose	laminándonos	laminándoos	laminándoles, laminándose
	accusative	laminándome	laminándote	laminándolo, laminándola, laminándose	laminándonos	laminándoos	laminándolos, laminándolas, laminándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative lamina	dative	lamíname	lamínate	lamínale	lamínanos	not used	lamínales
	accusative	lamíname	lamínate	lamínalo, lamínala	lamínanos	not used	lamínalos, lamínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative laminá	dative	laminame	laminate	laminale	laminanos	not used	laminales
	accusative	laminame	laminate	laminalo, laminala	laminanos	not used	laminalos, laminalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lamine	dative	lamíneme	not used	lamínele, lamínese	lamínenos	not used	lamíneles
	accusative	lamíneme	not used	lamínelo, lamínela, lamínese	lamínenos	not used	lamínelos, lamínelas
with first-person plural imperative laminemos	dative	not used	laminémoste	laminémosle	laminémonos	laminémoos	laminémosles
	accusative	not used	laminémoste	laminémoslo, laminémosla	laminémonos	laminémoos	laminémoslos, laminémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative laminad	dative	laminadme	not used	laminadle	laminadnos	laminaos	laminadles
	accusative	laminadme	not used	laminadlo, laminadla	laminadnos	laminaos	laminadlos, laminadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative laminen	dative	lamínenme	not used	lamínenle	lamínennos	not used	lamínenles, lamínense
	accusative	lamínenme	not used	lamínenlo, lamínenla	lamínennos	not used	lamínenlos, lamínenlas, lamínense

Derived terms

• laminación
• laminado
• laminador

Further reading

• “laminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025