lamina
/ˈlæmənə/LA-muh-nuh
/ˈlæmənə/LA-muh-nuh
Meaninga thin plate
Common meaning: a thin layer or sheet
- lamina thin plate or sheetLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1031 · scan
- aLatin plural ending: things to be
Journey through time
- Latinlamina‘a thin plate’source
- Englishlamina‘a thin layer or sheet’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin lāmina ‘a thin plate or sheet’.
Roots
- lāmina, -ae Latin “a thin plate or sheet”
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