lamella

English

Etymology

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ləˈmɛl.ə/

Noun

lamella (plural lamellas or lamellae)

  1. A thin, plate-like structure.
  2. (mycology) The gill of a mushroom.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”).

Noun

lamella f (plural lamelle)

  1. thin plate, lamella
  2. (botany) gill, lamella
  3. (electronics) wafer

Latin

Etymology

lāmina (“thin plate”) +‎ -lus (“diminutive suffix”)

Noun

lāmella f (genitive lāmellae); first declension

  1. A small, thin plate of metal

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lāmella lāmellae
genitive lāmellae lāmellārum
dative lāmellae lāmellīs
accusative lāmellam lāmellās
ablative lāmellā lāmellīs
vocative lāmella lāmellae

Descendants

References

  • lamella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lamella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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