lamina

Etymology

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/

Noun

lamina (plural laminas or laminae)

1. A very thin layer of material.
2. (anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
3. (botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.
4. (geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

Anagrams

• Almain, Animal, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, aminal, animal, maalin, manila

Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular past historic of laminer

Anagrams

• animal

Etymology

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”)

Noun

lamina f (plural lamine)

1. Thin sheet or layer; lamina
2. (botany) lamina, blade
3. (anatomy) lamina

Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular present indicative of laminare
2. second-person singular imperative of laminare

Anagrams

• Manila

Alternative forms

• lammina
• lamna

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- (“broad, to broaden”).^[1] See lātus, latus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.mi.na/

Noun

lāmina f (genitive lāminae); first declension

1. a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer
2. red-hot plates used as torture devices
3. money, coin, gold, precious metal
4. saw (cutting device)
5. flap of the ear
6. tender shell of an unripe nut

References

• lamina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lamina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lamina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lamina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular present indicative of laminar
2. second-person singular imperative of laminar

Verb

lamina

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of laminar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of laminar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of laminar.