German

Noun

Lamina f ‎(genitive Lamina, plural Laminae or Laminas)

1. lamina

Synonyms

• Blattspreite

English

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.

Synonyms

• (very thin layer of material): sheet
• (flat part of a leaf): blade

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Almain
• aminal
• animal
• maalin
• Malian
• manila, Manila

French

Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular past historic of laminer

Anagrams

• animal

Italian

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

Derived terms

• lamina d'oro - gold leaf

Verb

lamina

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

Anagrams

• Manila

Latin

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• lammina
• lamna

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

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• lāmella
• lamnula

Descendants

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lamina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

1. ↑ The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English

Portuguese

Verb

lamina

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

Spanish

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.