lamina

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/, [ˈlɛəm.ɪ.nə]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æmɪnə

Noun

lamina (plural laminae or (archaic) laminæ or laminas)

1. A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.

   Hypernyms: sheet, layer

   Synonyms: lame, lamella

   1. (anatomy) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.
   2. (botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.

      Synonym: blade

   3. (geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
   4. (zootomy) One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.

References

• “lamina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lamina”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

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

Verb

lamina

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

lamina

1. third-person singular past historic of laminer

Anagrams

• animal

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lamina, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- (“broad, to broaden”). Possibly through Portuguese lâmina or Spanish lámina (“sheet”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /laˈmina/ [laˈmi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: la‧mi‧na

Noun

lamina (plural lamina-lamina)

1. (archaic) coat of mail
2. lamina: a very thin layer of material

Further reading

• “lamina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.mi.na/
• Rhymes: -amina
• Hyphenation: là‧mi‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”). Doublet of lama, a borrowing from French.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• Manila, manali