membrane

See also: Membrane

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membrāna (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of the body”) +‎ -āna. Doublet of membrana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛmbɹeɪn

Noun

membrane (plural membranes)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.

   Hyponyms: aperture membrane, basement membrane, Bruch's membrane, cyclitic membrane, Descemet's membrane, hyaloid membrane, Jacob's membrane, mucous membrane, nictating membrane, nictitating membrane, Reissner's membrane, ruptured membrane, Schneiderian membrane, serous membrane, synovial membrane, tectorial membrane, tympanic membrane, virginal membrane, Zinn's membrane

   1. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.

      Hyponym: single-ply membrane

   2. A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
   3. (biology) A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.

      Hyponyms: cell membrane, haptogenic membrane, ion-selective membrane, nuclear membrane, plasma membrane

2. A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.

Derived terms

• biomembrane
• cell membrane
• complement membrane attack complex
• cytomembrane
• cytoplasmic membrane
• endomembrane
• exomembrane
• extramembrane
• geomembrane
• hemimembrane
• hyaline membrane disease
• insane in the membrane
• integral membrane protein
• intermembrane
• intramembrane
• juxtamembrane
• membranaceous
• membranal
• membrane attack complex
• membrane bone
• membrane-bone
• membraned
• membrane distillation
• membrane filtration
• membrane keyboard
• membraneless
• membranelike
• membrane mimetic chemistry
• membraneous
• membrane potential
• membrane protein
• membrane separation
• membranic
• membraniferous
• membranized
• membranoid
• membranome
• membranous
• micromembrane
• monomembrane
• multimembrane
• mycomembrane
• nanomembrane
• neomembrane
• neuromembrane
• nonmembrane
• perimembrane
• peripheral membrane protein
• premembrane
• protected membrane roof
• pseudomembrane
• rupture of membranes
• submembrane
• supermembrane
• supramembrane
• thyrohyoid membrane
• transmembrane

 

Translations

enclosing or separating tissue

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: غِشَاء m (ḡišāʔ)
• Armenian: թաղանթ (hy) (tʻaġantʻ)
• Asturian: membrana f
• Azerbaijani: qişa
• Belarusian: мембра́на f (mjembrána), мэмбра́на f (membrána), перапо́нка f (pjerapónka), бало́на f (balóna), бало́нка f (balónka)
• Bulgarian: ци́па (bg) f (cípa), мембра́на (bg) f (membrána)
• Catalan: membrana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膜 (zh) (mó), 薄膜 (zh) (bómó)

• Czech: membrána (cs) f, blána (cs) f
• Danish: membran (da) c
• Dutch: membraan (nl) n
• Esperanto: membrano
• Estonian: kile, membraan
• Finnish: kalvo (fi)
• French: membrane (fr) f
• Galician: membrana (gl) f, teaz f
• German: Membran (de) f, Membrane (de) f, Häutchen n
• Greek: μεμβράνη (el) f (memvráni), υμένας (el) m (yménas)

  Ancient: ὑμήν m (humḗn), μῆνιγξ f (mêninx)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: झिल्ली (hi) f (jhillī)
• Hungarian: hártya (hu)
• Icelandic: himna (is)
• Indonesian: membran (id)
• Ingrian: obolocka
• Irish: scannán m, seicin f
• Italian: membrana (it) f, pergamena (it) f
• Japanese: 膜 (ja) (まく, maku)
• Khmer: ភ្នាស (km) (phniəh)
• Korean: 막(膜) (ko) (mak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perde (ku) f

• Latin: membrāna f
• Latvian: membrāna f, plēve f
• Lithuanian: membrana f, plėvė f
• Macedonian: ци́па f (cípa), мембра́на f (membrána)
• Malay: kulipis
• Malayalam: ചർമ്മം (ml) (caṟmmaṁ)
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: сыквар (sykvar)

• Maori: rīrapa, tewe, kiriuhi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хальс (mn) (xalʹs)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: membran m, hinne (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: membran m, hinne f

• Ottoman Turkish: زار (zar)
• Persian: شامه (fa) (šāme)
• Polish: błonka f, membrana (pl) f, zakrywka f, błona (pl) f
• Portuguese: membrana (pt) f
• Romanian: membrană (ro) f, membrane f pl
• Russian: мембра́на (ru) f (membrána), перепо́нка (ru) f (perepónka), оболо́чка (ru) f (obolóčka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀пна f, мембра́на f

  Roman: òpna (sh) f, membrána (sh) f

• Slovak: membrána f, blana f
• Slovene: opna (sl) f, membrana (sl) f
• Spanish: membrana (es) f
• Swedish: membran (sv), hinna (sv)
• Tagalog: lamad, bamban
• Telugu: పొర (te) (pora)
• Thai: เยื่อ (th) (yʉ̂ʉa), เนื้อเยื่อ (th) (nʉ́ʉa-yʉ̂ʉa)
• Turkish: zar (tr)
• Ukrainian: мембра́на f (membrána), пере́тинка f (perétynka), оболо́нка (uk) f (obolónka)
• Urdu: پردہ m (parda)
• Vietnamese: màng (vi)

mechanical part

• Armenian: թաղանթ (hy) (tʻaġantʻ)
• Azerbaijani: membran
• Belarusian: мембра́на f (mjembrána), мэмбра́на f (membrána)
• Bulgarian: мембра́на (bg) f (membrána)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薄膜 (zh) (bómó)

• Czech: membrána (cs) f, blána (cs) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: membraan (nl) n
• Finnish: kalvo (fi)
• German: Membran (de) f, Membrane (de) f
• Greek: μεμβράνη (el) f (memvráni), (physiology) υμένας (el) m (yménas)
• Icelandic: himna (is)
• Indonesian: membran (id)
• Italian: membrana (it)
• Malayalam: പടലം (ml) (paṭalaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: membran m, hinne (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: membran m, hinne f

• Persian: شامه (fa) (šāme)
• Polish: membrana (pl) f
• Portuguese: membrana (pt) f
• Russian: мембра́на (ru) f (membrána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀пна f, мембра́на f

  Roman: òpna (sh) f, membrána (sh) f

• Swedish: membran (sv), hinna (sv)
• Ukrainian: мембра́на f (membrána)

flexible covering

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薄膜 (zh) (bómó)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kermi (fi)
• Ottoman Turkish: زار (zar)

References

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin membrāna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.bʁan/

Noun

membrane f (plural membranes)

1. membrane

Derived terms

• membrane clignotante
• membrane déciduale
• membrane haptogène
• membrane plasmique

 

Further reading

• “membrane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

membrane f pl

1. plural of membrana

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memˈbra.ne/

Noun

membrane

1. plural of membrană