membrāna

membrāna

From membrum (“a limb or member of the body”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛmˈbraː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [memˈbraː.na]

Noun

membrāna f (genitive membrānae); first declension

1. (anatomy, zootomy) the skin or membrane that covers parts of the body; (especially) the skin or slough of snakes
2. (transferred sense)
   1. (botany) the thin skin of plants and other things
   2. a skin prepared for writing, etc.; parchment
   3. (poetic) the surface, outside of a thing

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	membrāna	membrānae
genitive	membrānae	membrānārum
dative	membrānae	membrānīs
accusative	membrānam	membrānās
ablative	membrānā	membrānīs
vocative	membrāna	membrānae