meninge

See also: méninge

English

Noun

meninge (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx

Afrikaans

Noun

meninge

1. plural of mening

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈniɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meˈniɲ.d͡ʒe]

Noun

meninge f (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx

Related terms

• meningi
• meningitis

Further reading

• “meninge” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈnin.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -indʒe
• Hyphenation: me‧nìn‧ge

Noun

meninge f (plural meningi)

1. (anatomy) meninx
2. (in the plural, informal) brains

   spremersi le meningi ― to cudgel or rack one’s brains

Derived terms

Derived terms

• meningeo
• meningismo
• meningite
• meningo-

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ, μῆνιγγος (mêninx, mêningos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnĩ.ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnĩ.ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnĩ.ʒe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnĩ.ʒɨ/

Noun

meninge f (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx (any of the three membranes enclosing the brain)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French méninge.

Noun

meninge n (plural meninge)

1. meninges

Declension

Declension of meninge

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) meninge	meningeul	(niște) meninge	meningele
genitive/dative	(unui) meninge	meningeului	(unor) meninge	meningelor
vocative	meningeule		meningelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μήνῐγγος (mḗningos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈninxe/ [meˈnĩŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -inxe
• Syllabification: me‧nin‧ge

Noun

meninge f (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx

Related terms

• meníngeo
• meningitis

 

Further reading

• “meninge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014