lamella

English

Etymology

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”), from lāmina (“thin plate”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ləˈmɛl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

lamella (plural lamellas or lamellae)

1. A thin, plate-like structure.
   • 1943, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, ‎John West Wells, Revision of the Suborders Families, and Genera of the Scleractinia, page 32:

     The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.

   Synonyms: lame, lamina

   1. (mycology) The gill of a mushroom.

Derived terms

• lamelliferous
• middle lamella

 

Related terms

• lame (“thin plate”)
• lamellar (adj)
• lamellate (adj)
• lamellation
• laminate
• laminated
• lamination
• multilamellate
• multilamellated

 

Translations

thin structure

• Bulgarian: ламела f (lamela), пластинка (bg) f (plastinka)
• Russian: ламель (ru) f (lamelʹ)
• Spanish: laminilla f

gill of a mushroom — see gill

Anagrams

• malleal

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Lamelle, from French lamelle, from Latin lāmina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒmɛlːɒ]
• Hyphenation: la‧mel‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

lamella (plural lamellák)

1. small, thin plate made of metal or plastic
2. (photography) blade (one of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lamella	lamellák
accusative	lamellát	lamellákat
dative	lamellának	lamelláknak
instrumental	lamellával	lamellákkal
causal-final	lamelláért	lamellákért
translative	lamellává	lamellákká
terminative	lamelláig	lamellákig
essive-formal	lamellaként	lamellákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lamellában	lamellákban
superessive	lamellán	lamellákon
adessive	lamellánál	lamelláknál
illative	lamellába	lamellákba
sublative	lamellára	lamellákra
allative	lamellához	lamellákhoz
elative	lamellából	lamellákból
delative	lamelláról	lamellákról
ablative	lamellától	lamelláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	lamelláé	lamelláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lamelláéi	lamellákéi

Possessive forms of lamella
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lamellám	lamelláim
2nd person sing.	lamellád	lamelláid
3rd person sing.	lamellája	lamellái
1st person plural	lamellánk	lamelláink
2nd person plural	lamellátok	lamelláitok
3rd person plural	lamellájuk	lamelláik

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: la‧mèl‧la

Noun

lamella f (plural lamelle)

1. thin plate, lamella
2. (botany) gill, lamella
3. (electronics) wafer

Related terms

• lamellare

Latin

Etymology

lāmina (“thin plate”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix)

Noun

lāmella f (genitive lāmellae); first declension

1. A small, thin plate of metal

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lāmella	lāmellae
genitive	lāmellae	lāmellārum
dative	lāmellae	lāmellīs
accusative	lāmellam	lāmellās
ablative	lāmellā	lāmellīs
vocative	lāmella	lāmellae

Descendants

• French: omelette
• Galician: lamela
• Italian: lamella
• Portuguese: lamela
• Spanish: lamela
• → French: lamelle
  • → German: Lamelle
    • → Hungarian: lamella

References

• “lamella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lamella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.