different between ligament vs membran

English

Etymology

From Middle English ligament, from Latin lig?mentum, from lig? (“tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???m?nt/

Noun

ligament (plural ligaments)

1. (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
2. (figuratively) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
   • Paraphrase of Daniel Webster, from his oration on Justice Joseph Story

     Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Derived terms

• ligamental
• ligamentary
• ligamentous

Translations

See also

• sinew
• tendon

Anagrams

• tegminal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lig?mentum, from lig? (“tie, bind”). Cf. also liement, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.?a.m??/

Noun

ligament m (plural ligaments)

1. ligament

Related terms

• lier

Further reading

• “ligament” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lygament

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lig?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li??a?m?nt/, /?li?am?nt/

Noun

ligament (plural ligamentes)

1. A ligament or similar connecting tissue (e.g. a tendon)
2. (rare) That which binds.

Descendants

• English: ligament

References

• “lig??ment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ligament, itself a borrowing from Latin lig?mentum, from lig? (“tie, bind”). Compare leg?mânt, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li.?a?ment]

Noun

ligament n (plural ligamente)

1. ligament

Declension

Danish

Noun

membran c (singular definite membranen, plural indefinite membraner)

1. membrane

Declension

Further reading

• “membran” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch membraan, from Middle French membrane, from Latin membrana, itself from membra, plural of membrum (“member, limb”) + -anus (“-ane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?m.bran]
• Hyphenation: mèm?bran

Noun

membran (first-person possessive membranku, second-person possessive membranmu, third-person possessive membrannya)

1. membrane, a flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments:
   1. (biology) a microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
   2. (engineering) a mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “membran” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin membrana

Noun

membran m (definite singular membranen, indefinite plural membraner, definite plural membranene)

1. a membrane
2. a diaphragm

References

• “membran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin membrana

Noun

membran m (definite singular membranen, indefinite plural membranar, definite plural membranane)

1. a membrane
2. a diaphragm

References

• “membran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.