different between member vs elemental

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?ms, *m?ms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic ???????????????? (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus.

Coexists with native Middle English lim, limb (“member, limb, joint”) (from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”)), and displaced Middle English lith (“limb, joint, member”) (from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”)).

Alternative forms

• membre (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?mb?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?mb?/
• Hyphenation: mem?ber
• Rhymes: -?mb?(?)

Noun

member (plural members)

1. One who officially belongs to a group.
2. A part of a whole.
   • 1979, Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1110

     The member intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age

3. Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

   Synonyms: limb, lith
4. (euphemistic) The penis.

   Synonyms: pintle, tarse

5. (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.

   Synonyms: premise, premiss

6. (set theory) An element of a set.

   Synonym: element

7. (Australia, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
8. A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
9. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
10. (computing) A file stored within an archive file.

11. (object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.

Hyponyms

• crewmember
• family member
• male member
• party member

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (menb?)

Translations

Etymology 2

See remember.

Alternative forms

• 'member

Verb

member (third-person singular simple present members, present participle membering, simple past and past participle membered)

1. (obsolete outside dialects) To remember.
2. (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.

Anagrams

• membre

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?mb?r]

Noun

member (plural members)

1. member

English

Etymology

element +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt?l
• Hyphenation: el?e?men?tal

Adjective

elemental (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
2. Basic, fundamental or elementary.
3. Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.
4. (by extension) Of, or relating to a force or nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions.

Translations

Noun

elemental (plural elementals)

1. (theosophy, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

element +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.l?.m?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.le.men?tal/

Adjective

elemental (masculine and feminine plural elementals)

1. elemental

Further reading

• “elemental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “elemental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “elemental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “elemental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

elemento +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elemen?tal/, [e.le.m?n??t?al]

Adjective

elemental (plural elementales)

1. elemental

Derived terms

• función elemental
• partícula elemental

Noun

elemental m (plural elementales)

1. (alchemy, folklore, mythology) elemental

Hyponyms

Further reading

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