different between membrane vs fenestra

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membr?na (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of the body”) +? -?na. Doublet of membrana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m.b?e?n/
• Rhymes: -?mb?e?n

Noun

membrane (plural membranes)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.

   Hyponyms: aperture membrane, basement membrane, Bruch's membrane, cyclitic membrane, Descemet's membrane, hyaloid membrane, Jacob's membrane, mucous membrane, nictating membrane, nictitating membrane, Reissner's membrane, ruptured membrane, Schneiderian membrane, serous membrane, synovial membrane, tectorial membrane, tympanic membrane, virginal membrane, Zinn's membrane

   1. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.

      Hyponym: single-ply membrane

   2. A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
   3. (biology) A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.

      Hyponyms: cell membrane, haptogenic membrane, ion-selective membrane, nuclear membrane, plasma membrane

2. A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “membrane”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “membrane”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin membr?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.b?an/

Noun

membrane f (plural membranes)

1. membrane

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

membrane f pl

1. plural of membrana

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem?bra.ne/

Noun

membrane

1. plural of membran?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Existed in Middle English as fenestre, fenester, from Old English fenester (“window”).

Noun

fenestra (plural fenestras or fenestrae)

1. (anatomy) An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.

Synonyms

• vestibular window, oval window (in reference to the human ear)

Anagrams

• Feenstra, fastener, refasten

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin. Compare Italian finestra, French fenêtre, Esperanto fenestro, German Fenster, Dutch venster, Romanian fereastr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?nes.tra/

Noun

fenestra (plural fenestras)

1. window

Latin

Alternative forms

• f?stra

Etymology

Probably of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fe?nes.tra/, [f??n?s?t??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe?nes.tra/, [f??n?st???]

Noun

fenestra f (genitive fenestrae); first declension

1. a window, an opening for light,

   Haec domus quattuor fenestras habet.

   This house has four windows.

2. a breach
3. a loophole, an arrowslit
4. an orifice, inlet
5. an opportunity, opening, occasion, window of opportunity
6. vocative singular of fenestra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• fenestrula

Descendants

Noun

fenestr? f

1. ablative singular of fenestra

References

• fenestra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fenestra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fenestra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fenestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fenestra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fenestra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Compare the inherited doublet fresta.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /f?.?n??.t??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.?n?s.t??/, /f?.?n?s.t?a/
• Hyphenation: fe?nes?tra

Noun

fenestra f (plural fenestras)

1. (dated, formal) window

   Synonym: janela

Spanish

Alternative forms

• finiestra, hiniestra

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Doublet of hiniestra, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?nest?a/, [fe?nes.t??a]
• Hyphenation: fe?nes?tra

Noun

fenestra f (plural fenestras)

1. (dated) window

   Synonym: ventana

Derived terms

• defenestrar
• defenestración f

Further reading

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