membraan

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛmˈbraːn/

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• Hyphenation: mem‧braan
• Rhymes: -aːn

membraan n (plural membranen, diminutive membraantje n)

1. a membrane, thin, often separating, layer of (skin or other) tissue in animal or plant anatomy

   Synonym: vlies

2. an artefact similar in function and/or construction, e.g. as mechanical part

• membranofoon m
• membraneus

• → Indonesian: membran