Membrane

//ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "membrane" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

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Related words (32)

Noun(2 words)
parchmenttissue layer

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

at location

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derived

69 entries

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is a

12 entries

related to

24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

used for

7 entries

Translations

134 translations across 60 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μῆνιγξ noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • ὑμήν noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Arabic

1 entries
  • غِشَاء noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Armenian

2 entries
  • թաղանթ noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • թաղանթ noun (mechanical part)

Asturian

1 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • membran noun (mechanical part)
  • qişa noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бало́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • бало́нка noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • мембра́на noun (mechanical part)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • мембра́на noun (mechanical part)
  • ци́па noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Catalan

1 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 膜 noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • 薄膜 noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • 薄膜 noun (mechanical part)
  • 薄膜 noun (flexible covering)

Czech

4 entries
  • blána noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • blána noun (mechanical part)
  • membrána noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrána noun (mechanical part)

Danish

1 entries
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Dutch

2 entries
  • membraan noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membraan noun (mechanical part)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • membrano noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kile noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membraan noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kalvo noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • kalvo noun (mechanical part)
  • kermi noun (flexible covering)

French

1 entries
  • membrane noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Galician

2 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • teaz noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

German

4 entries
  • Häutchen noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • Membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • Membran noun (mechanical part)
  • Membrane noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Greek

4 entries
  • μεμβράνη noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • μεμβράνη noun (mechanical part)
  • υμένας noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • υμένας noun (mechanical part)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קרום noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Hindi

1 entries
  • झिल्ली noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hártya noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • himna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • himna noun (mechanical part)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membran noun (mechanical part)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • obolocka noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Irish

2 entries
  • scannán noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • seicin noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Italian

3 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrana noun (mechanical part)
  • pergamena noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 膜 noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភ្នាស noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Korean

1 entries
  • 막 noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Latin

1 entries
  • membrāna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Latvian

2 entries
  • membrāna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • plēve noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • plėvė noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • ци́па noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Malay

1 entries
  • kulipis noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ചർമ്മം noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • പടലം noun (mechanical part)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хальс noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Māori

3 entries
  • kiriuhi noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • rīrapa noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • tewe noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • perde noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Northern Mansi

1 entries
  • сыквар noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • hinne noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • hinne noun (mechanical part)
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membran noun (mechanical part)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • hinne noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • hinne noun (mechanical part)
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membran noun (mechanical part)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • زار noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • زار noun (flexible covering)

Persian

2 entries
  • شامه noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • شامه noun (mechanical part)

Polish

4 entries
  • błona noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • błonka noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrana noun (mechanical part)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrana noun (mechanical part)

Romanian

2 entries
  • membrane noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrană noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Russian

4 entries
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • мембра́на noun (mechanical part)
  • оболо́чка noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • перепо́нка noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • membrána noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrána noun (mechanical part)
  • òpna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • òpna noun (mechanical part)

Slovak

2 entries
  • blana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membrána noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Slovene

2 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • opna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Spanish

1 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hinna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • hinna noun (mechanical part)
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membran noun (mechanical part)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • bamban noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • lamad noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పొర noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Thai

2 entries
  • เนื้อเยื่อ noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • เยื่อ noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zar noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • мембра́на noun (mechanical part)
  • оболо́нка noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • пере́тинка noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Urdu

1 entries
  • پردہ noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • màng noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Endometritis is a disease where bacteria enter the uterus and cause inflammation of the inner membrane.

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The following is thought to be one of the reasons stress damages the stomach's mucous membrane.

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I like cold milk, but not hot milk. The white membrane and the smell that develops bother me.

Source: tatoeba (1528231)

Reverse osmosis consists in forcing seawater through a membrane that filters out the salt.

Source: tatoeba (2143087)

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