Membrane

/ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/

Synonyms for "membrane" (84 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (17)

allantoic membraneamnionamniotic sacarachnoid membranebasement membranecoatcoatingcollopconjuctivacoveringcutdeal
Noun(5 words)

Strong matches (25)

Related words (42)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
anatomical structureanimal tissuebiological boundarybody tissueboundary materialcellular structureflat solidseparation devicesheet

More specific

11 entries
dialysis membranegas separation membranemitochondrial membranemucous membranenuclear envelopeplasma membranereverse osmosis membraneserous membranesynovial membranethylakoid membraneultrafiltration membrane

Collocations

6 entries
cell membranedialysis membranelipid bilayermembrane potentialmembrane proteinplasma membrane

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Translations

98 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

1 entries
  • թաղանթ noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Asturian

1 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • 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)
  • мэмбра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Bulgarian

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

Catalan

1 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • 薄膜 noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Czech

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

Danish

1 entries
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Dutch

1 entries
  • membraan noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

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

1 entries
  • kalvo noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

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

3 entries
  • Häutchen noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • Membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • Membrane noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Greek

2 entries
  • μεμβράνη noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • υμένας noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

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

1 entries
  • himna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

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

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

Japanese

1 entries
  • noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភ្នាស noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Korean

1 entries
  • 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

1 entries
  • ചർമ്മം noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

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

2 entries
  • hinne noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • hinne noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • زار noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Persian

1 entries
  • شامه noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Polish

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

Portuguese

1 entries
  • membrana noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Romanian

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

Russian

3 entries
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • оболо́чка noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • перепо́нка noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • membrána noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • òpna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • о̀пна noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

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

2 entries
  • hinna noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • membran noun (enclosing or separating tissue)

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

3 entries
  • мембра́на noun (enclosing or separating tissue)
  • 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

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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.

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

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