meninge

meninge (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx

meninge

1. plural of mening

From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈniɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meˈniɲ.d͡ʒe]

meninge f (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx

• meningi
• meningitis

• “meninge”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

• IPA^(key): /meˈnin.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -indʒe
• Hyphenation: me‧nìn‧ge

meninge f (plural meningi)

1. (anatomy) meninx
2. (in the plural, informal) brains

   spremersi le meningi ― to cudgel or rack one’s brains

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ, μῆνιγγος (mêninx, mêningos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

meninge f (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx (any of the three membranes enclosing the brain)

Borrowed from French méninge.

meninge n (plural meninge)

1. meninges

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μήνῐγγος (mḗnĭngos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).

• IPA^(key): /meˈninxe/ [meˈnĩŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -inxe
• Syllabification: me‧nin‧ge

meninge f (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx

• “meninge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024