meninx

See also: Meninx

English

Meninges

Alternative forms

• meninge

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mēninx, from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.ɪŋks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nɪŋks/, /ˈmɛn.ɪŋks/
• Rhymes: -iːnɪŋks, -ɛnɪŋks

Noun

meninx (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.

   Synonym: mater

   Meronyms: arachnoid mater, dura mater, pia mater

Derived terms

• meningo-, mening-
• pachymeninx

Related terms

• meningeal
• meningitis

Translations

membrane

• Arabic: سحاءة (siḥā'ah), سحايا pl (saḥāya)
• Armenian: ուղեղաթաղանթ (hy) (uġeġatʻaġantʻ)
• Catalan: meninge (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦脊膜 / 脑脊膜 (nǎojǐmó); 腦膜 / 脑膜 (zh) (nǎomó)

• Czech: mozková blána f
• Dutch: Hersenvlies
• Finnish: kalvo (fi), aivokalvo (fi), selkäydinkalvo
• French: méninge (fr)
• German: Hirnhaut (de) f
• Greek: μήνιγγα (el) f (míninga)

  Ancient: μῆνιγξ f (mêninx)

• Hungarian: agyhártya (hu)
• Italian: meninge (it) f
• Macedonian: мозочница f (mozočnica)
• Maori: kiriuhiroro
• Persian: مننژ (menanž)
• Polish: opona mózgowo-rdzeniowa f
• Portuguese: meninge (pt) f
• Russian: мозгова́я оболо́чка (mozgovája obolóčka)
• Serbo-Croatian: moždanica f
• Spanish: meninge (es) f
• Swedish: hjärnhinna (sv) c
• Welsh: pilen yr ymennydd f

References

Links

• “meninges”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “meninx”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ninks/, [ˈmeːnɪŋks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ninks/, [ˈmɛːniŋks]

Noun

mēninx f (genitive mēningis); third declension

1. (anatomy) New Latin form of mēninga.

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēninx	mēningēs
genitive	mēningis	mēningum
dative	mēningī	mēningibus
accusative	mēningem	mēningēs
ablative	mēninge	mēningibus
vocative	mēninx	mēningēs

Descendants

• → English: meninx

Portuguese

Etymology

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.

Noun

meninx ? (plural meninxs)

1. (gender-neutral, neologism) a gender-neutral form of menino/menina
2. (gender-neutral, LGBTQ slang) enby