"tegmen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛɡ.mən/ Forms: tegmina [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin, from Latin tegmen, syncopated form of tegimen. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)teg- (cover)}}, {{bor|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|la|tegmen}} Latin tegmen, {{m|la|tegimen}} tegimen Head templates: {{en-noun|tegmina}} tegmen (plural tegmina)
  1. (biology) A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-tegmen-en-noun-VzQXHKd3 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (botany) An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-tegmen-en-noun-WluwoK8h Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (anatomy) A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-tegmen-en-noun-wCorRBx1 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  4. (entomology) In insects such as winged cockroaches and locusts, the tegmina are the stiff, membranous fore wings; in many species they are not primarily used for flight, but serve as protective covering for the delicate hind wings, which are the main organs of flight. Note that the more heavily armoured fore-wings of most beetles are called elytra, not tegmina. Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-tegmen-en-noun-mQ7e62y5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 27 49 Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈteɡ.men/ [Classical], [ˈt̪ɛɡmɛn] [Classical], /ˈteɡ.men/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛɡmen] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From tegō (“I cover”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|tegō|men|pos2=noun-forming suffix|t1=I cover}} tegō (“I cover”) + -men (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|tegmen<3>}} tegmen n (genitive tegminis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tegmen<3>}} Forms: tegminis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tegmen [nominative, singular], tegmina [nominative, plural], tegminis [genitive, singular], tegminum [genitive, plural], tegminī [dative, singular], tegminibus [dative, plural], tegmen [accusative, singular], tegmina [accusative, plural], tegmine [ablative, singular], tegminibus [ablative, plural], tegmen [singular, vocative], tegmina [plural, vocative]
  1. Alternative form of tegimen Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-3, neuter Alternative form of: tegimen

Inflected forms

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