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): (Valencian) [meˈniɲ.d͡ʒe]

meninge f (plural meninges)

1. (anatomy) meninx

• meningi
• meningitis

• “meninge” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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 (mḗningos, “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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014