member
English
/ˈmɛmbə/, /ˈmɛmbɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who officially belongs to a group.
- A part of a whole.
- Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
- (euphemism) The penis.
- (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
- (set theory) An element of a set.
- (object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
- (AU) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
- A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
- (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
- (computing) A file stored within an archive file.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English membre derived from Old French membre derived from Latin membrum (limb, member, penis, organ, body part) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (flesh).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mḗms, *mēms-rom
Gloss
flesh
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肉
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Euro-member English
- assembly English
- assemblymember English
- band English
- bandmember English
- card English
- cardmember English
- cast English
- castmember English
- comember English
- comembership English
- council English
- councilmember English
- crew English
- crewmember English
- cross-member English
- crossmember English
- e-member English
- e-membership English
- end English
- endmember English
- guild English
- guildmember English
- list English
- lith English
- member organisation English
- membered English
- memberless English
- memberlessness English
- memberlist English
- membership English
- memberwise English
- membrification English
- multimember English
- multimembered English
- non-member English
- nonmembership English
- organisation English
- re-member English
- service English
- servicemember English
- submember English
- transmember English
- unmember English
- membratim Latin
- membrum Latin
- membro Italian
- membre French
- miembro Spanish, Castilian
- μηρός Ancient Greek
- *memso- Proto-Indo-European
- *mḗms, *mēms-rom Proto-Indo-European
- *limuz Proto-Germanic
- *limą Proto-Germanic
- *liþuz Proto-Germanic
- *mimzą Proto-Germanic
- メンバー Japanese
- gecyndlim Old English
- lim Old English
- limmælum Old English
- liþ Old English
- liþig Old English
- lēoht Old English
- leome Middle English
- lim Middle English
- lime Middle English
- lith Middle English
- lym Middle English
- lyme Middle English
- lyth Middle English
- membre Middle English
- membre Old French
- membre Catalan, Valencian
- membrum puerile Translingual
- 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 Gothic
- *liþu gmw-pro
- membro Old Portuguese
- membre Occitan
- 멤버 Korean
- *memzrom Proto-Italic
- miembru Asturian
- lith Scots
- menus Crimean Gothic
- end
- band
- list
- cast
- crew
- lith
- card
- guild
- council
- service
- assembly
- membered
- e-member
- comember
- unmember
- submember
- endmember
- re-member
- membership
- castmember
- memberwise
- memberless
- non-member
- bandmember
- crewmember
- cardmember
- memberlist
- multimember
- crossmember
- transmember
- guildmember
- Euro-member
- comembership
- cross-member
- e-membership
- organisation
- multimembered
- servicemember
- nonmembership
- councilmember
- memberlessness
- membrification
- assemblymember
- member organisation