meninge

== English == === Noun === meninge (plural meninges) (anatomy) meninx == Afrikaans == === Noun === meninge plural of mening == Catalan == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [məˈniɲ.ʒə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [meˈniɲ.d͡ʒe] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [meˈniɲ.ʒe] === Noun === meninge f (plural meninges) (anatomy) meninx ==== Related terms ==== meningi meningitis === Further reading === “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 == Italian == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈnin.d͡ʒe/ Rhymes: -indʒe Hyphenation: me‧nìn‧ge === Noun === meninge f (plural meningi) (anatomy) meninx (in the plural, informal) brains spremersi le meningi ― to cudgel or rack one’s brains ==== Derived terms ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ, μῆνιγγος (mêninx, mêningos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === meninge f (plural meninges) (anatomy) meninx (any of the three membranes enclosing the brain) === Further reading === “meninge”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “meninge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French méninge. === Noun === meninge n (plural meninge) meninges ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek μήνῐγγος (mḗnĭngos, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈninxe/ [meˈnĩŋ.xe] Rhymes: -inxe Syllabification: me‧nin‧ge === Noun === meninge f (plural meninges) (anatomy) meninx ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “meninge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025