velum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈviː.ləm/, /ˈvɛl.əm/, /ˈveɪ.ləm/ Rhymes: -iːləm === Noun === velum (plural vela or velums) A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. (anatomy) The soft palate. (botany) A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives. (mycology) A veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills. (malacology) A locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves. (zoology) An annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates. A delicate membrane found on certain protists. (meteorology) An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus. (biology) a thin coating or film of mucus or phlegm. ==== Derived terms ==== velar (adjective) ==== Translations ==== === References === “velum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “velum”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === mvule == Faroese == === Noun === velum indefinite dative plural of vel == French == === Alternative forms === vélum (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vēlum (“veil, sail”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ve.lɔm/ === Noun === velum m (plural velums) velum === Further reading === “velum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin vēlum. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈvelum/ [ˈfe.lʊm] Rhymes: -elum Syllabification: ve‧lum ==== Noun ==== vèlum (plural velum-velum) (anatomy, linguistics) velum: the soft palate veil: a covering for a person or thing; as, a caul === Etymology 2 === From English vellum, from Old French velin (Modern French vélin), from Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈvelum/ [ˈfe.lʊm] Rhymes: -elum Syllabification: ve‧lum ==== Noun ==== vèlum (plural velum-velum) vellum: a type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf === Further reading === “velum”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *wekslom (note the Latin term's diminutive form vēxillum, as in pālus > pāxillus), which lends credence to this reconstruction), with two competing theories: From Proto-Indo-European *wegslom, from *weg- (“to weave, bind”). Cognate with English wick, Welsh gweu (“to weave”). Others refer it to *weǵʰ- (“to ride”), thus "that which propels"; in this case, cognate with Proto-Slavic *veslo (“oar”). This is semantically less attractive than the above theory. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈweː.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.lum] === Noun === vēlum n (genitive vēlī); second declension a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning (usually in the plural) the sail of a ship (anatomy) the soft palate ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “velum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “velum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "velum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “velum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “velum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers