member en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪ̟m.bɚ/ (pin-pen-merger)
- /ˈmem.bə/ (Australia)
- /ˈmɛm.bɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈmɛm.bə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus. Coexists with native limb, from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”). Mostly displaced lith (“limb, joint, member”), from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”), which still survives in British dialect.
Meanings
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One who belongs to a group.
“Were it not for the fancy French and Latin in it, I'd have swore it was the sort of thing I do not print as a rule, but being as how the order was from one of the members upstairs...”
2014 January 14, Roberta Rogow, The Problem of the Surly Servant, →ISBN, page 109:
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A part of a whole.
The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
The member intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
1979, Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1110
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Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
For as we haue many members in one body, and all members haue not the same office:
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:4:
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(euphemistic) The penis.
If your wife is old and your member is exhausted, eat onions in plenty.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168:
- One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
- An element of a set.
- (Australia) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
- A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
- Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
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A file stored within an archive file.
The zip file holding the source code of this application has 245 members.
- (qualifier:object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| members | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| membre | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tribesmember · virile member · charter member · submember · non-commissioned member · castmember · transmember · life member · councilmember · privy member · member for Barkshire · gutter member · touring member · service member · member variable · learned member · guildmember · member state · cross-member · member of the tribe · member function · memberwise · ex-member · cardmember · mixed-member proportional · comember · memberlist · member of staff · membership · crossmember · endmember · end member · membrification · founder member · dismember · end-member · member organisation · e-member · assemblymember · member of the public · sitting member · data member · non-member · gang member · bandmember · member of lower house · board member · private member's bill · founding member · member country · member class · re-member · intermember · memberless · Euro-member · member of upper house · unmembern · member field · member bank · servicemember · multimember
Descendants
Hyponyms
male member · party member · crewmember · family member
Synonyms
premiss · virile member · element · premise · integrant · limb · lith · tarse · pintle
Translations (210)
bg част от тя́лото (organ, limb) · pt membro (organ, limb) · tr üye (one who officially belongs to a group) · nan-hbl 成員 /成员 (one who officially belongs to a group) · be член (one who officially belongs to a group) · ky мүчө (one who officially belongs to a group) · cs úd (penis) · bg член (math: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation) · it membro (organ, limb) · sh člànica (one who officially belongs to a group) · fa-ira اَنْدامِ تَناسُلی مَرْد (penis) · sv lem (organ, limb) · ps عضو (one who officially belongs to a group) · cy aelod (one who officially belongs to a group) · nl lid (one who officially belongs to a group) · ms anggota (one who officially belongs to a group) · sk člen (one who officially belongs to a group) · hu hímtag (penis) · es miembro (organ, limb) · tg узв (one who officially belongs to a group) · hi शिश्न (penis) · jv lid (one who officially belongs to a group) · mi huānga (part of a whole) · kk мүше (one who officially belongs to a group) · mk членка (one who officially belongs to a group) · is limur (penis) · bzj memba (one who officially belongs to a group) · sh чла̀ница (one who officially belongs to a group) · fr membre (organ, limb) · tr kamış (penis) · ga ball (one who officially belongs to a group) · nrf membre (one who officially belongs to a group) · fi jäsen (one who officially belongs to a group) · cmn 成員 /成员 (one who officially belongs to a group) · cs člen (one who officially belongs to a group) · uk чле́нка (one who officially belongs to a group) · ca membre (one who officially belongs to a group) · gl membro (math: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation) · it membra (one who officially belongs to a group) · tg аъзо (one who officially belongs to a group) · cs úd (organ, limb) · it iscritto (one who officially belongs to a group) · sv lem (penis) · tpi memba (one who officially belongs to a group) · af lid (one who officially belongs to a group) · it iscritta (one who officially belongs to a group) · es miembro viril (penis) · nan-hbl 會員 /会员 (one who officially belongs to a group) · fi puoli (math: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation) · ks رُکُن (one who officially belongs to a group) · de Glied (organ, limb) · sq pjesëmarrës (one who officially belongs to a group) · nl eikel (penis) · gl membro (one who officially belongs to a group) · yue 成員 /成员 (one who officially belongs to a group) · he חֲבֵרָה (one who officially belongs to a group) · uz aʼzo (one who officially belongs to a group) · ja 会員 (one who officially belongs to a group) · el μέλος (organ, limb) · bn সদস্য (one who officially belongs to a group) · sw mshiriki (one who officially belongs to a group) · zza eza (diq) (one who officially belongs to a group) · pt membro (one who officially belongs to a group) · ko 멤버 (one who officially belongs to a group) · yi מיטגליד (one who officially belongs to a group) · bg член (penis) · jv warga (one who officially belongs to a group) · ast miembru (penis) · bg член (one who officially belongs to a group) · ka წევრი (one who officially belongs to a group) · nl penis (penis) · ro membru (one who officially belongs to a group) · vi hội viên (one who officially belongs to a group) · sk členka (one who officially belongs to a group) · pl członek (one who officially belongs to a group) · zza aza (one who officially belongs to a group) · es miembro (penis) · sh чла̑н (one who officially belongs to a group) · bg част (part of a whole) · fa-ira عُضْو (one who officially belongs to a group) · kmr endam (penis) · eo membro (one who officially belongs to a group) · os уӕнг (one who officially belongs to a group) · prs عُضْو (one who officially belongs to a group) · lv loceklis (organ, limb) · cs končetina (organ, limb) · mn гишүүн (one who officially belongs to a group) · ru член (one who officially belongs to a group) · ur رُکَن (one who officially belongs to a group) · ru часть те́ла (organ, limb) · pl członek (organ, limb) · nrf membre (organ, limb) · is félagi (one who officially belongs to a group) · be чале́ц (one who officially belongs to a group) · hy անդամ (one who officially belongs to a group) · da medlem (one who officially belongs to a group) · pt membro (penis) · mk член (one who officially belongs to a group) · cs pohlavní úd (penis) · ru член (organ, limb) · tk çlen (one who officially belongs to a group) · zza endam (organ, limb) · txb āmpär (organ, limb) · az üzv (one who officially belongs to a group) · ckb ئەندام (one who officially belongs to a group) · hi लिंग (penis) · ga ball (organ, limb) · nl ledemaat (organ, limb) · sh člȃn (one who officially belongs to a group) · fi elin (organ, limb) · fr membre (one who officially belongs to a group) · de Mitglied (one who officially belongs to a group) · ba ағза (organ, limb) · nn medlem (one who officially belongs to a group) · et liige (one who officially belongs to a group) · ast miembru (one who officially belongs to a group) · fa-ira اَنْدام (organ, limb) · th สมาชิก (one who officially belongs to a group) · cmn 會員 /会员 (one who officially belongs to a group) · ast miembru (organ, limb) · hu tag (one who officially belongs to a group) · ro mădular (organ, limb) · ar عُضُو (organ, limb) · pl członkini (one who officially belongs to a group) · nb lem (penis) · km សមាជិក (one who officially belongs to a group) · la sodālis (one who officially belongs to a group) · yue 會員 /会员 (one who officially belongs to a group) · ca membre (penis) · nb lem (organ, limb) · my အဖွဲ့ဝင် (one who officially belongs to a group) · mi mema (one who officially belongs to a group) · arz عضو (organ, limb) · it membro (one who officially belongs to a group) · fi raaja (organ, limb) · oc membre (one who officially belongs to a group) · sl člȃn (one who officially belongs to a group) · eo membro (organ, limb) · eu kide (one who officially belongs to a group) · ug ئەزا (one who officially belongs to a group) · ba ағза (one who officially belongs to a group) · lo ສະມາຊິກ (one who officially belongs to a group) · ru член (penis) · hi सदस्य (one who officially belongs to a group) · lv biedre (one who officially belongs to a group) · hi अंग (organ, limb) · kmr endam (organ, limb) · id anggota (one who officially belongs to a group) · de Glied (penis) · ro membru (organ, limb) · bg чле́нка (one who officially belongs to a group) · uk член (one who officially belongs to a group) · sl članica (one who officially belongs to a group) · ur عُضْو (one who officially belongs to a group) · gl membro (penis) · hu tag (organ, limb) · ar عِضْو (one who officially belongs to a group) · ja 構成員 (one who officially belongs to a group) · he אֵיבָר (organ, limb) · is getnaðarlimur (penis) · sq anëtar (one who officially belongs to a group) · sv medlem (one who officially belongs to a group) · kmr endam (one who officially belongs to a group) · ps ممبر (one who officially belongs to a group) · la membrum (penis) · ca membre viril (penis) · lv biedrene (one who officially belongs to a group) · lt narys (one who officially belongs to a group) · nb medlem (one who officially belongs to a group) · tr uzuv (organ, limb) · es integrante (one who officially belongs to a group) · got 𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (organ, limb) · rup mãdular (organ, limb) · fi jäsen (law: judge or adjudicator in a consumer court) · es miembro (one who officially belongs to a group) · lv biedrs (one who officially belongs to a group) · eo ano (one who officially belongs to a group) · sl ud (organ, limb) · ko 회원 (one who officially belongs to a group) · lv loceklis (one who officially belongs to a group) · ms ahli (one who officially belongs to a group) · ro membră (one who officially belongs to a group) · gl membro (organ, limb) · tt әгъза (one who officially belongs to a group) · eo korpparto (organ, limb) · he חָבֵר (one who officially belongs to a group) · el μέλος (one who officially belongs to a group) · ja メンバー (one who officially belongs to a group) · nl lid (organ, limb) · pl członek (penis) · pt sócio (one who officially belongs to a group) · lt narė (one who officially belongs to a group) · ca membre (organ, limb) · tr aza (one who officially belongs to a group) · as সদস্য (one who officially belongs to a group) · eo korpoparto (organ, limb) · ks رۄکُن (one who officially belongs to a group) · fo limur (one who officially belongs to a group) · fi jäsen (organ, limb) · sw mshiriki (organ, limb) · ga comhalta (one who officially belongs to a group) · vi thành viên (one who officially belongs to a group) · cmn 肢 (organ, limb) · fi elin (penis) · fi elementti (part of a whole) · cs členka (one who officially belongs to a group) · sv manslem (penis) · tk agza (one who officially belongs to a group) · ar عُضْو (one who officially belongs to a group) · oj niinag (penis)