Meanings
member1
plural members · alternative obsolete membre
- 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 - A part of a whole.
The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
1 more example
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 1110Synonyms: integrant
- euphemisticThe 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 168Synonyms: pintle, tarse, virile member
- Australialawthe judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
- A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
- computingA file stored within an archive file.
The zip file holding the source code of this application has 245 members.
member2
present singular third person members · participle present membering · participle past membered · past membered · alternative 'member · alternative obsolete membre
- dialectalobsoletepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of remember.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA part of a whole.
nounThe penis.
nounAn element of a set.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
nounan external body part that projects from the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
member · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*mḗms, *mēms-rom“flesh”
- Proto-Italic*memzrom
- Latinmembrum“limb, body part”
- Old Frenchmembre
- Middle Englishmembre
- Englishmember
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans lid
- lidone who officially belongs to a group
Arabic عُضْو, عِضْو
- عُضْو (ʕuḍw)one who officially belongs to a group
- عِضْو (ʕiḍw)one who officially belongs to a group
- عُضُو (ʕuḍū)organ, limb
Basque kide
- kideone who officially belongs to a group
Bengali সদস্য
- সদস্য (śodosśo)one who officially belongs to a group
Bulgarian член, чле́нка
- член (člen)one who officially belongs to a group
- чле́нка (člénka)one who officially belongs to a group
- част (čast)part of a whole
- част от тя́лото (čast ot tjáloto)organ, limb
- член (člen)penis
- член (člen)math: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation
Catalan membre, membre
- membreone who officially belongs to a group
- membreorgan, limb
- membrepenis
- membre virilpenis
Chinese Cantonese 會員 /会员, 成員 /成员
- 會員 /会员 (wui² jyun⁴)one who officially belongs to a group
- 成員 /成员one who officially belongs to a group
Chinese Mandarin 會員 /会员, 成員 /成员
- 會員 /会员 (huìyuán)one who officially belongs to a group
- 成員 /成员 (chéngyuán)one who officially belongs to a group
- 肢 (zhī)organ, limb
Czech člen, členka
- členone who officially belongs to a group
- členkaone who officially belongs to a group
- končetinaorgan, limb
- údorgan, limb
- údpenis
- pohlavní údpenis
Danish medlem
- medlemone who officially belongs to a group
Dutch lid, lid
- lidone who officially belongs to a group
- lidorgan, limb
- ledemaatorgan, limb
- eikelpenis
- penispenis
Esperanto membro, ano
- membroone who officially belongs to a group
- anoone who officially belongs to a group
- membroorgan, limb
- korpopartoorgan, limb
- korppartoorgan, limb
Estonian liige
- liigeone who officially belongs to a group
Finnish jäsen, elementti
- jäsenone who officially belongs to a group
- elementtipart of a whole
- elinorgan, limb
- jäsenorgan, limb
- raajaorgan, limb
- elinpenis
- jäsenlaw: judge or adjudicator in a consumer court
- puolimath: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation
French membre, membre
- membreone who officially belongs to a group
- membreorgan, limb
German Mitglied, Glied
- Mitgliedone who officially belongs to a group
- Gliedorgan, limb
- Gliedpenis
Greek μέλος, μέλος
- μέλος (mélos)one who officially belongs to a group
- μέλος (mélos)organ, limb
Hebrew חָבֵר, חֲבֵרָה
- חָבֵר (khavér)one who officially belongs to a group
- חֲבֵרָה (khaverá)one who officially belongs to a group
- אֵיבָר (evár)organ, limb
Hindi सदस्य, अंग
- सदस्य (sadasya)one who officially belongs to a group
- अंग (aṅg)organ, limb
- लिंग (liṅg)penis
- शिश्न (śiśna)penis
Hungarian tag, tag
- tagone who officially belongs to a group
- tagorgan, limb
- hímtagpenis
Icelandic félagi, limur
- félagione who officially belongs to a group
- limurpenis
- getnaðarlimurpenis
Indonesian anggota
- anggotaone who officially belongs to a group
Irish ball, comhalta
- ballone who officially belongs to a group
- comhaltaone who officially belongs to a group
- ballorgan, limb
Italian membro, iscritto
- membroone who officially belongs to a group
- iscrittoone who officially belongs to a group
- membraone who officially belongs to a group
- iscrittaone who officially belongs to a group
- membroorgan, limb
Japanese 会員, メンバー
- 会員 (kaiin)one who officially belongs to a group
- メンバー (menbā)one who officially belongs to a group
- 構成員 (kōseiin)one who officially belongs to a group
Korean 회원, 멤버
- 회원 (hoewon)one who officially belongs to a group
- 멤버 (membeo)one who officially belongs to a group
Latin sodālis, membrum
- sodālisone who officially belongs to a group
- membrumpenis
Latvian biedrs, biedre
- biedrsone who officially belongs to a group
- biedreone who officially belongs to a group
- biedreneone who officially belongs to a group
- loceklisone who officially belongs to a group
- loceklisorgan, limb
Lithuanian narys, narė
- narysone who officially belongs to a group
- narėone who officially belongs to a group
Malay ahli, anggota
- ahlione who officially belongs to a group
- anggotaone who officially belongs to a group
Māori mema, huānga
- memaone who officially belongs to a group
- huāngapart of a whole
Norwegian Bokmål medlem, lem
- medlemone who officially belongs to a group
- lemorgan, limb
- lempenis
Polish członek, członkini
- członekone who officially belongs to a group
- członkinione who officially belongs to a group
- członekorgan, limb
- członekpenis
Portuguese membro, sócio
- membroone who officially belongs to a group
- sócioone who officially belongs to a group
- membroorgan, limb
- membropenis
Romanian membru, membră
- membruone who officially belongs to a group
- membrăone who officially belongs to a group
- membruorgan, limb
- mădularorgan, limb
Russian член, член
- член (člen)one who officially belongs to a group
- член (člen)organ, limb
- часть те́ла (častʹ téla)organ, limb
- член (člen)penis
Slovak člen, členka
- členone who officially belongs to a group
- členkaone who officially belongs to a group
Spanish miembro, integrante
- miembroone who officially belongs to a group
- integranteone who officially belongs to a group
- miembroorgan, limb
- miembropenis
- miembro virilpenis
Swahili mshiriki, mshiriki
- mshirikione who officially belongs to a group
- mshirikiorgan, limb
Swedish medlem, lem
- medlemone who officially belongs to a group
- lemorgan, limb
- manslempenis
- lempenis
Thai สมาชิก
- สมาชิก (sà-maa-chík)one who officially belongs to a group
Turkish üye, aza
- üyeone who officially belongs to a group
- azaone who officially belongs to a group
- uzuvorgan, limb
- kamışpenis
Ukrainian член, чле́нка
- член (člen)one who officially belongs to a group
- чле́нка (člénka)one who officially belongs to a group
Urdu رُکَن, عُضْو
- رُکَن (rukan)one who officially belongs to a group
- عُضْو ('uzv)one who officially belongs to a group
Vietnamese hội viên, thành viên
- hội viênone who officially belongs to a group
- thành viênone who officially belongs to a group
Welsh aelod
- aelodone who officially belongs to a group
Yiddish מיטגליד
- מיטגליד (mitglid)one who officially belongs to a group
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with member
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