member

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English

Etymology 1

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 Middle English lim, limb (“member, limb, joint”) (from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”)), and displaced Middle English lith (“limb, joint, member”) (from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”)).

Alternative forms

• membre (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛmbə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛmbɚ/
• Hyphenation: mem‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)

Noun

member (plural members)

1. One who belongs to a group.
2. A part of a whole.
   • 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

     The member intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age

3. Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

   Synonyms: limb, lith
4. (euphemistic) The penis.

   Synonyms: pintle, tarse

5. (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.

   Synonyms: premise, premiss

7. (set theory) An element of a set.

   Synonym: element

8. (Australia, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
9. A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
10. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
11. (computing) A file stored within an archive file.

12. (object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
13. (Malaysia, slang) friend

Hyponyms

• crewmember
• family member
• male member
• party member

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: メンバー (menbā)
• → Korean: 멤버 (membeo)
• → Malay: member
• → Punjabi: ਮੈਂਬਰ (maimbar)

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of remember (by apheresis).

Alternative forms

• 'member

Verb

member (third-person singular simple present members, present participle membering, simple past and past participle membered)

1. (obsolete outside dialects) Pronunciation spelling of remember.

References

• “member”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• membre

Chinese

Etymology

From English member.

Pronunciation

Noun

member

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) member
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese gay slang, euphemistic) gay male

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English member, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛm.bə(r)]
• Rhymes: -bər, -ər
• Hyphenation: mèm‧ber

Noun

member (Jawi spelling ميمبر, plural member-member, informal 1st possessive memberku, 2nd possessive membermu, 3rd possessive membernya)

1. (informal) A close friend.

   Synonyms: kawan, rakan, sahabat

Further reading

• “member” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Scots

Etymology

Middle English, via Old French from Latin membrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛmbər]

Noun

member (plural members)

1. member