noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɛmbə/
General-American:/ˈmɛmbɚ/
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pin-pen-merger:/ˈmɪ̟mbɚ/
Australian:/ˈmembə/
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɛmbə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:M EH1 M B ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who belongs to a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A part of a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: integrant
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: limb, lith
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pintle, tarse, virile member
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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.
Clipping of remember (by apheresis).
Across languages
Translations
210 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
lid
— one who officially belongs to a group
Albanian:
pjesëmarrës
— one who officially belongs to a group
Albanian:
anëtar
— one who officially belongs to a group
Arabic:
عُضْو
(ʕuḍw)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Arabic:
عِضْو
(ʕiḍw)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Armenian:
անդամ
(andam)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Assamese:
সদস্য
(xodoisso)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Asturian:
miembru
— one who officially belongs to a group
Azerbaijani:
üzv
— one who officially belongs to a group
Bashkir:
ағза
(ağza)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Basque:
kide
— one who officially belongs to a group
Belarusian:
член
(čljen)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Belarusian:
чале́ц
(čaljéc)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Belizean Creole:
memba
— one who officially belongs to a group
Bengali:
সদস্য
(śodosśo)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Bulgarian:
член
(člen)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Bulgarian:
чле́нка
(člénka)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Burmese:
အဖွဲ့ဝင်
(a.hpwai.wang)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Catalan:
membre
— one who officially belongs to a group
Chinese Cantonese:
會員 /会员
(wui2 jyun4)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Chinese Cantonese:
成員 /成员
— one who officially belongs to a group
Chinese:
會員 /会员
(zh-min-nan)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Chinese:
成員 /成员
(zh-min-nan)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Chinese Mandarin:
會員 /会员
(huìyuán)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Chinese Mandarin:
成員 /成员
(chéngyuán)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Czech:
člen
— one who officially belongs to a group
Czech:
členka
— one who officially belongs to a group
Danish:
medlem
— one who officially belongs to a group
Dutch:
lid
— one who officially belongs to a group
Esperanto:
membro
— one who officially belongs to a group
Esperanto:
ano
— one who officially belongs to a group
Estonian:
liige
— one who officially belongs to a group
Faroese:
limur
— one who officially belongs to a group
Finnish:
jäsen
— one who officially belongs to a group
French:
membre
— one who officially belongs to a group
Galician:
membro
— one who officially belongs to a group
Georgian:
წევრი
(c̣evri)
— one who officially belongs to a group
German:
Mitglied
— one who officially belongs to a group
Greek:
μέλος
(mélos)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Hebrew:
חָבֵר
(khavér)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Hebrew:
חֲבֵרָה
(khaverá)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Hindi:
सदस्य
(sadasya)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Hungarian:
tag
— one who officially belongs to a group
Icelandic:
félagi
— one who officially belongs to a group
Indonesian:
anggota
— one who officially belongs to a group
Irish:
ball
— one who officially belongs to a group
Irish:
comhalta
— one who officially belongs to a group
Italian:
membro
— one who officially belongs to a group
Italian:
iscritto
— one who officially belongs to a group
Italian:
membra
— one who officially belongs to a group
Italian:
iscritta
— one who officially belongs to a group
Japanese:
会員
(kaiin)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Japanese:
メンバー
(menbā)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Japanese:
構成員
(kōseiin)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Javanese:
lid
— one who officially belongs to a group
Javanese:
warga
— one who officially belongs to a group
Kashmiri:
رُکُن
(rukun)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Kashmiri:
رۄکُن
(rọkun)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Kazakh:
мүше
(müşe)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Khmer:
សមាជិក
(saʼmaacɨk)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Korean:
회원
(hoewon)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Korean:
멤버
(membeo)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Central Kurdish:
ئەندام
(endam)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Northern Kurdish:
endam
— one who officially belongs to a group
Kyrgyz:
мүчө
(mücö)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Lao:
ສະມາຊິກ
(sa mā sik)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Latin:
sodālis
— one who officially belongs to a group
Latvian:
biedrs
— one who officially belongs to a group
Latvian:
biedre
— one who officially belongs to a group
Latvian:
biedrene
— one who officially belongs to a group
Latvian:
loceklis
— one who officially belongs to a group
Lithuanian:
narys
— one who officially belongs to a group
Lithuanian:
narė
— one who officially belongs to a group
Macedonian:
член
(člen)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Macedonian:
членка
(členka)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Malay:
ahli
— one who officially belongs to a group
Malay:
anggota
— one who officially belongs to a group
Māori:
mema
— one who officially belongs to a group
Mongolian:
гишүүн
(gišüün)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Norman:
membre
— one who officially belongs to a group
Norwegian Bokmål:
medlem
— one who officially belongs to a group
Norwegian Nynorsk:
medlem
— one who officially belongs to a group
Occitan:
membre
— one who officially belongs to a group
Ossetian:
уӕнг
(wæng)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Pashto:
عضو
(ozwə)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Pashto:
ممبر
(membar)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Dari:
عُضْو
(uzw)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Iranian Persian:
عُضْو
(ozv)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Polish:
członek
— one who officially belongs to a group
Polish:
członkini
— one who officially belongs to a group
Portuguese:
membro
— one who officially belongs to a group
Portuguese:
sócio
— one who officially belongs to a group
Romanian:
membru
— one who officially belongs to a group
Romanian:
membră
— one who officially belongs to a group
Russian:
член
(člen)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Serbo-Croatian:
чла̑н
— one who officially belongs to a group
Serbo-Croatian:
чла̀ница
— one who officially belongs to a group
Serbo-Croatian:
člȃn
— one who officially belongs to a group
Serbo-Croatian:
člànica
— one who officially belongs to a group
Slovak:
člen
— one who officially belongs to a group
Slovak:
členka
— one who officially belongs to a group
Slovene:
člȃn
— one who officially belongs to a group
Slovene:
članica
— one who officially belongs to a group
Spanish:
miembro
— one who officially belongs to a group
Spanish:
integrante
— one who officially belongs to a group
Swahili:
mshiriki
— one who officially belongs to a group
Swedish:
medlem
— one who officially belongs to a group
Tajik:
узв
(uzv)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Tajik:
аъзо
(a'zo)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Tatar:
әгъза
(äğza)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Thai:
สมาชิก
(sà-maa-chík)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Tok Pisin:
memba
— one who officially belongs to a group
Turkish:
üye
— one who officially belongs to a group
Turkish:
aza
— one who officially belongs to a group
Turkmen:
agza
— one who officially belongs to a group
Turkmen:
çlen
— one who officially belongs to a group
Ukrainian:
член
(člen)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Ukrainian:
чле́нка
(člénka)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Urdu:
رُکَن
(rukan)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Urdu:
عُضْو
('uzv)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Uyghur:
ئەزا
(eza)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Uzbek:
aʼzo
— one who officially belongs to a group
Vietnamese:
hội viên
— one who officially belongs to a group
Vietnamese:
thành viên
— one who officially belongs to a group
Welsh:
aelod
— one who officially belongs to a group
Yiddish:
מיטגליד
(mitglid)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Zazaki:
eza (diq)
— one who officially belongs to a group
Zazaki:
aza
— one who officially belongs to a group
Bulgarian:
част
(čast)
— part of a whole
Finnish:
elementti
— part of a whole
Māori:
huānga
— part of a whole
Arabic:
عُضُو
(ʕuḍū)
— organ, limb
Arabic:
عضو
(ʕuḍū)
— organ, limb
Aromanian:
mãdular
— organ, limb
Asturian:
miembru
— organ, limb
Bashkir:
ағза
(ağza)
— organ, limb
Bulgarian:
част от тя́лото
(čast ot tjáloto)
— organ, limb