Standard Lemma guide

member

noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛmbə/
  • General-American: /ˈmɛmbɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: premise, premiss

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An element of a set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: element

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A file stored within an archive file.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • The zip file holding the source code of this application has 245 members.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: object-oriented programming

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

Pronunciation spelling of remember.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, dialectal, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: penis, phallus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: erectile organ

Narrower terms: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz, micropenis, microphallus

14

noun

Meaning 14

an external body part that projects from the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it is important to keep the extremities warm

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extremity, appendage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: external body part

Narrower terms: chelicera, mouthpart, fang, claw, chela, nipper, pincer, parapodium, fin, swimmeret, pleopod, limb, digit, dactyl

15

noun

Meaning 15

an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association
  • Canada is a member of the United Nations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: unit, social unit

16

noun

Meaning 16

one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • only members will be admitted
  • a member of the faculty
  • she was introduced to all the members of his family

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fellow member

Antonyms: nonmember

Broader terms: associate

Narrower terms: Areopagite, brother, cabalist, charter member, commissioner, committee member, council member, councillor, Conservative, fellow, homeboy, homegirl, huddler, inductee, joiner, kibbutznik, kolkhoznik, board member, clansman, clanswoman, clan member, club member, pledge, Rosicrucian, Rotarian, sister, sodalist, tribesman

17

noun

Meaning 17

anything that belongs to a set or class

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • snakes are members of the class Reptilia
  • members of the opposite sex

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, portion, component part, component, constituent

History

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.

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
  • Catalan: membre — organ, limb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肢 (zhī) — organ, limb
  • Czech: končetina — organ, limb
  • Czech: úd — organ, limb
  • Dutch: lid — organ, limb
  • Dutch: ledemaat — organ, limb
  • Esperanto: membro — organ, limb
  • Esperanto: korpoparto — organ, limb
  • Esperanto: korpparto — organ, limb
  • Finnish: elin — organ, limb
  • Finnish: jäsen — organ, limb
  • Finnish: raaja — organ, limb
  • French: membre — organ, limb
  • Galician: membro — organ, limb
  • German: Glied — organ, limb
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (liþus) — organ, limb
  • Greek: μέλος (mélos) — organ, limb
  • Hebrew: אֵיבָר (evár) — organ, limb
  • Hindi: अंग (aṅg) — organ, limb
  • Hungarian: tag — organ, limb
  • Irish: ball — organ, limb
  • Italian: membro — organ, limb
  • Northern Kurdish: endam — organ, limb
  • Latvian: loceklis — organ, limb
  • Norman: membre — organ, limb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lem — organ, limb
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْدام (andâm) — organ, limb
  • Polish: członek — organ, limb
  • Portuguese: membro — organ, limb
  • Romanian: membru — organ, limb
  • Romanian: mădular — organ, limb
  • Russian: член (člen) — organ, limb
  • Russian: часть те́ла (častʹ téla) — organ, limb
  • Slovene: ud — organ, limb
  • Spanish: miembro — organ, limb
  • Swahili: mshiriki — organ, limb
  • Swedish: lem — organ, limb
  • Tocharian B: āmpär — organ, limb
  • Turkish: uzuv — organ, limb
  • Zazaki: endam — organ, limb
  • Asturian: miembru — penis
  • Bulgarian: член (člen) — penis
  • Catalan: membre — penis
  • Catalan: membre viril — penis
  • Czech: úd — penis
  • Czech: pohlavní úd — penis
  • Dutch: eikel — penis
  • Dutch: penis — penis
  • Finnish: elin — penis
  • Galician: membro — penis
  • German: Glied — penis
  • Hindi: लिंग (liṅg) — penis
  • Hindi: शिश्न (śiśna) — penis
  • Hungarian: hímtag — penis
  • Icelandic: limur — penis
  • Icelandic: getnaðarlimur — penis
  • Northern Kurdish: endam — penis
  • Latin: membrum — penis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lem — penis
  • Ojibwe: niinag — penis
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْدامِ تَناسُلی مَرْد (andâm-e tanâsoli mard) — penis
  • Polish: członek — penis
  • Portuguese: membro — penis
  • Russian: член (člen) — penis
  • Spanish: miembro — penis
  • Spanish: miembro viril — penis
  • Swedish: manslem — penis
  • Swedish: lem — penis
  • Turkish: kamış — penis
  • Finnish: jäsen — law: judge or adjudicator in a consumer court
  • Bulgarian: член (člen) — math: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation
  • Finnish: puoli — math: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation
  • Galician: membro — math: either of the two parts of an algebraic equation
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