scannán — meaning in English
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English meaning
- diaphragm noun The dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that controls breathing.
- film noun A movie; a sequence of moving images meant to be watched as a narrative or artistic work.
- membrane noun A thin, flexible layer of tissue that lines or separates parts of an organism.
- movie noun A film made for entertainment, shown in cinemas or streamed at home.
Senses
scannán is used for these senses in English:
- caul The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum. [from 14th c.]
- caul The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck). [from 16th c.]
- membrane (anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
- movie (chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
diaphragm — full definition
- noun The dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that controls breathing.
- noun A dome-shaped contraceptive device inserted to cover the cervix.
- noun A thin, flexible membrane, such as the vibrating part of a speaker or microphone.
film — full definition
- noun A movie; a sequence of moving images meant to be watched as a narrative or artistic work.
- noun A thin layer or coating of a substance.
- verb To record a scene or event using a camera.