tegument

See also: tégument

English

Etymology

Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) +‎ -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/

Noun

tegument (plural teguments)

(uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating.
- 1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
(anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Derived terms

Related terms

integument

Translations

something which covers

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
French: couverture (fr) f, revêtement (fr) m
German: Bedeckung (de) f
Ido: tegumento (io)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: gorchudd (cy) m, pilyn m, tegmentwm m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tégument, from Latin tegumentum.

Noun

tegument n (plural tegumente)

tegument

Declension

Declension of tegument

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tegument	tegumentul	(niște) tegumente	tegumentele
genitive/dative	(unui) tegument	tegumentului	(unor) tegumente	tegumentelor
vocative	tegumentule		tegumentelor

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