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)

1. (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)
2. (anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Derived terms

• tegumental
• tegumentary
• tegumented

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)

1. tegument

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tegument	tegumentul		tegumente	tegumentele
genitive-dative	tegument	tegumentului		tegumente	tegumentelor
vocative	tegumentule			tegumentelor