pia-máter
Portuguese, noun/ˌpi.ɐˈma.teʁ/
pia-máter is spelled P-I-A-M-Á-T-E-R (8 letters). Pia-máter is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pia mater (innermost layer of the meninges)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membrana mais interna e mais vascularizada das três que envolvem o aparelho cerebrospinal”.
What does pia-máter mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepia mater (innermost layer of the meninges)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. membrana mais interna e mais vascularizada das três que envolvem o aparelho cerebrospinal
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pia-máter
- pia-máteres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pia-máter?
- Brazil /ˌpi.ɐˈma.teʁ/
- Brazil [ˌpi.ɐˈma.teh]
- /ˌpi.ɐˈma.teɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.