fibra

See also: fibră

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibra[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

fibra f (plural fibres)

  1. fiber, fibre (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

From Latin fibra.

Noun

fibra f (plural fibre)

  1. fiber, fibre (clarification of this definition is needed)

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

Possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split), whence findō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.bra/, [ˈfɪ.bra]

Noun

fibra f (genitive fibrae); first declension

  1. fiber, filament

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fibra fibrae
Genitive fibrae fibrārum
Dative fibrae fibrīs
Accusative fibram fibrās
Ablative fibrā fibrīs
Vocative fibra fibrae

Descendants

References

  • fibra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fibra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fibra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • fiber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet fêvera.

Noun

fibra f (plural fibras)

  1. fibre (single elongated piece of material)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet hebra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfibɾa/, [ˈfiβɾa]

Noun

fibra f (plural fibras)

  1. fiber (a single elongated piece of material)
  2. fiber (a material (especially synthetic) in the form of fibers)
  3. fiber; dietary fiber
  4. (informal) fiberglass

Derived terms

Further reading

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