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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fibra.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
fibra f (plural fibres)
- fiber, fibre (all senses)
- (materials science) axis
- (figurative) energy, vigour
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Italian
Etymology
Derived from Latin fibra.
Pronunciation
Noun
fibra f (plural fibre)
- fiber, fibre (all senses)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), whence findō.
Pronunciation
Noun
fibra f (genitive fibrae); first declension
- fibre, filament
Declension
First-declension noun.
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, →OCLC.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet fêvera.
Pronunciation
Noun
fibra f (plural fibras)
- fiber / fibre (single elongated piece of material)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
fibra f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of fibră
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet hebra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfibɾa/
- Rhymes: -ibɾa
- Syllabification: fi‧bra
Noun
fibra f (plural fibras)
- fiber / fibre (a single elongated piece of material)
- fiber / fibre (a material (especially synthetic) in the form of fibers)
- fiber / fibre; dietary fiber / dietary fibre
- (informal) fiberglass / fibreglass
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