fibra

Borrowed from Latin fibra.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

fibra f (plural fibres)

1. fiber, fibre (all senses)
2. (materials science) axis
3. (figurative) energy, vigour

• (filament): filament
• (thread): fil
• (axis): eix
• (vigour): energia, vigor

• fibril·la

• “fibra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fibra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fibra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Derived from Latin fibra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bra/
• Rhymes: -ibra
• Hyphenation: fì‧bra

fibra f (plural fibre)

1. fiber, fibre (all senses)

• fabri

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bra/,

fibra f (genitive fibrae); first declension

1. fibre, filament

First-declension noun.

• “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.

Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet fêvera.

fibra f (plural fibras)

1. fiber / fibre (single elongated piece of material)

• fibroso

• IPA^(key):

fibra f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fibră

Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet hebra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfibɾa/
• Rhymes: -ibɾa
• Syllabification: fi‧bra

fibra f (plural fibras)

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

• “fibra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28