fabric

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English

Alternative forms

• fabrick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfæb.rɪk/, SAMPA: /"f{b.rIk/

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Etymology

From French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”).

Noun

fabric (countable and uncountable; plural fabrics)

1. (originally) (construction) structure, building
2. An act of construction, especially the erection of a church
3. The framework underlying a structure

   The fabric of our lives

4. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

   cotton fabric

5. The texture of a cloth.

   the smooth fabric of an oriental silk cloth

6. (Petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock
7. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance

   The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fabric

Translations

structure, building

Finnish: rakenne (fi) French: structure (fr)

Greek: δομή (el) (ðomí) f. Romanian: structură (ro) f.

act of construction

Finnish: rakentaminen (fi)

framework underlying a structure

Danish: struktur (da) c., system (da) n. Dutch: weefsel (nl) n. Finnish: rakenne (fi), kehikko (fi), kudos (fi) German: Bau (de) m., Rohbau (de) m., Struktur (de) f. Greek: δομή (el) (ðomí) f., διάρθρωση (el) (ðiárθrosi) f., ιστός (el) (istós) m.

Hungarian: szövevény (hu), szerkezet (hu) Italian: struttura (it) f., tessuto (it) m. Polish: struktura (pl) f. Portuguese: estrutura (pt) f., rede (pt) f.

material made of fibers

Danish: stof (da) n. Dutch: stof (nl) f., weefsel (nl) n. Filipino: tela Finnish: kangas (fi) German: Gewebe (de) n., Textil (de) n., Stoff (de) n. Greek: ύφασμα (el) (ýfasma) n. Hungarian: textil (hu), szövet (hu), anyag (hu) Italian: tessuto (it) m. Latvian: audekls (lv) m.

Polish: materiał (pl) m., tkanina (pl) f. Portuguese: pano (pt) m., tecido (pt) m. Romanian: țesătură (ro) f., material țesut (ro) n., textile (ro) n. pl. Russian: ткань (ru) (tkan´) f. Slovene: tkanina f., blago n. Spanish: tela (es) f., tejido (es) m., género (es) m. Tagalog: tela Turkish: kumaş (tr)

texture of a cloth

Danish: struktur (da) c., sammensætning (da) c. Dutch: textuur Finnish: kudos (fi) German: Fasern (de) n., Struktur (de) f. Greek: υφή (el) (ifí) f.

Hungarian: szövés (hu), anyagszerkezet (hu) Italian: tessuto (it) m. Polish: tekstura f., faktura f., struktura f. Portuguese: tato (pt) m.

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Basque: ehun Bulgarian: Тъкан French: tissu Greek: υπόθεμα, πλέγμα, φέρων οργανισμός Hebrew: בד m.

Norwegian: tekstil Slovak: tkanina, látka Spanish: tejido Swedish: tyg, väv, system, konstruktion

See also

• Appendix:Fabrics