fibre

English

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Alternative forms

• fiber (US)

Etymology

From French fibre

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"faI.b(r)/
• Rhymes: -aɪbə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: fiber

Noun

fibre (plural fibres) (UK, Canada)

1. (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

   The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.

2. (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

   The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.

3. Dietary fibre.

   Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.

4. Moral strength and resolve.

   The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.

5. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

   Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π

Related terms

Related terms

dietary fibre fibre bundle fibreboard fibreglass fibre optics fibrescope fibril fibrin

fibroid fibrosis fibrositis fibrous moral fibre natural fibre synthetic fibre

Translations

single elongated piece of material

Czech: vlákno (cs) n. Dutch: vezel (nl) f. Finnish: kuitu (fi), säie (fi) German: Faser (de) f. Hungarian: rostszál (hu), fonál (hu) Italian: fibra (it) f.

Macedonian: влакно (mk) (vlákno) n. Polish: włókno (pl) n. Portuguese: fibra (pt) Russian: волокно (ru) (voloknó) n., волосок (ru) (volosók) m., фибра (ru) (fíbra) f., нить (ru) (nit') f.

material in the form of fibres

Dutch: draad (nl) m. Finnish: kuitu (fi) Italian: fibra (it) f.

Macedonian: влакно (mk) (vlákno) n. Persian: فیبر (fa) Russian: волокно (ru) (voloknó) n.

dietary fibre — see dietary fibre

moral strength and reserve

Dutch: moraal (nl) n. Finnish: suoraselkäisyys (fi)

Hungarian: természet (hu), jellem (hu) Italian: fibra (it) f.

mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map

Finnish: säie (fi) German: Faser (de) f.

Italian: fibra (it) f.

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Bengali: আঁশ (Ansh), তন্তু (Tantu) Mandarin: 纤维 (xianwei) French: fibre (fr) f.

Japanese: 繊維 (せんい, sen’i) Portuguese: fibra f. Slovene: vlakno n. (1), vlaknina f. (4) Spanish: fibra (es) f.

Anagrams

• brief
• fiber

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fibʁ/, SAMPA: /fibR/

Etymology

Old French fibre, from Latin fibra

Noun

fibre f. (plural fibres)

1. fibre

Related terms

fibranne fibreux fibrille

fibrine fibrociment fibrome

Derived terms

• fibre de verre
• fibre optique

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Italian

Noun

fibre f.

1. Plural form of fibra.