fibula

See also fibulă

English

Wikipedia Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin fībula (“clasp, buckle”).

Noun

Location of the fibula in the skeletal structure of the leg.

Germanic fibulae from the 5th century A.D.

fibula (plural fibulas or fibulae or fibulæ)

1. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone.
2. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

Synonyms

• calf bone

Derived terms

• fibular

Translations

calf bone

Catalan: fíbula (ca) f., peroné (ca) m. Czech: lýtková kost f. Dutch: kuitbeen (nl) n., fibula (nl) m. Esperanto: fibulo (eo) Estonian: pindluu (et) Finnish: pohjeluu (fi)

German: Wadenbein (de) n. Greek: περόνη (el) (peróni) f. Romanian: peroneu (ro) n. Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh caol na lurgainn m. Spanish: fíbula (es) f., peroné (es) m.

ancient brooch

German: Fibel (de) f.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin fībula.

Noun

fibula f. (plural fibule)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

Synonyms

• perone

Anagrams

• bufali

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Latin

Etymology

Related to the verb fīgō.

Noun

fībula (genitive fībulae); f, first declension

1. clasp, buckle, brooch

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fībula	fībulae
genitive	fībulae	fībulārum
dative	fībulae	fībulīs
accusative	fībulam	fībulās
ablative	fībulā	fībulīs
vocative	fībula	fībulae

Descendants

• English: fibula
• French: fibule
• Italian: fibula, fibbia
• Portuguese: fíbula
• Romanian: fibulă
• Spanish: fíbula

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fîbula/
• Hyphenation: fi‧bu‧la

Noun

fȉbula f. (Cyrillic spelling фи̏була)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

Declension

    declension of fibula

	singular	plural
nominative	fibula	fibule
genitive	fibule	fibula
dative	fibuli	fibulama
accusative	fibulu	fibule
vocative	fibulo	fibule
locative	fibuli	fibulama
instrumental	fibulom	fibulama