fibra

See also: fibră

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfi.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfi.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfi.bɾa]

Noun

fibra f (plural fibres)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• desfibrar
• fibra alimentària
• fibra de vidre
• fibra neutra
• fibra òptica
• fibrana
• fibrat
• fibrós

 

Related terms

• fibril·la

Further reading

• “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.

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Latin fibra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fibra f (plural fibre)

1. fiber, fibre (all senses)

Related terms

• fibra a casa
• fibra di vetro
• fibra naturale
• fibra ottica
• fibra sintetica
• fibrato
• fibrilla
• fibrina
• fibro-
• fibroadenoma
• fibroblasto
• fibrocellula
• fibrocemento
• fibrocita
• fibroide
• fibroina
• fibroma
• fibrosarcoma
• fibroscopio
• fibrosi
• fibroso
• fluorofibra
• microfibra

 

Anagrams

• fabri

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fibra f (genitive fibrae); first declension

1. fibre, filament

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fibra	fibrae
Genitive	fibrae	fibrārum
Dative	fibrae	fibrīs
Accusative	fibram	fibrās
Ablative	fibrā	fibrīs
Vocative	fibra	fibrae

Descendants

• Catalan: fibra
• English: fibre, fiber
• French: fibre
• Galician: febra, freba, fibra
• Italian: fibra
• Norwegian Bokmål: fiber
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fiber
• Portuguese: febra, fevra, fêvera, fibra
• Romanian: fibră
• Russian: фибра (fibra)
• Sicilian: fibbra
• Spanish: hebra, fibra

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.bɾɐ/ [ˈfi.βɾɐ]

Noun

fibra f (plural fibras)

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

Related terms

• fibroso

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfibra]

Noun

fibra f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fibră

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibra. Compare the inherited doublet hebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfibɾa/ [ˈfi.β̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ibɾa
• Syllabification: fi‧bra

Noun

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

Derived terms

• fibra de vidrio
• fibra muscular
• fibra nerviosa
• fibra óptica
• fibrina
• fibroma
• fibromialgia

 

Related terms

• fibrilar
• fibroso
• hebra

 

Further reading

• “fibra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16