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See also: fímbria
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin fimbria (“a border, fringe”), from fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”). Doublet of fringe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fimbria (plural fimbriae or fimbriæ)
- (biology) A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.
- (anatomy, usually in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
- When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.
- (bacteriology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
- Synonym: pilus
- (anatomy, usually in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
Derived terms[edit]
- fimbrial (adjective)
Translations[edit]
References[edit]
- “fimbria”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “fimbria”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Found in Late Latin and Vulgar Latin. From fimbriae.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfim.bri.a/, [ˈfɪmbriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfim.bri.a/, [ˈfimbriä]
Noun[edit]
fimbria f (genitive fimbriae); first declension (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin)
Inflection[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fimbria | fimbriae |
Genitive | fimbriae | fimbriārum |
Dative | fimbriae | fimbriīs |
Accusative | fimbriam | fimbriās |
Ablative | fimbriā | fimbriīs |
Vocative | fimbria | fimbriae |
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of fimbria in other languages
- → Catalan: fímbria (learned)
- → English: fimbria
- → French: fimbrié (learned)
- Occitan: fimbria, franja, fremnha
- → Old French: fiembre, fimbre, felimbre (learned)
- → Portuguese: fímbria (learned)
- → Spanish: fimbria (learned)
- Translingual: fimbri-
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *frĭmbĭa
- Old Francoprovençal: *frengi
- Romanian: frâmbie, frânghie
References[edit]
- “fimbria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, see “fimbriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fimbria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “fimbria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fimbria”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin fimbria, from Latin fimbriae. Doublet of franja.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fimbria f (plural fimbrias)
Further reading[edit]
- “fimbria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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